Crown resorts and The Star Entertainment Group may be spared from further scrutiny in New South Wales (NSW) in the future should the government decides to abolish a mandatory five-yearly investigation of casino license.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the NSW government is now mulling on changing its present regulation in order to level the playing field between Sydney’s Star Casino and the under-construction Crown Casino.

The NSW government reportedly received at least 200 recommendations, including allowing The Star to provide credit to international “premium players”, which will be allowed at Crown Sydney upon its anticipated opening in 2021.

But the most important recommendation that the NSW received was the possible abolition of the mandatory five-year Section 31 investigations of the license and operations of casinos.