James Packer says we’re not doing enough to attract Asian gamblers away from Singapore’s new casinos. Maybe he should follow the island state’s lead in keeping the locals out.
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Media cuddles up to Packer with few hard questions
James Packer is getting a dream run from the media on his plans for a Sydney casino. Why isn’t anyone asking harder questions about his strategy?
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‘Fuck, this must be a good business’: Packer on casinos, Kerry
James Packer has won over NSW politicians with his plan for a massive new casino and hotel development in Sydney. Last night he was sharing more of himself than ever.
READ MOREFor sheer audacity, nothing surpasses Packer’s casino play
For sheer audacity, nothing compares with James Packer’s extraordinary decision to requisition an EGM of Echo Entertainment group shareholders to remove John Story and install his old mate Jeff Kennett.
READ MOREWith Karl, James Packer showed he has his swagger back
James Packer showed us last night in a very positive interview on 60 Minutes that perhaps a direct media stake is unnecessary.
READ MOREDid Joe Hockey and Barry O’Farrell watch Packer on 60 Minutes?
The first time I met Joe Hockey was 19 years ago in the back of a cab from Sydney Airport with my then boss, Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale. Joe was working for NSW Premier John Fahey and we were packed into the cab like sardines listening to the big guy rattle off all the things […]
READ MOREMayne: Packer’s ill timed donation to Bob comes back to bite
While young Packer appears to have moved away from Scientology since his father’s death in late 2005, the puzzling ebbs and flows of his political associations are a little harder to fathom — Bob Katter being the latest.
READ MOREBartholomeusz: Packer Echoes a Stokes strategy
There’s a lot of confusion over the technicalities of James Packer’s disclosure that he has an interest in Echo Entertainment but little about his intent.
READ MOREMayne: after 20 year attempt, Packer launches another Sydney casino push
Three generations of the Packer family have enjoyed their status as influential media, business and gambling players in Sydney.
READ MORELast Bets: the campaign to lure more tourists to our tables
Forget Oprah — she was so 2010 — the big buzz word in tourism is now gamblers. The bigger the better. And the big high rollers are in Asia. James Packer and other Australia casino operators want a piece.
READ MORESiberian Las Vegas?
The Kremlin is shutting down casinos across Russia, leaving thousands unemployed and giving proprietors one option: relocation to the furthest reaches of the republic, such as Siberia.
READ MOREPacker’s bumpy ride continues
It’s been a tough few weeks for Australia’s second richest man, James Packer, writes Glenn Dyer.
READ MOREMelbourne: international cautionary tale of vice
New British PM Gordon Brown has issued a cautionary tale to justify his decision to nix plans for a super casino. He’s cited one fine city whose culture and law and order has been devastated by open slather gambling. The city in question? Melbourne, reports Guy Rundle.
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