“In order for Crown to maintain both licenses, it must demonstrate the highest levels of accountability in dealing with the damaging revelations of the past few days. At the same time our regulators must also demonstrate they are up to the job of holding these massive businesses to account.”
—Sydney Morning Herald, calling for official investigations of alleged connections between Crown Resorts’ Australian casinos and organized crime
“This is a lot more now than allegations about one little casino. It’s multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency, international. This is very much something that the Australian government and the Australian parliament should have an interest in.”
—Andrew Wilkie, Australian parliament, calling for an inquiry into reports of connections between Crown Resorts and China’s most powerful triad crime syndicate
“The first game, the nerves were a little bit there. But after that I eased in and realized that I could really take this home if I focused up.”
—Kyle Giersdorf, a 16-year-old from Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, on his $3 million win in the Fortnite World Cup held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York
