{"id":192851,"date":"2021-11-23T10:57:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=192851"},"modified":"2021-11-23T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T22:32:43","slug":"victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in January 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_192850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192850\" data-style=\"width: 862px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-192850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg\" alt=\"Crown Resorts\" width=\"862\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts-142x80.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-192850\"class=\"text-description\">Crown Resorts in Victoria, seen above, will answer to a new gaming regulator moving forward (Image: <em>ABC News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thorn will create and lead the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC). Thorn is the former Secretary to the Department of Health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The state&#8217;s gambling industry was previously regulated by the Victorian Commission for Gambling Liquor Regulation (VCGLR). However, the Australian State appointed Thorn to oversee gambling activity in the state. This, undoubtedly, is in part because of the fallout from Crown Resorts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Victoria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/crown-resorts-deemed-unsuitable-in-melbourne\/\">saved Crown from license revocation<\/a>, which had already happened in New South Wales, but put the embattled casino operator on notice.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Victoria is located in southeast Australia and is home to the city of Melbourne.<\/p>\n<h2>Dedicated Department Will Increase Oversight<\/h2>\n<p>The appointment also comes with a change in regulations. Now, the gambling industry will no longer regulate liquor. Instead, The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) will take over that responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>That department previously had an annual budget of over $9 billion, according to its fiscal year 2019 report. Victoria hasn&#8217;t said how much money the VGCCC will be given.<\/p>\n<p>The separation of liquor from gaming will allow the VGCCC to focus solely on the regulation of casino and gambling operators and minimize harm, according to an announcement by the Victorian government.<\/p>\n<h2>Australia Likely to See More Regulatory Changes<\/h2>\n<p>The Crown drama, which has led to investigations uncovering massive money laundering and regulatory failures, is likely just the beginning of major reform in Australia. The creation of the VGCCC is the first step for the state to better monitor its land-based casinos. But it is likely not the last.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>After Crown came under fire, it didn&#8217;t take long for regulators and authorities to begin to think that similar activity could be taking place by other operators. That led to Star Entertainment finding itself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/star-entertainment-faces-public-grilling-on-anti-money-laundering-fail\/\">similar situation<\/a> to that faced by Crown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Across much of Australia, gambling and liquor have predominantly been overseen by a single regulator. However, with Victoria setting the stage, the Western Australian Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor, the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission, and Liquor and Gaming New South Wales might follow Victoria&#8217;s lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in January 2022. Thorn will create and lead the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC). Thorn is the former Secretary to the Department of Health. The state&#8217;s gambling industry was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":192850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-23T18:57:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-23T22:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"862\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"485\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erik Gibbs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erik Gibbs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/\",\"name\":\"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-23T18:57:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-23T22:32:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/21bf33e35290a1da9c572298dac6b7ca\"},\"description\":\"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg\",\"width\":862,\"height\":485,\"caption\":\"Crown Resorts in Victoria will answer to a new gaming regulator moving forward (Image: ABC News)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Regulation\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/regulation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/21bf33e35290a1da9c572298dac6b7ca\",\"name\":\"Erik Gibbs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-13-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-13-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Erik Gibbs\"},\"description\":\"Erik Gibbs covers global gaming news for Casino.org. His scope includes Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Erik has covered gaming markets in Europe and Asia for the past six years. Erik joined Casino.org in November 2021. Erik has written for numerous gambling- and a handful of industry publications has quoted casino-related media outlets over the years and. He is always excited to bring a new perspective on what's happening in the gaming space. Erik enjoys following the global gaming industry, paying particular attention to innovation and regulation. Originally from the US, Erik has spent extensive time living in various countries across the globe. He enjoys anything that has to do with the outdoors and exploration, although he readily admits that he would have no trouble spending all day fishing on a boat. He currently resides in Spain. Contact Erik at erik.gibbs@casino.org.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/erik-gibbs\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org","description":"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org","og_description":"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-11-23T18:57:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-23T22:32:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":862,"height":485,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Erik Gibbs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erik Gibbs","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/","name":"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia - Casino.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-23T18:57:05+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-23T22:32:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/21bf33e35290a1da9c572298dac6b7ca"},"description":"The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Crown-Resorts.jpg","width":862,"height":485,"caption":"Crown Resorts in Victoria will answer to a new gaming regulator moving forward (Image: ABC News)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/victoria-australia-establishes-new-casino-regulator\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Regulation","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/regulation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/21bf33e35290a1da9c572298dac6b7ca","name":"Erik Gibbs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-13-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-13-96x96.png","caption":"Erik Gibbs"},"description":"Erik Gibbs covers global gaming news for Casino.org. His scope includes Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Erik has covered gaming markets in Europe and Asia for the past six years. Erik joined Casino.org in November 2021. Erik has written for numerous gambling- and a handful of industry publications has quoted casino-related media outlets over the years and. He is always excited to bring a new perspective on what's happening in the gaming space. Erik enjoys following the global gaming industry, paying particular attention to innovation and regulation. Originally from the US, Erik has spent extensive time living in various countries across the globe. He enjoys anything that has to do with the outdoors and exploration, although he readily admits that he would have no trouble spending all day fishing on a boat. He currently resides in Spain. Contact Erik at erik.gibbs@casino.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/erik-gibbs\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}