Over five years, a single young woman put $38 million in dirty money through the pokies. But she wasn’t doing this in the glitz of a casino, she was visiting your neighbourhood club.
Billionaire and Crown major shareholder James Packer has fronted the Perth Casino Royal Commission on Friday morning and admitted to oversights and governance shortfalls at Burswood.
Australian billionaire James Packer tells a royal commission that he did not attend board meetings of Burswood Limited the company overseeing Crown Perth between 2013 and 2016, despite being its chair.
Mr Packer made the admission on Friday while appearing via videolink before a West Australian royal commission examining Crown s suitability to retain its Perth casino licence.