Star casino and its legal team sacked on Tuesday three more managers with over 40 years' experience in the organisation for breaches of its internet and email policies.
This recent termination brought to at least seven the number of staff who have been dismissed or have left following the shock announcement last month of the sacking of managing director Sid Vaikunta.
Mr. Vaikunta was accused of alleged misconduct and sacked on February 2.
One of those recently dismissed had forwarded an email dated February 21 from Dean Wilson, the director of VIP services. Mr. Wilson explains in the email why responsible gambling rules used to stop locals betting for more than 24 hours straight did not apply to wealthy foreigners also known as international rebate guests.
Under Australian law gamblers are not allowed to bet for more than 24 hours.
Mr Wilson recalls in the mail that a staff member had wrongly advised two wealthy international guests, who had been playing for 21 hours, that they would soon be asked to leave in view of the 24-hours-tops gambling rule.
''For our [international rebate] guests we are under no obligation to stop their play at the 24-hour mark,'' Mr Wilson wrote to managers in the high rollers' section. ''These guests travel with limited time to play and they have an established amount of funds that they are prepared to gamble with,'' he added.
In an email later distributed to several hundred pit managers in four casinos owned by Echo Entertainment, including the Star, Mr Wilson said staff should look for international gamblers showing signs of fatigue and ask if they were well enough to continue playing on.
The email was sent to Elizabeth Ward, a former long-serving manager turned whistleblower who is fighting the Star over wrongful dismissal after her termination this year.
A Star spokesman told the Sydney Morning Herald the employees ''were dismissed for breaching several employment policies such as sending confidential company documents to third parties and private email addresses'', including ''highly sensitive customer information.''
''One employee was also found to have possessed pornographic material which he forwarded to another employee on the Star's computer network."
Ms Ward said Mr Wilson's email is a manifestation of how the new management brought in by Echo Entertainment was always trying to maximise the amount of revenue it could earn.
SOURCE:IBTimes
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