Casinos
Billionaire high-roller who skipped town owing Star casino $43m ordered to repay debts
Singaporean gambling baron Yew Choy Wong signed a blank cheque. But when The Star casino staff tried to cash that cheque for $43m at a National Australia Bank branch on the Gold Coast, it bounced.
- by Courtney Kruk
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The Star Entertainment Group
Hong Kong billionaires tried to become majority holders in The Star but backed off
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises approached the NSW casino regulator about taking a major stake in the casino, but pulled out after learning about probity checks.
- by Harriet Alexander, Amelia McGuire and Matt Dennien
The elusive family and the secrets behind The Star’s new casino owners
The family that took legal action to suppress a report into Star’s suitability to hold a casino licence has a long history of escaping scrutiny.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Star secret: The bombshell casino report we can’t print
A leaked probity report into Star Entertainment’s new casino will stay secret after the company’s partner took legal action to prevent it being published.
- by Harriet Alexander and Amelia McGuire
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NSW government’s rejection of tax relief for Star is right decision
The Minns government has rightly rejected the beleaguered Star Entertainment Group’s appeal to the public purse for rescue funds.
- The Herald's View
The Star may win Qld tax reprieve but NSW says no
The Queensland government is considering a potential tax reprieve for The Star while the NSW government has ruled out any further concessions.
- by Amelia McGuire and Cameron Atfield
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Opinion
A star is torn: How Star is playing an existential game of poker
The casino operator’s new boss needs to manage all players – lenders, investors, regulators and government – to convince them that if he throws in his cards, they all lose.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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The Star Entertainment Group
24 hours to fix a casino: Star chases cash to fend off insolvency
The embattled group has again been found to be unsuitable to hold a licence and it also faces a class action by investors over its plummeting share price.
- by Colin Kruger
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Earnings season
‘Dysfunctional’: The Star found unsuitable again as money woes deepen
The NSW casino regulator says it needs more time to decide what to do about the struggling gaming giant after receiving a damning report into The Star’s culture.
- by Amelia McGuire
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The Star Entertainment Group
Casinos to get cash reprieve in NSW after carded play delay
Punters at Star Sydney and Crown Barangaroo will be able to gamble with up to $5000 in cash per day for another year after a last-minute change by the NSW government.
- by Amelia McGuire
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Sydney’s Star casino has had too much time to play latest hand of bluff poker
The Minns government must not accede to Star Casino’s demands to delay the conversion of poker machines and table games to card-only technology.
- The Herald's View