Source: kron4.com --- Tuesday, October 17, 2017
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A lawmaker on Wednesday accused a major Australian casino company of rigging slot machines and concealing potential money laundering at its largest casino with the state regulator covering up criminal behavior. Andrew Wilkie, an independent who has long campaigned against slot machines, presented to Parliament videoed statements of three former employees of Crown Resorts Ltd. making allegations of misconduct at the casino in Melbourne. The men’s faces and voices were disguised. Crown issued a statement rejecting Wilkie’s allegations and called on him to provide all relevant information to the authorities. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, the Victoria state regulator, said the allegation would be investigated as part of its current every-five-year review of Crown Melbourne’s gambling license. “We take any claims of this type extremely seriously and they will be thoroughly investigated,” the commission said in a statement. Because Willkie made the allegations under parliamentary privilege, he cannot be sued for defamation. The allegations led to Crown’s share price falling more than 8 percent in early trading. The price rallied after Crown’s denial to end the day 4 percent lower at 11.28 Australian dollars ($8.85). Wilkie alleged that staff at Crown Melbourne engaged in “software manipulation to increase gambler losses” on slot machines, as well as other illegal machine tamper ...
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