Following the report shareholders began forming a class action lawsuit against Star and inquiries were launched by Queensland's, Western Australia's, Victoria's, and New South Wales's state gaming regulators. In response to the report Star stated that it was ' 'concerned by a number of assertions within the media reports that it considers misleading.' And also stated that it would take steps to address the allegations with Australian authorities. In 2021 a joint report by the Sydney Morning Herald the Age, and the television program 60 Minutes, found that Star management had been warned that it's anti-money laundering controls were inadequate and that between 20 Star had attempted to recruit high rollers who were allegedly linked to criminal or foreign-influence activities.
The two joint venture partners will each contribute 25% of the capital to develop the integrated resort and will also jointly pay for the apartment and broader Queen's Wharf developments. Echo has two Hong-Kong based joint venture partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium. The Queensland Government announced on 20 July 2015 that Echo Entertainment as 50% joint venture partner of the Destination Brisbane Consortium was the preferred tenderer for Queen's Wharf, Brisbane, beating rival Crown Resorts.
