Wild brawl caught on casino TV at Star casino

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Star Casino… Riot squad vehicle outside. Picture: Damian Baker
Source: The Daily Telegraph


brawl at star casino

Star Casino brawl…some men were arrested after police took charge. Picture: Damian Baker
Source: The Daily Telegraph


brawl at star casino

Bloodied participant after Public Order police break up brawl at Star Casino. Picture: Damian Baker
Source: The Daily Telegraph


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BARELY a week after its $870 million refurbishment was unveiled, visitors to the new Star casino were yesterday greeted by an ugly brawl involving up to 60 drunken men.


Police say two groups – including a party of 40 who had been drinking on a harbour cruise – engaged in a violent fight near the casino’s wharf about 1am.

While the brawl did not take place inside the casino, management yesterday provided police with CCTV footage to try to identify those involved.

No charges have been laid against any of the dozens involved, as many fled the area and jumped into taxis or buses as they heard sirens approaching.

Acting Superintendent Tony Bell described the fight as a “disgrace” and said police hoped that any taxi or bus driver who picked up some of the brawling men would come forward.

“It was very violent,” Supt Bell said, adding the brawl broke out after a “verbal altercation”. “This has no involvement with The Star [but] that [wharf] location is a drop-off point, including for party boats and cruises. People who have been partying … are being dropped [there] and that makes it a location of concern for us.”

The group of 40 men are from the Wollongong area and were waiting near the casino for a bus after getting off their harbour cruise. Supt Bell said police would be speaking with the owner of the boat, as well as a city bar where the other 20 men had been drinking before heading to Pyrmont, to determine “whether alcohol was served responsibly”.

A 37-year-old man was rushed to hospital following the fight amid fears he had suffered bleeding on the brain. He was yesterday being treated for facial fractures.

One man arrested at the scene was later released, partly because he was “too intoxicated” to give a statement.

“Due to their level of intoxication it wasn’t appropriate to further our inquiries at the time,” Supt Bell said.

“[We were] hampered by the fact those involved are not assisting police, and that those at the scene were severely affected by alcohol.”

Officers took details from some of the men who remained near the scene. Supt Bell said leading into summer, police would be forced to target binge drinking on harbour cruise boats.

“It is of great concern that those involved in this were so severely affected by alcohol,” he said.

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