Yesterday we saw James Packer at the Crown AGM criticising the proposed changes to poker machine laws, call on the federal government to do more to stimulate tourism and then cop a vote of 55% against his company’s 2011 remuneration report. You wouldn’t know that from his interview with Channel Seven’s Jennifer Keyte.
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James Packer shows off his Labor Right pulling power
The James Packer ALP advisory team of Graham Richardson, Karl Bitar and former Kim Beazley chief-of-staff Gary O’Neill, today have played one of their trump cards in the campaign to head off Andrew Wilkie’s pokies reform agenda.
Last Bets: a gambling palace through the dealer’s eyes
Boozed-up punters are regular fixtures on the gaming room floor despite laws banning gambling while drunk. But dealers say training is inadequate, writes student journalist Esther Ooi.
Last 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.
Bitar to Crown: ‘from shooting crap inside Labor to casino craps’
Two former NSW Labor powerbrokers rubbish James Packer’s hiring of dumped ALP national secretary Karl Bitar as a Crown Casino lobbyist, suggesting the media scion might be better off dispatching his new charge back to the dole queue.
What’s behind Packer’s latest bet
James Packer has now spent just over $400 million buying Crown shares in the past 12 months. Is it simply that he just sees value or is he preparing the ground for something more strategic?
How Crown stacks the odds in its favour
When Crown Casino management have been missing their main floor revenue targets, they have been systematically changing the rules on table games in their favour, writes Mark Cridland.
Political snippets: What Sarkozy could learn from Hawke
France’s short-statured President Sarkozy could gain a few inches with a Bob Hawke bouffant haircut, the GFC hits casinos, and more insights from Richard Farmer.
The poker night I faced down Le Schiffre and made rent
Poker is becoming more popular and women are placing their bets with purpose. Helen Razer entered a tournament in the hope of improving her game, but then things got out of hand.
MGM Mirage casino should ‘disengage’ from controversial Pansy Ho
New Jersey gaming regulators have advised that MGM Mirage should be “directed to disengage” from its Macao joint venture partner, Pansy Ho. Where does that leave James Packer?
Fairfax, AWB and co. bury bad news in the budget build-up
Fairfax Media was in good company yesterday as it tried to hide a sharp profit downgrade under the cloak of the Federal Budget.
Rebecca Gibney shaded by shadowy bankers
The banks are the real powers behind Australia’s commercial broadcast media.
Melco media coverage misses the point
A key element of James Packer and Hong Kong tycoon Lawrence Ho’s latest capital raising was ignored.
ConsMedia mates club gets overdue shake-up
Without an ounce of irony, The Australian reported this morning on the shake-up at Consolidated Media Holdings.
Have Packer’s US gaming plans cooled?
Has the worldwide credit crisis hit James Packer’s gaming and gambling business? Glenn Dyer writes.
High roller rolled. Is Crown next?
While high roller Chia Teck sits in jail for embezzlement, is the next target the casinos, including Melbourne’s Crown Casino, which pocketed his pots of cash? Crikey gambling correspondent Andrew W Scott investigates.
