Calls for Crown casino inquiry after leaked video of bricks of cash in junket room

Whistleblower alleges gamblers able to launder millions of dollars through casino with impunity

Video footage showing dozens of “bricks” of $50 and $100 notes – hundreds of thousands of dollars worth – being casually handed over from a shopping bag in a high-rollers’ room at Melbourne’s Crown Casino have sparked renewed calls for a royal commission into alleged criminality at the casino.

The footage, shot on Crown’s own security cameras, shows an unknown man handing over hundreds of thousands of dollars in Australian currency inside the Suncity junket room at Crown. He pulls the money, wrapped in elastic bands, from a freezer shopping bag, and waits, and appears to speak with friends and casino staff while it is exchanged for high-value casino chips.

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