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PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR KELLY’S PEAK INVEST PUBS FUND

Posted on October 7th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Investors in Damian Kelly’s Peak Invest pub fund are taking him to task in the NSW Supreme Court, seeking more than a million dollars be repaid even after the portfolio sold at more than 1.5 times book value. A former

CRACKDOWN LOOMS ON AML THROUGH GAMING MACHINES

Posted on June 15th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

A secret investigation by authorities into gaming transactions at pubs and clubs cites possible links between staff and money laundering by organised criminals, and forbodes a shakeup of the AML system. The investigation was conducted by NSW Liquor & Gaming,

PARRAMATTA PUB FINED OVER $100K AFTER DODGY MANAGER DOBBED IN

Posted on February 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

ILGA has issued fines totalling more than $100k to senior management and the Rose & Crown, after a manager suspended for theft reported misdoings to the NSW liquor regulator. According to facts in a decision published Friday by the Independent

PUB PENALISED OVER TOO MANY FREE DRINKS

Posted on May 10th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

A pub and licensee in Sydney’s south have been fined and penalised for failing to limit free drinks to a man on a gambling binge. Complaints lodged by Liquor & Gaming against the venue relate to the service of a

ILGA IMPOSES BIGGEST FINE EVER OVER SUICIDE OF VIP PLAYER

Posted on July 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

ILGA has handed down penalty of $200,000 in fines and costs to Dee Why RSL, for “irresponsible” practices in its gaming operation believed to have contributed to the suicide of Gary Van Duinen. A Liquor & Gaming NSW investigation exposed

STRIKE FOR ASSEMBLY LICENSEE

Posted on May 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

The licensee of Assembly Bar in the Sydney CBD has received a strike, for allowing a patron to become so intoxicated she needed medical attention. The NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) issued what was the first strike to

ILGA TRADING HOURS DECISION OVERRULED FOR IRIS

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

A landmark ruling has been handed down by NCAT, overruling an ILGA decision to prevent late-trading at Iris Group’s Station House Hotel in Campsie. In 2015 Canterbury Council granted development approval for what was to become the Station House, on

CHANGES TO NSW BAND CLASSIFICATIONS

Posted on October 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority has approved updates to the band system used to assess applications for gaming machines to reflect data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2016 Census. The ABS sets the Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2)

STRIKE AND BAN OVER INTOX AND SLY SEX

Posted on September 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

ILGA has handed down a Strike to one Sydney licensee and a 10-year ban to another, over “blatant disregard” for RSA, and the sexual assault of a female employee. Chris Chang, licensee of a Korean restaurant in Sydney’s CBD, is

ILGA DISCIPLINARY HEARING ON ALH & PUBLICAN CONVICTED

Posted on June 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney

ILGA has announced the conviction of the former operator of Kings Cross’ Dollhouse, and disciplinary hearing against two ALH pubs over serious gaming breaches. In March, the regulators handed down a lifetime ban to Ulysses Flevotomos for activities at Potts