This inquiry into The Star Entertainment Group Limited is being chaired by prominent local attorney Adam Bell and kicked off approximately eight months after rival operator Crown Resorts Limited was refused permission to open a casino within its new Crown Sydney facility owing to a slew of money laundering allegations tied to that company's past use of foreign junket firms. Sharp reportedly told this latest New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority-backed investigation that both operators should be held to the same standards and be obliged to treat their gambling licenses as a privilege that confers the ability to earn ' very substantial revenues .'