Australian regulator to launch probe into SkyCity casino
The South Australia Gambling and Liquor regulator has announced it will be conducting an independent review of the SkyCity casino in Adelaide
The South Commonwealth of Australia Gambling and Liquor regulator has proclaimed it testament follow conducting an main(a) review of the SkyCity gambling casino in Adelaide.
The annunciation comes amid a number of reviews of Aboriginal Australian casinos, including an investigation into alleged illegal activity at the Star Sydney, which led to the resignation of MD and CEO Matt Bekier.
These reviews were launched to name and address “system issues within the gambling casino industry,” with an investigation into Crown Resorts uncovering “significant failings.”
Retired Supreme Court Judge Brian Mary Martin AO QC has been named to trail the SkyCity inquiry, which is intended to ensure that SkyCity is operating in a fashion expected of those holding cassino licences in South Australia.
Liquor and Gambling Commissioner Dini Soulio said: “A keep down of the matters raised to day of the month expand beyond any single organisation and peak instead to broader systemic issues within the casino industry.
“Mr Steve Martin is a extremely well-thought-of fellow member of the sound profession. He has conducted reviews of cay criminal justice policies inwards South Commonwealth of Australia including reforms to the manipulation of major indictable offences and the state’s sentencing discount scheme.”
“I have got every trust he testament present a study to help us ensure that South Australians canful experience trust inward the way that the Adelaide Casino is operating.”
Martin is expected to give in his account on SkyCity to the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner by 1 February 2023.