 While Allan was Police Commissioner illegal casinos in Sydney flourished in full view of both police and the public and yet very few police raids ever took place.The collective annual turn over of these casinos was estimated in 1974 to be $600 million (or $3.8 billion in 2008 terms).This netted the operators an untaxed profit of $16 million ($95 million in 2008) after all costs and alleged bribes had been paid off.