International high-roller gamblers left Crown Perth fighting to recover debts as high as $29 million, the Perth Casino Royal Commission is told.
International high-roller gamblers left Crown Perth fighting to recover debts as high as $29 million, the Perth Casino Royal Commission has been told.One gambler racked up $29 million in debtFormer Crown Resorts chief executive John Alexander told the inquiry yesterdayabout the lengths the casino would go to attract these gamblers, from luxury yachts to private jets to even subsidising multi-million-dollar weddings.Counsel assisting the royal commission Patricia Cahill gave the example of a $2.
Mr Alexander was a key lieutenant of Crown Resorts' majority shareholder James Packer and was the company's executive chairman until January last year. "There was a belief, certainly until about 2015, 2016, that Chinese tourism, Chinese visitation was just going to continue to grow," he said."It was the fastest-growing tourist group that we had and there was an expectation that obviously things would get better, with the volume and the like, with more customers."
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