Pubs and pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson has sold the well-known Captain Cook Hotel opposite the Sydney Football Stadium in Paddington for less than half what he paid for it in December 2022.

Records show the 110-year-old, four-storey venue on the corner of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road – a popular stopping off point for a beer on the way to the footy or cricket – changed hands for $6.6 million earlier this month.