Star Casino guilty of selling chips illegally

Star Casino guilty of selling chips illegally

The operator of two of Queensland’s greatest casinos has pleaded responsible to unlawful practices after it allowed bank cards for use when shopping for playing chips.

Star Entertainment, which operates Brisbane’s Treasury Casino and the Star Gold Coast, pleaded responsible to seven costs below the Casino Control Act 1982.

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Camera IconThe Treasury Casino in Brisbane is one in every of two Queensland operated casinos that allowed playing chips to be purchased with bank cards illegally. NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled Credit: News Corp Australia

Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman mentioned the fees associated to Section 66 of the Act which prohibits the acquisition of playing chips with a bank card.

“The Queensland Government is committed to ensuring Queensland casinos are operated lawfully, ethically and in a way that maintains the highest standards of integrity and public confidence,” Ms Fentiman mentioned.

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Camera IconQueensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman says the key on line casino operator has admitted guilt to unlawful practices. NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled Credit: News Corp Australia

The offences occurred between 2 June 2017 and 29 December 2018, and between 23 March 2022 and a pair of April 2022.

Sentencing is ready down for June 2.

The group was threatened with an enormous superb in December, after the federal government ordered the business “gets its house in order” inside 12 months or pay $100 million in pecuniary penalties after it was discovered unsuitable in its processed in its Queensland casinos.

A spokesman for the on line casino mentioned it could be inappropriate to remark because the matter stays earlier than the court docket.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au