In Australia, independent fighter and anti-slot campaigner, Andrew Wilkie (pictured), has reportedly criticized the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) for finishing its quinquennial review of a casino license held by Crown Resorts Limited without first hearing the testimony of a whistleblower.
According to a Tuesday report from The Sydney Morning Herald paper, Wilkie lodged his disapproval regarding the evaluation of the casino license held by the Sydney-listed operator’s Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex via a letter delivered to the Chairman for its VCGLR, Ross Kennedy, two weeks ago but has yet to Be Given a reply.
In his correspondence, the member of the Australian House of Representatives proclaimed that the Victoria gaming regulator ought to have considered testimony from a former Crown Resorts Limited worker that reportedly signaled the operator had been turning a blind eye on the pervasive use of plastic picks to wedge the buttons down of slots. Such a practice, ” he explained, allows for nonstop spins along with drama multiple machines and has been supposedly being encouraged through the casino’s issuance of its own branded picks.
The paper reported that Wilkie’s letter had asked the VCGLR to investigate allegations raised by the whistleblower that the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex was also routinely issuing players with multiple loyalty cards so that they might enjoy simultaneous games on many slots.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the VCGLR’s final assessment of the Melbourne casino’s license arrangement is presently sitting on the desk of Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews while Wilkie’s letter had furthermore accused the ruler of ‘raising barriers to stop proper evaluation. ’
The whistleblower had first approached Wilkie together with his signs but was then rebuffed by the VCGLR due to his desire for anonymity. The 56-year-old politician claimed in his letter that the gaming regulator’s decision to not listen to the guy ’s testimony was lsquo;unfathomable’ as law enforcement officials and other state bodies ‘frequently take information from anonymous sources such as analysis. ’
“It’s firmly my view that we agreed your workplace would take information my workplace supplied, confidentially and anonymously if this is exactly what the informant desired, and then investigate this,” read Wilkie’s letter to Kennedy. “It’s particularly important right now as the government is contemplating the VCGLR’s key outcomes of its review about if Crown [Resorts Limited] is a suitably thing to maintain a casino license.
A spokesperson for its VCGLR reportedly told The Sydney Morning Herald that the ruler ‘takes claims of potential breaches by licensees seriously’ and has been now ‘contemplating the concerns raised in the correspondence’ together with the intention of reacting ‘in due course. ’
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