What about the role of the Jordanian King?

"Jordan's prime minister personally authorised a secret contract to build an extra-legal supercasino complex, despite publicly denying responsibility for it, documents seen by the Guardian reveal.   The multimillion-dollar Dead Sea casino deal is now frozen and has been the focus of anti-corruption street protests and parliamentary crises. It has been controversial because gambling is illegal in Jordan and because the government faces a $1.4bn (£890m) penalty if the 50-year contract is cancelled.  Ma'arouf al-Bakhit, the prime minister implicated in what has become known as "Casinogate", was reappointed by Jordan's King Abdullah in February to introduce constitutional reforms, after an eruption of popular protest inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.  Bakhit, who was also prime minister when the casino contract was signed in 2007, narrowly survived parliamentary impeachment over the scandal in June, while the tourism minister at the time, Osama Dabbas, was successfully impeached for his role in overseeing the deal and faces trial."