Crown breached its legal, social and moral obligations, resulting in illegal activities, tax avoidance, money laundering, criminal associations and significant harm to vulnerable community members. But it deserves to keep its licence.
The story of Crown casino is one of profit, power, and privilege. It is also a tale of extraordinary abuse of privilege.
Despite the enormity of its findings, the royal commission recommended Crown be permitted to continue operating under stringent independent oversight, finding immediate cancellation of the licence was not in the interests of the Victorian community and the state’s economy, and determining Crown had the will and capacity to transform itself to again become suitable for the licence – which would be to Victoria’s benefit.
We built a casino division and regulatory oversight regime that enabled confidence that the casino would be held appropriately and stringently to account in the longer term. We are determined to ensure that Crown is not and will never be “too big to fail”. These arrangements are enduring and can be activated now or in the future if any casino operator fails to deliver on its obligations.
Our own work with Crown Melbourne, substantiating that suitability requirements have been met. During our investigations, we observed a different Crown emerging with a clear understanding of the privilege and obligations of holding the licence.
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