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Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the Outback, you’ve surely heard the name James Packer. With multiple high-stakes business ventures and successful investments, he’s one of the wealthiest men in Australia, best known for his dominant leadership of Crown Resorts. James Douglas Packer was born into vast wealth, but becoming an elite...

South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has made no secret of his deplorable view towards poker machines. His anti-pokies crusade has stretched on for what seems like forever now, and a recent multi-million money laundering case has added buckets of fuel to the campaign fire. Sen. Xenophon’s latest political efforts are geared towards a crackdown...

If you’ve stayed at a major hotel chain or played their casino slots lately, you may have noticed things are getting a bit more aromatic these days. The latest marketing trend isn’t promotional, but a fragrant one geared towards appealing to their customer’s noses. Smells like a winning combination – if you’re not asthmatic or allergic to them....

With a land mass of only 25km², the city of Manila – capital of The Philippines – is heavily packed with about 1.6 million people. Throw in the more than 1 million tourists that visit the Pearl of the Orient each year, and we can see why area hotels reach so far into the...

There’s always something exciting happening in Las Vegas, but the latest excitement is directed well outside the border of Sin City. Along the western rim of Nevada in Sparks, just a few miles east of Reno, is one of the Silver State’s most recognized off-Strip casinos, the Nugget. Having just finalized an agreement for...

Over the last 25 years, Mariah Carey has become one of the most admired and unequivocally talented musical artists of our time. Her first Christmas album alone went 5x Platinum in Australia and the United States. Now, for more than 1,000 lucky patrons of the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the 5x Grammy Award winning...

It’s a bitter sweet moment for South Australia’s Adelaide Casino. The day after celebrating its 30th anniversary, SA’s very first casino now mourns the passing of its honored grand opening host, then-Premier John Bannon. Adelaide Casino opened its doors to the public on December 12, 1985. It was an evening of merriment and festivities, laced...

Echo Entertainment is the owner of two Queensland-based gambling resorts, Jupiter Casino in Gold Coast and Treasury Casino in Brisbane. Recent changes to the way poker machines are delivered to players have increased pokies wins for operators across the state, but according to UBS research analysts David Fabris, Echo stands to reap a majority...