Australian MP Andrew Wilkie may have found the final nail that will seal the coffin of Crown Resorts Ltd. after a video on supposed ‘Crown pick’ enabling autoplay on poker machines has surfaced on video sharing website YouTube.
Wilkie, who is already in touch with the YouTube whistleblower, believes that the latest piece of evidence on poker tampering will compel Victoria’s gambling regulators to impose a greater penalty against the casino operator, the ABC News reported.
He also presented before the local reporters a plastic pick that was double the size of a guitar plectrum and has a Crown casino logo, claiming that it was used to tamper on the poker machines.
“[We have] a new whistleblower, new allegations, and even video footage of these picks being used at Crown Casino to, in effect, illegally modify a poker machine,” Wilkie said, according to the news outlet.
In the video, an unnamed croupier showed a supposed Crown casino pick that is jammed into the pokies’ button. The pick was said to be responsible for the continuous plays even in the absence of a player. The whistleblowers claimed that the picks were able to expedite the loss rate of a player dramatically since it slashed the time between spins to as little as two seconds.
With a new piece of evidence on pokies tampering, the Australian MP questioned whether Crown Resort is fit to hold its license. He has also added more pressure on the Victoria Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) to impose a harsher penalty on Crown, saying that the state regulator’s reputation was at stake.
“If the regulator doesn’t do its job, then the State Government needs to act, and we need to consider whether other bodies such as the anti-corruption body would need to become involved,” Wilkie said.
In April, the VCGLR found Crown Resorts guilty of violating the Gambling Regulation Act of 2003 when the casino operator “adjusted” its gaming machines. It slapped Crown Resorts with a AUD300,000 (US$226,608), the heftiest punishment ever imposed on the Australian operator.
The Australian MP, however, roasted the VCGLR for only punishing Crown with a hefty fine, saying that the fine was just some loose change for Crown.
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