Spotlight: The dirty secrets inside one of our biggest casinos
Dec 26, 2022 •
For decades we’ve been reassured that everything at Australian casinos was above board.
But what we were told is now unravelling and we’re getting staggering insight into how regulators can be misled and the strange schemes that have been allowed to flourish inside our biggest gambling businesses.
Spotlight: The dirty secrets inside one of our biggest casinos
852 • Dec 26, 2022
Spotlight: The dirty secrets inside one of our biggest casinos
For decades we’ve been reassured that everything at Australian casinos is above board.
They’re supposed to be heavily regulated, closely monitored, and operated by reputable, publicly-traded corporations.
But this year, much of what we’ve been told unravelled. Since this episode, from September this year eleven former and current executives at the Star Entertainment Group were slapped with fines by ASIC, the corporate watchdog.
Today, we take a look back at this episode with senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on exactly what has been happening behind the scenes at The Star Casino.
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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton
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