But Parliament has been slow to act and said that police were investigating the claims. Crown founder James Packer has vehemently denied the allegations calling them hearsay. Crown Executive Chairman John Alexander\u00a0issued a statement saying there was no tampering committed.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am angered and disappointed by the outrageous allegations that have been leveled at us by Andrew Wilkie,\u201d Alexander stated. \u201cCrown operates in a strictly regulated environment, with multiple government agencies and state law enforcement bodies supervising our operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But Wilkie has remained undeterred and said the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation had been accused of \u00ad\u201caiding and abetting\u201d the casino.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the Victorian gambling regulator that stands accused of either complicity or incompetence, so someone needs to be examining the regulator,\u201d he told The Australian. \u201cI will tell you what, we won\u2019t move on. We will keep banging away at this until we see some kind of effective action taken to test these allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Politicians in Australia are coming under criticism by watchdog groups for accepting gifts from gambling companies as they debate legislation on industry reforms. The organizations believe changes should be made to what they see as cozy relationships between government officials and the casinos and betting sites. The latest example they point out was Tuesday\u2019s Melbourne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":62712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Australian Politicians Criticized for Accepting Perks From Gambling Companies<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n