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Qld cabinet to consider Star Casino report

Qld's Attorney-General has received the final report from the state's inquiry into Star casinos. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The final report into the Queensland operations of Star Casinos has been handed to the state's Attorney-General for cabinet consideration.

Star owns and operates the Treasury Brisbane and The Star Gold Coast casinos, and is building the $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf resort development in Brisbane, which is expected to open next year.

Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman ordered an inquiry into the ASX-listed company after revelations from a NSW probe earlier this year.

The NSW gaming regulator found that Star repeatedly breached the law, misled banks and was infiltrated by criminal elements.

"Today I have received the final report from the external review of the Queensland operations of The Star Entertainment Group from the Honourable Robert Gotterson KC," Ms Fentiman said in a statement on Friday.

"Cabinet will now consider the report."

Central to the Queensland review was whether its alleged behaviour in NSW also occurred in the northern state.

The inquiry was told Star allowed people banned from its casinos by interstate police due to their alleged association with criminal gangs to continue gambling in Queensland.

It allegedly "pursued" some of those people by giving them free flights by private jet, free luxury accommodation, and gifts including a $50,000 Rolex watch.

Public hearings last month in Brisbane heard Star staff concealed $55 million in prohibited gambling transactions from Chinese lender China UnionPay.

The final report comes after Star Entertainment acting chief executive Geoff Hogg resigned after the NSW review found the company unfit to hold a casino licence.

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