This information was confirmed by Commissioner Bergin, who said Crown had “facilitated money laundering” through its bank accounts, after a 2019 investigation carried out by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes. Its gaming licence was later withheld at Barangaroo after a year-long investigation by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA). The major issue for the industry is money laundering, after the Bergin inquiry found evidence dirty money had been washed through Crown’s Melbourne and Perth casinos. The debate is taking place on Monday 16, and will look on the possibility of transferring 1000 under-used gaming machine licenses from clubs in regional NSW to the city’s casino, a month after a damaging report into the gaming industry, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. NSW cabinet announced Thursday that it will consider allowing a proposal to allow an extra 1000 poker machines into Sydney’s Star casino, with licences to be transferred from poor performing pokies in the regional area of the state. Sydney's Star casino can be closely regulated in comparison to smaller venues in the area, with poker machines scattered across 4000 venues in NSW. The decision came after Commissioner Bergin's inquiry found evidence of money laundering through Crown's Melbourne and Perth casinos.

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