Crown has conceded it will have to hand over the casino portion of its sprawling Southbank complex to a competitor operator if ordered by the Victorian government.
Blaming the regulator is a distraction, Crown Casino is to blame for its own mess
July 13, 2021
Breaking promises has consequences, and Crown Resorts and its Melbourne Casino are under the microscope because they chose to break theirs to the government about how they would run the casino. Not because there weren’t enough people keeping watch.
It’s like a kid stealing from the cookie jar, and now they’ve run out of cookies, they’re trying to blame mum for leaving the lid off and not slapping their hand.
The list of cookies covers tax rorts, paltry funding for responsible gambling, chips charged to credit cards and a spectacularly cavalier attitude to the promises the company agreed to when granted a license to operate.