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IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 19 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com CASINOS AUSTRIA HIT WITH FINE FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF JUNKET AGENT AT CAIRNS CASINO CASINOS AUSTRIA因在CAIRNS 賭場非法使用博彩中介人而被罰款 CASINOS AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL (CAI) has been fined AU$10,000 (US$6,725) for breaching the Casino Control Act by paying a local junket agent to bring groups of players to its Australian casino, Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns, during a six-month period in early 2021. According to a report by ABC News , Reef Hotel Casino paid Lawrence Fu – the same agent named as having had relationships with Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment Group during recent junket investigations – in betting vouchers to bring in groups of between 22 and 24 people from December 2020 to May 2021. Under Queensland’s Casino Control Act, any agreements with agents must be pre-approved in writing by the gaming minister. Fu was paid AU$21,400 in betting vouchers, representing 0.05% of turnover, the court was told. However, the AU$10,000 fine was considerably lower than the maximum AU$26,110 fine the casino could have faced, with the magistrate noting that CAI had entered an early guilty plea and cooperated with authorities throughout. Casinos Austria International（CAI） 因違反澳洲 《賭場管控法》而被罰款10,000澳元（6,725美元）， 主要由於其在2021年初的6個月期間，付錢給當地博 彩中介將玩家帶到位於Cairns的澳洲賭場Reef Hotel Casino。 根據ABC新聞的報道，Reef Hotel Casino在 2020年12月至2021年5月期間，向Lawrence Fu（在 近期針對中介人調查中被指名與皇冠和星億集團有關 聯的同一名中介）支付了投注代金券，在2020年12月 至2021年5月期間邀請規模在22至24人的團隊到訪。 根據昆士蘭州的《賭場管控法》，與中介的任 何協議都必須事先獲得博彩部長的書面批准。法庭獲 悉，Fu共獲得了21,400澳元的投注券，佔營業額的 0.05%。 然而，10,000澳元的罰款遠低於賭場可能面臨的 最高26,110澳元罰款，地方法官指出CAI已提前認罪並 在整個過程中與當局合作。