Tag Archives: Melbourne
Australia – Staff at Crown Melbourne to protest graveyard pay
Workers at Crown Melbourne, the state of Victoria’s single biggest employer, have voted to reject a wage offer for late-night and ‘graveyard’ shifts at weekends. Representatives of the venue’s 5,500 staff at Crown Melbourne have refused an increase of 2.75 per cent, and are now planning to demonstrate as they hold out for an increase…
Australia –Intralot rolls out first of 28,500 EGMs in Victoria
Intralot Australia has rolled out the first Voluntary Pre-commitment Scheme branded YourPlay for a network of 28,500 electronic gaming machines (EGM) across the State of Victoria, including the Melbourne Casino. The official launch follows a contract sealed in 2014 between Intralot and the Victorian Government to operate the pre-commitment service for a period of 12…
Australia – Victoria investor ‘floats’ idea for rival to Crown’s Melbourne casino
The Victorian state government is listening to plans from casino developer John Haddad who wants to develop a A$1bn casino, the second within the state, on the Geelong waterfront. Current legislation restricts casino gambling to one property; Crown Resorts in Melbourne, who has recently had its gaming licence extended from 2033 to 2050 with the…
Australia – Packer to add six star tower to Melbourne’s Crown
Australian operator Crown Melbourne is adding a luxury six-star hotel tower to its Melbourne casino precinct. British architects, Wilkinson Eyre won the contest to design the proposed new Queensbridge Hotel Tower and precinct to be located in Melbourne’s Southbank area. Situated in one of Melbourne’s premier living and leisure destinations and one of Australia’s prime…
Australia – Macau junket signs up with Crown in Perth and Melbourne
Macau-based VIP room gaming promoter Iao Kun Group Holding is to start providing VIP players to the Crown Perth Casino in Perth, Australia and for the Crown Melbourne Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The junket group has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding whereby it will acquire all of the profit interests of Lou Kan…
Australia – Intralot selected for pre-commitment scheme in Victoria
Intralot Gaming Services Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intralot Australia Pty Ltd, has signed a contract with the Victorian State Government in Australia to implement a voluntary pre-commitment scheme for up to 30,000 electronic gaming machines (EGM) across the State including the Melbourne Casino. The Pre-Commitment solution in Victoria, Australia will be a…
Australia – Crown secures ‘super’ deal with Victoria government
James Packer’s Crown Resorts has secured a 17-year extension to its Melbourne casino licence from the Victorian government amid a raft of approvals that will bring more gaming tables and pokies to Crown’s gaming floor. Crown Resorts confirmed it had reached agreement with the Victorian Government on a number of reforms to the Melbourne Casino…
