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Star Entertainment Group finances plummet $1.26b after money laundering probe

The Star Entertainment Group posts a $1.26 billion loss for the first half of the 2023 financial year, driven by losses at its Sydney casino, as well as what the company described as "one-off" costs, like $350 million in fines.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over Queensland casino breaches, given 12 months to 'get their house in order'

Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman announces the penalties two months after she found the gambling giant unsuitable to hold a casino licence in Queensland, following a major report.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Star's Sydney casino licence to be suspended this week in wake of damning inquiry

The Star Entertainment Group will have its licence to operate its Sydney casino suspended from Friday, and has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine.

ABC News · Oct 16, 2022

Qld cabinet to consider Star Casino report

Queensland's Attorney-General has been handed the final report on Star Entertainment Group's casino operations in the state, now set for cabinet consideration.

AAP · Sep 30, 2022

Star will do 'whatever is necessary'

Star Entertainment Group is asking authorities to allow it to continue operating its Sydney casino under strict supervision after pledging to reform.

AAP · Sep 27, 2022

Report finds Sydney's The Star 'not suitable' to run a casino in NSW

A public inquiry into operations at The Star Entertainment Group finds it had allowed money laundering and organised crime to infiltrate its Sydney casino, and took "deliberate steps" to cover their tracks.

ABC News · Sep 13, 2022

Queensland inquiry into Star casino should have scrutinised gambling regulator, insiders say

Queensland's casino regulator and its actions should be scrutinised by the state's inquiry into the Star Entertainment Group, industry insiders say, as the commission prepares to release its final report.

ABC News · Aug 29, 2022

'Top 10 table player' at Star Entertainment Group's Gold Coast casino continued to gamble despite ban in other states, inquiry hears

An inquiry into Star Entertainment Group's Queensland casinos hears one of the "top 10 table players" at its Gold Coast venue had been given a police ban from casinos in two other states.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

Star Entertainment Group inquiry hears high roller gifted with Rolex watch by Gold Coast casino

The inquiry hears the man received the Rolex watch, a cake, seats on a private jet, and more than $30,000 in compensation payments for losing big.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2022

High-risk gamblers 'actively encouraged' to come to Queensland's Star Entertainment Group's casinos, inquiry hears

Some high-risk gamblers were "actively encouraged" – and even incentivised – to travel to Queensland to gamble at Star Entertainment Group's casinos even though "red flags" should have seen them banned, an inquiry hears.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022