staff to question high-rollers from China about where they got their massive cash supplies. And investigators believed the VIPs would often pay the gangs back in China.Īccording to B.C.’s Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch, the suspected drug-money laundering from China increased exponentially from 2010 and was forecast to reach about $200 million per year in 2014.įormer River Rock Casino compliance manager Robert Kroeker and former general manager Rick Duff both testified Monday that Great Canadian Gaming managers didn’t want B.C. The inquiry has already heard that Asian-organized crime used loan sharks inside several Vancouver-area casinos - especially River Rock Casino - to provide “VIP” high-rollers from China with suspected drug cash to buy casino chips. What once was a good food, good service place is now an average to poor food and terrible service. The dining menu here has undergone a revision. This eatery is inside the River Rock Casino and is designed to be a step BELOW the Quail Run Restaurant and ABOVE the various walk-up food places. Former managers at Richmond’s River Rock casino acknowledged that company executives complained about investigators probing foreign high-rollers for suspected drug-cash transactions, B.C.’s money laundering inquiry heard Monday. This review is about the Center Stage Bar & Grill.
