Crown Melbourne News - Page 4

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International News Brief: Jeff Kennett has given Crown casino a dressing down, saying that the casino's high-roller rooms are far different from those he opened as premier in 1997.

After approximately six hours of intense poker at Melbourne's Crown Casino, Englishman Luke 'Resteal' Abolins was crowned PokerProForAYear beating out stiff competition from nine other talented players from around the world.

International News Brief: Ambulances are being called to Melbourne's Crown Casino complex so often that some health experts believe a permanent paramedic presence at the venue may be necessary.

International News Brief: Crown casino will go to trial over explosive claims it lured a banned pathological gambler to blow $30 million.

International News Brief: The biggest hotel in Australia will be built at Southbank as part of a $540 million expansion of Melbourne's Crown Casino complex.

International News Brief: Claims that Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to lose $30 million will be contested in the Supreme Court.

International News Brief: Claims Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to blow $30 million are headed for an explosive Supreme Court showdown.

International News Brief: Crown Casino is building a new super room for its richest and most loyal pokies players.

International News Brief: A judge has blasted Crown casino at a trial of man charged with stealing from his family company to fund his addiction.

International News Brief: Crown Casino could face fines of up to $1 million following an ‘underhanded’ rule change that could increase its take from some gamblers by 40 per cent.

International News Brief” Crown casino's most loyal guest has spent about three years of his life checked into the same luxury hotel room at a cost of more than $700,000.

International News Brief: Statistics for the 10 year old Crown casino reveal that punters have lost $102,000 an hour – $28 every second – playing pokies and table games at Crown Casino since May 1997.

The largest main event in Aussie Millions history drew a record field and is nearly ready to hand out a record $1.5 million pay-out.

Electronic multi-player table games (EMTs) are starting to gain traction in the casino industry, and poker may be the first game to gain wide acceptance in an EMT platform.

International News Brief: More than $20,000 in cash has been stolen from a ballroom at Melbourne's Crown Casino during a charity function.

International News Brief: Australia’s Crown Casino is dodging smoking bans by using high-roller exemptions for gaming rooms used mainly by locals.

International News Brief: Punters hoping to emulate the Australian who won last year's World Series of Poker have the chance to win their entry into the international competition at Melbourne's Crown Casino tonight.

International News Brief: The future of nightclubs in Australia's largest entertainment complex, Crown in Melbourne, has been threatened by yet another violent incident over the weekend.

International New Brief: Crown Casino has pulled the plug on its nightclub, the Mercury Lounge.