Crown Resorts will start operating its Sydney casino without restrictions on gambling limits and a regulator-installed special monitor three years after a NSW inquiry found the gaming giant, now owned by Blackstone, unsuitable to operate.

The Independent Casino Commission in NSW said it was satisfied that Crown had overcome the serious issues found by former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin, SC, in 2021. That inquiry had found evidence of money laundering at Crown’s Melbourne and Perth casinos, and serious failings from some of the company’s directors.