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Geoff has more than 20 years of operational casino experience at a senior executive level. He was appointed to his current position on 1 July 2020. Prior to this, Geoff had group-wide responsibility for operations at The Star Sydney, The Star Gold Coast, the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre and Treasury Brisbane.
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Two men have been charged after more than $570,000 cash and casino chips valued at nearly $170,000 were seized, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corrupt betting at a Sydney casino. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Two men have been charged and more than $570,000 in cash and casino chips worth nearly $170,000 have been seized as part of an investigation into alleged corrupt betting at The Star Casino.
Strike Force Antree was set up in early September to respond to reports two men were involved in corrupt betting during a game of Baccarat at The Star.
A spokesman for the Star said the casino’s “internal processes identified an issue”, leading the venue to bring in police and the casino regulator.
Police arrested 27-year-old Ziyi Liu at a casino carpark in Sydney and 35-year-old Hieu Duc Lam at a home at Canley Heights about 6.20pm on September 9.
Two men have been charged after more than $570,000 cash and casino chips valued at nearly $170,000 were seized. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
The men, aged 27 and 35, were arrested on September 9 and both charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and participating in a criminal group, contributing to criminal activity. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Detectives then carried out search warrants at the Canley Heights home, where they allegedly found more than $270,000 cash, USD $2000 and electronic storage devices, and at a unit in Ryde, where they allegedly seized more than $300,000 in cash and casino chips worth $169,000.
Both men have been charged with three counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and participating in a criminal group, contributing to criminal activity.
Mr Liu appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday morning where his matter was adjourned to November 11.
It is alleged in court documents that he cheated while playing Baccarat at The Star on three occasions across September 7 and 8, scamming the casino out of $44,000, $24,000 and $32,000 respectively.
Mr Lam appeared before Liverpool Local Court and will also reappear on November 11.
Both men are on bail.
Investigations under Strike Force Antree are continuing.
Anyone with concerns about suspected illegal activity at casinos or within the racing industry should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
NCA NewsWire understands The Star called in law enforcement to investigate after internal processes flagged an issue. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Detectives under Strike Force Antree raided a home at Canley Heights and an unit at Ryde following the arrests earlier this month. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
At the home in Canley Heights, detectives allegedly found more than $270,000 cash, USD $2000 and electronic storage devices. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
At Ryde, police allegedly seized more than $300,000 in cash and casino chips worth $169,000. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
An architect appointed to review a contentious proposal for a residential and hotel tower at the Star Casino in Sydney has described the building as “challenging to the eye and the mind.”
The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) determined that the proposal should be refused planning permission in July 2019. The proposed 237-metre-tall tower, designed by FJMT, was deemed to be “unduly prominent,” “over-assertive” and “not in the public interest.”
Because the proposal received more than 25 objections, it was referred to the state’s Independent Planning Commission for determination.
The IPC appointed architect Yvonne von Hartel to peer review the previous assessment by Peter Webber, a former NSW government architect, with the aim of assessing “the robustness and validity of the independent assessment and design advice.” Von Hartel was also tasked with reviewing a number of other peer reviews and assessments produced as part of the approvals process.
Von Hartel’s assessment, available here, is even more critical of the proposal than Webber’s assessment on a number of points.
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“The built form of the proposed development is challenging to the eye and the mind; a tower that tapers inwards at its base is contrary to ‘common sense’; the eye expects a thickening at the base not a constriction,” she writes in a section on built form.
“The tower itself is not sleek – rather it is a combination of cylindrical and part cylindrical forms which start and stop apparently randomly. The tower is striated – two horizontal breaks in regular floor to floor height and possible facade treatment (depending on the artistic licence shown in the renders).”
Von Hartel is also more critical of symbolic issues of the proposal. “The proposed residential and hotel tower draw attention to the attached casino,” she said. “If the development proceeds […] it will be so much taller than any currently permissible development in the future and the singularity of a tower in Pyrmont and its disturbing built form will mark it as an intrusive object on the skyline.
One issue Von Hartel takes with Webber’s report is its “limited” comments on the built form and the selection of the FJMT design over two others that were part of a design competition for the project.
“He suggests that the selected design is the best of the three competition designs and acknowledges that the preferred design is still problematic. He does not define why he thinks the selected design is the best of the three completion designs, suggesting only that it could be an elegant three-dimensional form when viewed as an isolated object but not when placed in this location as it has no sympathy with its urban context.”
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Ultimately, however, Von Hartel finds that Webber’s conclusions “are to the point and in my view, in the main, justified by his analysis.”