Australian-listed casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd. has found itself in the middle of a controversy yet again, this time over special swipe cards that give its loyal customers access to poker machines without a minimum spin rate.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Victorian government had allegedly given the Aussie casino operator a special exemption allowing Crown to issue the controversial swipe cards to its loyal customers.

Anti-gambling advocates claimed that the swipe cards allowed gamblers to wager bigger and faster, since they have access to as many as 1,000 “unrestricted” poker machines that were not compliant with problem gambling-related laws.

Gaming Minister Marlene Kairouz tried to downplay the issue by saying that they’re bent on reducing gambling-related harm, but she was caught flat-footed when pressed on the supposed special exemption that the government gave to Crown.