The state's taxpayers could be forced to pay millions of dollars in compensation to James Packer's Crown Resorts if the casino group is ordered to implement tighter controls to keep criminals out of its soon-to-open $2.2 billion Barangaroo facility | ...
it into business with high-roller "junket" tour operators tied to powerful criminal syndicates and let itself be used to launder dirty cash.The Sydney Morning Herald
Independent NSW MP Justin Field said the deed's implications for the inquiry were "outrageous" and could hamper the government acting on its recommendations to prevent organised crime and money laundering at Crown Sydney. A spokesman for NSW's minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, whose portfolio encompasses gambling licensing, said the minister was "aware of the terms of the agreement, including the compensation clauses".
Meanwhile questions has also been raised about Crown's intention to open its VIP casino in December this year, potentially before February 1, 2021 due date for the Bergin Inquiry to report its findings to ILGA.
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