Australia and New Zealand gaming operator SkyCity has announced that it’s set aside some AU$45 million ($29.25 million) as a provision for possible civil penalties and legal costs resulting from an investigation by Australia’s financial watchdog.

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New Zealand and Australia casino operator SkyCity has announced that it saw 167.8 percent increase in its net profit during its fiscal first half-year, ending December 31st, topping NZ$22.8 million ($14.44 million), as group-wide revenue rose by 59.6 percent, to NZ$462.6 million ($293.07 million), year-on-year.

SkyCity Entertainment Group has announced that the independent review into its suitability to operate its SkyCity Adelaide property has been put on hold, pending the resolution of the civil proceedings filed against it by the Australia’s financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC.

SkyCity Entertainment could face fines of up to AU$60 million, as a result of the civil proceedings launched against SkyCity Adelaide by Australia’s financial crimes watchdog.

Australian gaming companies continue to face the music, with SkyCity Adelaide leveled with charges by the country's financial crimes watchdog (AUSTRAC) over 'serious and systemic' breaches of anti-money laundering legislation.

Australia’s financial crimes watchdog has announced that it’s commencing civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against SkyCity Adelaide for ‘alleged serious and systemic non-compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws’.

Australian casino operator The Star says that it has been served with a statement of claim from the nation’s financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC, which is ‘commencing civil penalty proceedings in relation to alleged contraventions of obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act’.

Australia's financial crime watchdog is on a roll, telling bookmakers to “lift their game” as it turns its audit from Entain to Sportsbet and Bet365.

Australia's financial crime watchdog (AUSTRAC) is investigating Sportsbet and Bet365 on suspicion of failure to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.