CompaniesGaming & WageringCrown royal commissionPrint articleTougher casino laws in Victoria designed to ‘hold Crown to account’Hannah WoottonColumnistMay 24, 2022 – 4.27pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe Victorian government has introduced new laws to increase the powers of the state’s gambling watchdog and lift disciplinary consequences for casinos that enable problem gambling, in a move designed “to hold Crown to account”.The proposed legislation, which the state parliament will probably pass quickly given the Labor government’s hefty majority, delivers on recommendations from last year’s bombshell royal commission into Crown’s practices.Loading...Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreCrown royal commissionCrown ResortsGamblingGaming & wageringCasinosVictorian ParliamentLatest In Gaming & wageringFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineThe CEO who rediscovered his love of motorbikes (40 years later)Tony DavisIt’s the coolest chalet in Switzerland – though not for everyoneHotel dining used to be bland. Now it’s reinventing room serviceBOSS Financial ReviewThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AIPatrick DurkinThis executive tripled his salary in 5 years. Here is how he did itHow a banker, coal owner and pokies baron passed the ESG pub testLife & LeisureThis Sydney financier dreams of hitting the road with David BeckhamLife & LeisureThis Aston Martin can be tailored to your taste – but it will cost youThis re-released best-selling handbag is now yours for $9450Rich ListToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fireHannah Wootton‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensiveBillionaire Geminder mulls asset sales at struggling Pro-Pac business