��Crown Casino Denies Claim of Slot Machine Tampering March 6, 2018 twelve:05 The Crown Casino in Melbourne is dealing with disciplinary action that could lead to the suspension of its gaming license following proof tabled by MP Andrew Wilkie in the federal parliament connected to illicit practices in Australia's slot machine marketplace. As a spokeswoman for the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) stated on March 5th: The commission has commenced disciplinary proceedings towards the casino operator. These proceedings relate to the use of blanking of buttons on particular electronic gaming machines on the casino floor." The Crown Melbourne is the country's biggest casino, and boasts 2,628 gaming machines and 540 table games, but last October 3 of its former personnel alleged that the venue had eliminated 3 betting possibilities from its contingent of slot machines, acknowledged as pokies. Nonetheless, Crown is claiming that the adjustments apply to just to 17 of its machines, and just as element of a 3-week experiment. The casino is also disputing that it breached the Gambling Regulation Act, and required to seek out prior approval before conducting the trial. In the meantime, a litany of other accusations have also been made against Crown Casino, such as undermining government anti-money-laundering efforts by using the ID cards of diverse players when processing transactions in excess of $ten,000, as properly as allowing drug use at the venue, and ignoring evident indicators of issue gambling at its pokie machines. The primary investigation becoming conducted involves the alleged pokies tampering incident, although, and as Wilkie explained in a recent statement: The casino clearly has a situation to solution about the blanking of buttons, and I'm positive that the reality will come out when the commission finalizes its inquiries." Poker fans will know of the Crown Casino from the hugely well-liked Aussie Millions series which takes place at the venue at the beginning of every year. In complete, seven,746 poker players attended the 2018 Aussie Hundreds of thousands between January 17th and February 5th, with its $10,600 Major Event subsequently attracting a record 800 players, and ultimately won by Toby Lewis for US$one,178,198. Other news: Eric Afriat wins third WPT title at Fallsview Poker Classic bigpoker 88