This Month
Casino regulator bans Star staff from tables over collusion
The NSW Independent Casino Commission has banned the two employees from operating games in the state for a decade.
- Zoe Samios
Blackstone wants bigger Australia bet as brighter economy beckons
Jon Gray says the US private capital giant will look to increase its exposure to Australia ahead of what he expects will be an economic upswing.
- James Thomson
April
Super Retail’s alleged executive tryst packs heat on the board
Bombshell claims against CEO Anthony Heraghty have been aired in public, putting the spotlight on chairwoman Sally Pitkin.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- Casinos
Blackstone’s Crown to shed 1000 jobs in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
Job losses will be split between the corporate division and the three casino precincts. Crown says the decision was driven by economic-related pressures.
- Zoe Samios
X owner Elon Musk doubles down on Sydney stabbing video
Billionaire Elon Musk has taken to X to question why the Australian eSafety Commissioner should have the authority to force his social media platform to block videos of a Sydney terror attack. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
Firm’s $14b closure; Crown Sydney’s win; the Dalio dilemma
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Crown Resorts finally gets the green light to run Sydney casino
The Blackstone-owned gaming giant had been subject to a string of restrictions after a NSW inquiry called into doubt its ability to properly run a casino.
- Zoe Samios
March
Crown to keep casino licence but will ‘never be too big to fail’
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has deemed Crown Melbourne suitable to keep its exclusive licence.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The $5b whack: why it’s time to come clean to Star’s shareholders
As the sheriff runs Star executives out of town again, things are starting to look like a corporate assassination and the sort of battle investors cannot win.
- Anthony Macdonald
Embattled Star caught in HWL Ebsworth breach
Hackers stole 2.5 million documents from HWL Ebsworth clients last April. Some of Star’s customers and employees were compromised.
- Zoe Samios
February
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why James Packer is the luckiest billionaire in Australia
Crown Resorts may have given him plenty of heartburn, but the latest ugly numbers from Star Entertainment show how well-timed the sale really was.
- James Thomson
Philip Crawford is on a one-man crusade against Star Entertainment
Depending on who is asked, the corporate lawyer turned casino regulator is either keeping the bastards honest – or hounding them out of business.
- Zoe Samios
Lendlease’s tax shenanigans are future people problems
In the best-case scenario, everyone wins. And should the ATO ensure the worst? Lendlease’s shareholders lose. Again.
- Myriam Robin
- Exclusive
- Gaming & wagering
Crown Resorts clears its CEO of law breaches
The gaming giant had been investigating whether Ciaran Carruthers intervened to allow patrons back into its casinos even after security had removed them.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
January
- Analysis
- Casinos
Star Entertainment gets its house in order as others ponder its future
As any good negotiator will tell you, the best time to do a deal is right before the certainty has set in. In this case, the complete opposite is true.
- Jemima Whyte and Zoe Samios
December 2023
Victoria’s casino regulator investigating Crown Resorts
The gaming group confirmed on Tuesday that it was looking into allegations its chief executive allowed customers removed by security to return to its premises.
- Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- AUSTRAC crackdown
AUSTRAC to crack down on digital services in 2024
Digital currency exchanges, payment platforms, bullion and non-bank lenders will all be put under the AUSTRAC microscope in 2024.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Casinos
Crown launches internal investigation into CEO
The Blackstone-owned gaming group has launched an inquiry into allegations management intervened to allow patrons removed from its casinos back in.
- Kylar Loussikian
Executive departures deepen Star Entertainment’s legal woes
Betty Ivanoff, a former group counsel at Crown Resorts and Coca-Cola Amatil, resigns after about six months in the role.
- Zoe Samios
November 2023
Investors dust off Crown, Star merger dreams amid job cuts
Job cuts and slashed hours have Star Entertainment bulls excited Crown owner Blackstone could turn to its cross-harbour rival to find cost synergies.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
