Exclusive: Australian casino company Star Entertainment encouraged some of its biggest punters to lie about the fact they lived in Sydney as part of a scheme that denied the NSW government millions in tax revenue | ageinvestigates
at The Star may have enabled suspected money laundering, organised crime, large-scale fraud and foreign interference within its Australian casinos.
In response to a series of detailed questions sent to The Star on Monday about the scheme to change gamblers’ residential status, the company released a two-sentence statement.“The Star runs a rebate program where the eligibility of domestic and international players is determined by criteria known to the regulator,” the statement said. “The Star operates in a highly regulated environment.”The Star engaged in and will be examined by Mr Bell in public hearings starting in March.
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