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'Illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative' – but Crown Resorts keeps its Melbourne casino licence

Written by Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

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The report of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Melbourne’s casino has been made public. It has found the behaviour of the casino’s operator, Crown Resorts to be “disgraceful”, with practices that have been “variously illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative”.

But royal commissioner Ray...

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