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- One Queensbridge (or Crown Queensbridge) was a proposed mixed–used supertall skyscraper to be located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia.The skyscraper would have become the tallest building in Melbourne, surpassing the height of Australia 108, and the tallest building in Australia, eclipsing the height of Q1.
- Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Atmore is located at 303 Poarch Road, off Highway 21, in Atmore, Alabama.The 50,000 square foot casino officially opened for business on January 6th 2009 to a capacity crowd and has stayed busy since.
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© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Julian Smith/AAPA security guard at Crown Resorts’ flagship Melbourne casino has launched legal action against his direct employer, MSS Security, Crown and James Packer personally, accusing the billionaire of assault.
In documents filed with the Victorian supreme court this week, Iskander Chaban claims he was assaulted by Packer, who allegedly appeared to be intoxicated, while working at the casino on 1 January 2016.
It came as the Victorian government said it would bring forward its regular review of the Melbourne casino licence as a result of evidence of money laundering and other misconduct heard by an inquiry in New South Wales
© Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP A security guard at Crown casino in Melbourne has accused James Packer of assault in a case filed with the Victorian supreme court.Chaban also alleges Packer “became verbally abusive and threatening” towards him, ran towards him and pushed him in the chest.
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He alleges Packer told him: “I will throw you out of your job.”
Related: James Packer and Crown save directors from shareholder revolt over NSW inquiry
He was then escorted to an office where Crown management allegedly “verbally abused, humiliated, intimidated, and bullied” him.
Chaban’s “uniform was demanded from him before he was escorted from the Crown Casino premises and driven to Southern Cross train station,” his lawyers told the court.
He allegedly “fell ill whilst travelling on a train from Southern Cross train station suffering neck and back injuries requiring transfer to the Northern hospital for treatment”.
Chaban claims that as a result he is suffering from medical problems including cervical spine injuries, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
He is seeking damages from his direct employer, MSS Security, Crown and Packer personally.
Former Crown employee Jenny Jiang, who was among 19 arrested in China in 2016 for illegal gambling promotion, has also filed a lawsuit against the company this week.
In Victorian supreme court documents she accuses the company of causing her “injury, loss and damage” while employed by Crown, but does not provide details.
The Victorian government said it would appoint a dedicated commissioner to the regulator, the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, to conduct the review.
The VCGLR is required to conduct a review of Crown’s licence every five years and completed its last such review just two years ago, in 2018.
“This review is needed given the evidence we’ve seen come out of the NSW inquiry,” the Victorian minister for consumer affairs and gaming, Melissa Horne, said in a statement.
“While we await the findings of that investigation, it’s appropriate to bring forward the next review to ensure Crown Melbourne is suitable to hold a licence in Victoria.”
Related: James Packer tells Crown inquiry threats he made in 2015 were 'shameful'
In a statement issued to the ASX, Crown said it would “continue to work cooperatively with the VCGLR to support this review”.
“Crown has actively engaged with the VCGLR in relation to matters the subject of the ILGA inquiry, including on Crown’s reform agenda,” it said.
Crown declined to comment about the Chaban and Jiang lawsuits. A Packer representative has been contacted for comment about the Chaban allegations.
Horne and her predecessor, Marlene Kairouz, have consistently refused requests by Guardian Australia for an interview about the VCGLR and Crown.
The NSW inquiry, conducted by former judge Patricia Bergin for the state’s Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority, is to report on 1 February.
Horne said the VCGLR review would report to her “in 2021” and “the government will take any appropriate and necessary action at the conclusion of the investigation”.
The VCGLR has come under heavy fire for its lack of action over allegations of money laundering and criminal involvement in high-roller junkets at Crown, with critics deriding it as a do-nothing regulator.
It is still investigating the arrest of Crown workers in China, four years after the fact, and only attempted to interview them last year after seeing one of them on the TV.
In October, the VCGLR asked Crown to explain why it wasn’t in breach of its licence by failing to properly control junket operators.
Related: 'It's my life': James Packer insisted on Crown sale to Macau casino group
Meanwhile, the ILGA this week approved liquor licences needed by Crown to open a resort at its new complex on prime harbourside land at Barangaroo, in Sydney.
However, the ILGA continues to refuse Crown the licence it needs to open the gaming floor.
The ILGA’s decision last month forced Crown to delay opening the casino, which it had hoped to do this month.
On Wednesday, the chair of the ILGA, Philip Crawford, said the authority was also considering Crown’s application for two other liquor licences covering non-gaming areas and hoped to make a decision within a week.
This is a list of casinos in Alabama.
List of casinos[edit]
| Casino | City | County | State | District | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoryland | Shorter | Macon | Alabama | Racino (greyhound) | No table games | |
| Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Atmore | Atmore | Escambia | Alabama | Native American | No table games 31°06′14″N87°29′00″W / 31.1038°N 87.4834°W | |
| Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Montgomery | Montgomery | Montgomery | Alabama | Native American | No table games | |
| Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Wetumpka | Wetumpka | Elmore | Alabama | Native American | No table games 32°31′34″N86°12′30″W / 32.5260°N 86.2083°W |
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Legality of electronic bingo[edit]
Alabama has had many 'electronic bingo' parlors which feature slot machines that are or are similar to Class II gaming machines. The legality of these vary from county to county, and are in a near-constant state of flux. In particular, most such parlors were closed through the efforts of an anti-gambling task force put in place by Gov. Bob Riley early in 2010. But in March 2010, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley did not have the authority to convene such a task force, but that power rested with Attorney GeneralTroy King. Shortly after the task force was sidelined, e-bingo parlors reopened in cities which had previously enacted ordinances permitting and regulating such halls. Additionally, Victoryland also reopened after a brief closure. (Greenetrack and the three Poarch Band of Indians gaming facilities did not close.)
At one time, several counties in Alabama featured numerous e-bingo halls, most notably Walker County, with halls large and small mostly concentrated along the former U.S. Highway 78 between Jasper and the Jefferson County line, ranging in size from converted small storefronts to large halls with hundreds of machines. But a ruling in a lawsuit by the Walker County sheriff determined that the machines in the county's halls were illegal, and the halls were forced to close. District attorneys in Jefferson County used that ruling to justify their order of closure for halls in that county. However, several large halls in Fairfield remained open because the city had passed specific ordinances permitting them. Those halls closed during the governor's task force raids in January 2010, but reopened on March 12, 2010 when the task force was invalidated. They again closed briefly in April 2010, as a part of the ongoing controversy over their legality and a dispute over jurisdiction between Riley and King.
In late May 2010, in yet another legal action in the anti-gambling feud between Riley and King, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley had the ultimate authority to appoint an anti-gambling task force. Riley then announced plans to reactivate the task force, and the district attorney in the Bessemer Cutoff area of Jefferson County (including Fairfield) advised halls there to shut down immediately, or risk having their machines seized. King announced he would no longer interfere with the governor's efforts. Halls began closures on May 24, 2010. Victoryland and Greenetrack remained open for the time being. Poarch Creek operations were not affected, as the state has no jurisdiction over them.
Fairfield legalized large electronic bingo halls in mid-2009, with certain requirements for minimum number of gaming machines. Bamaco Bingo opened in September 2009 with more than 800 machines installed and announced plans for up to 5,000 machines. Two other large e-bingo halls, Bingo Fantastico and World Bingo, later opened adjacent to Bamaco, followed by Legacy Bingo in March 2010. All except Bingo Fantastico occupied empty 'big box' retail stores; Bingo Fantastico replaced a roller skating rink. Three other small bingo halls, including one that shared space with an automotive repair shop, were also located in Fairfield. The city received a permit fee of $100 per machine per month, and bingo was a major tax source for the city.
Bessemer, Alabama had some e-bingo halls in place, but their legality was in question due to a dispute between the city council, which voted to allow the halls, and the mayor, who opposed gambling. Those halls remained closed after the task force invalidation. Other smaller halls were located in cities and unincorporated areas near Bessemer; they also closed later.
Two other large e-bingo halls, Country Crossing in Dothan and White Hall Gaming Center between Selma and Montgomery, were shut down by the task force.
Throughout the controversy, the Poarch Creek band's operations not only continued, they expanded. Facilities in Wetumpka, Atmore and suburban Montgomery added to their gaming floors, and the Wetumpka and Atmore facilities added new high-rise hotels.
In July 2010, after all legal avenues were exhausted, state police and the task force shut down machines at Greenetrack in Eutaw, Alabama, then later at Victoryland. And on October 4, 2010, federal prosecutors filed charges against and arrested Victoryland owner Milton McGregor and several members of the Alabama State Senate in a corruption investigation regarding the entire affair.[1]
In 2016, after winning a ruling in a federal court against the state, Victoryland reopened its electronic bingo floor on September 14, 2016.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^Byerele, Dana (2010-10-04). 'VictoryLand owner, state senators arrested'. The Tuscaloosa News.
- ^Moon, Josh (September 14, 2016). ''Victoryland reopens to large crowd''. Montgomery Advertiser.
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