While James Packer’s personal life may be in turmoil, the company seeking to take control of his Crown Resorts and its signature development in his hometown, is also in a world of turmoil
, threatening key executives and their gaming licences.
The son of a bingo parlour operator, Mr Wynn took over the struggling business after his father's death and moved into Las Vegas casinos in 1967 and built the The Mirage and The Bellagio. Wynn Resorts employees and others described a CEO who pressured workers to perform sex acts in a sexualised workplace.
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