Victoria's Crown royal commission to go further than NSW inquiry, commissioner says

Victoria's royal commission into Crown Casino will go further than the New South Wales inquiry and will put the management of gambling addiction front and centre, despite it not being directly in its terms of reference, former judge Ray Finkelstein has said. Key points: Mr Finkelstein said the "widespread" issue of problem gambling affected families and employers Crown resorts disagrees with the findings of the NSW inquiry, the commission heard The commissioner said he would not tolerate any delays, after revealing Crown was yet to respond to a request for information The first day of the inquiry heard the commission was still waiting for the gambling giant to respond to questions about whether it had breached its legal obligations. In the opening day of the probe into Crown Resorts' suitability to hold Victoria's sole casino licence, Mr Finkelstein said he had written two letters to the company, to seek their response to the damning Bergin inquiry, and to assess whether Crown had broken any Victorian rules. In response to the first letter, Crown said it disagreed with the Bergin inquiry's findings that there were deliberate and wilful actions by Crown, including money laundering and running junkets with organised crime gangs.