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• Find out more about 24/7 gaming action at Crown Casino Melbourne with an exciting variety of table games, electronic games, competitions and more.
• Crown Melbourne is a luxury resort complex featuring dining, entertainment, shopping and more on the banks of the Yarra River. Dine at one of the many casual or fine-dining restaurants and bars or browse a selection of high-end fashion labels at Prada, Chanel, Bulgari and Burberry.
• The Victorian Government has fast-tracked its next major review of Crown's Melbourne casino licence. A dedicated commissioner will be appointed to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor.

From Vegas to Macau, and channeling James Bond in Monte Carlo, casino tourism has become one of the biggest travel trends around the world.

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We’re living in the age of the casino touristnow, where, just as travelers head overseas to enjoy architecture, history, or nature, gambling is a very real, and very relevant interest that motivates people to jet off to another country.

While there are many bucket-list worthy casinos, and in fact whole casino cities, Australia is emerging as a surprising hub for casino tourists. In fact, Australia’s most popular casinos attract more visitors than the Sydney Opera House!

If you’re heading to Aus to take in the casinos, the following are things you should know about Aussie gambling culture, regardless of whether you’ve got your poker face on in Hobart, Melbourne, or Sydney.

Casinos Are More Popular Than National Icons

It’s true – the top three tourist attractions in Australia last year were all casinos, with Crown Casino Melbourne, Jupiters Casino Gold Coast, and the Star in Sydney beating out visitor numbers to icons like the Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef!

As Australia’s most popular casino, Crown Casino Melbourne alone pulls 10.9 million visitors annually, and a big reason for this is that Australian casinos allow for much more than gambling – they’re often full blown entertainment complexes.

Most Casinos have become known as an attraction in their own right, for being home to a range of trendy restaurants, nightclubs and bars, well as theaters, hotels, and resort amenities like water parks and swimming pools.

So it’s no surprise, with this in mind, that casinos have become to intricately tied to the tourism fabric, when many of them double as fully integrated resorts, with some of the best and most luxurious hotel suites in the country!

Tax is Paid by the Casino

Unlike other countries around the world, you do not need to pay tax on your gambling wins in Australia. Australian gambling tax is paid by the casino.

This is because Australia has a strong, historic betting culture, and does not consider this to be income – gambling is defined as an entertainment and leisure activity by the Australian Tax Office.

However, this is not the case for other countries (ie the USA, France, and Spain), and you’ll need to make sure you’re aware of the laws in your home country, and if they tax you on international wins, even when Australia won’t.

Online Tournaments Are Just as Popular

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While land based casinos are popular in Australia, casino online Australia has also become a big trend. Gamers are getting their fix now without having to leave the comfort of their own home.

If you’re looking to combine a land based casino experience, with an online casino experience, make sure you’ve booked a hotel with good quality internet. It’s sad, but scoring a hotel with free Wi-Fi in Australia is harder than almost any other country except China!

Many Australian hotels still charge for WiFi too, so don’t automatically assume that this is included with the cost of the room.

Don’t Expect to Smoke Here Like it’s Europe

Smoking may be a cultural pastime in many casinos throughout Europe, however it’s not in Australia.

Many of Australia’s federal laws make it difficult to smoke in public places, and most casinos across the country have done away with their smoking rooms, and will charge hefty fines if you’re caught lighting up inside.

It’s cultural here that there will be a small designated smoking areas on the grounds of the casino somewhere, but you won’t be able to do it at the actual tables.

Don’t Worry About Tipping

While it may be customary to tip your dealer in the US, and expected to leave some cash for the waitress bringing you drinks, tipping isn’t part of society in Australia.

The advertised price in Australia includes service, and while tipping is always a lovely gesture, it’s not part of the culture. Australians are paid a high minimum wage compared to the rest of the world, and regardless of your position, once you hit 18, minimum wage here is upwards of $19 per hour.

Much of the time when you leave a tip, it goes in a jar toward the end-of-year staff Christmas party, though many casinos claim the tips for the house and not individual employees.

Victoria's gambling regulator and the State Government are under increasing pressure over its handling of Crown Casino after the gaming giant admitted money laundering was likely to have occurred at its Melbourne and Perth casinos.

The admission to a NSW inquiry has prompted that state's regulator to delay the opening of Crown's new multi-billion-dollar casino in Sydney.

The NSW inquiry is assessing Crown Resorts' suitability to hold a casino licence.

The revelations in Sydney about Crown's Melbourne operations have raised fresh questions over the effectiveness of the Victoria Commission for Gaming and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) which has been approached with multiple complaints about Crown in recent years.

and The Age have exposed allegations of money laundering, links to criminal groups and overseas junket operators.

The VCGLR has issued a show cause notice to Crown over its junket operations — in which cashed-up overseas gamblers are lured to Crown. The nation's anti-money laundering body AUSTRAC is also investigating issues at the casino.

As previously reported by the ABC, there are concerns from within the VCGLR that issues at Crown are not being taken seriously by the watchdog.

Gambling reform advocate says political donations helped Crown avoid scrutiny

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Tim Costello, the chief advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, said Crown's 'bombshell' admission that money laundering was likely occurring in Melbourne and Perth was 'simply extraordinary' and should be of concern to all Australians.

'It says it [Crown] has been a criminal enterprise,' he said.

'There has been wholesale money laundering going on and Crown admitted it [on Wednesday] after effectively hiding it for most of the inquiry.

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'This is quite an astonishing finding that every Australian should be shaking in their boots that this has gone on for so long.'

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Mr Costello said the revelations should put the spotlight back on the VCGLR and the national corporate regulator ASIC.

He has also criticised Crown's influence over Victorian politicians on both sides of the aisle.

He said the gaming giant's ties to Spring Street accounted for why allegations of criminal activity in Melbourne's casinos had gone without consequence for so long.

'Crown has captured politics [and] the politicians are silent because it gives great donations to both sides of politics,' Mr Costello said.

'That is why it has taken a New South Wales inquiry to really expose massive laundering and criminal activity here in Melbourne.'

In 2017-18, Crown donated $35,000 to Victorian Labor and $30,000 to Victorian Liberals.

Mr Costello said he expected far-reaching organisational change at Crown with an 'embarrassed' board facing fallout from the inquiry.

'They've got to turn over most of their board. They have been utterly exposed and they have effectively just been puppets of James Packer,' he said.

'James Packer is almost certainly going to have to sell out and hand over to someone who can pass the probity test in holding a licence.'

Crown won't have licence suspended in Melbourne

Premier Daniel Andrews said the casino would not have its licence suspended in the wake of the money laundering admission but said the regulator would make further inquiries.

He also said the Government would closely examine the final report from NSW, due early next year.

'There is a sacred trust when it comes to these licences, and they need to be complied with,' Mr Andrews said.

The Opposition and the Greens have been critical of the VCGLR for not acting quick enough on Crown Casino.

Liberal leader Michael O'Brien said the commission was 'asleep at the wheel', while Greens MP Ellen Sandell said the Government must terminate Crown's licence.

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Mr Andrews, who is former Gaming Minister, defended the work of the regulator.

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'It is simply wrong in my judgement to say that they are waiting for others to do their job for them, nothing can be further from the truth.'