The Star Entertainment Group
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- Casinos
How Star’s new owners plan a major overhaul
Think of the new Star Entertainment properties as a cross between what they are today and ones that will more closely resemble monster-sized RSLs.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Perspective
- Casinos
Will Bally’s bring the Biff to Queen’s Wharf?
Queenslanders were promised champagne and caviar. Turns out, we could end up with Coke and crackers.
- Cameron Atfield
‘Everything you knew is over’: Star casinos to ditch the glitz
Star Entertainment’s prospective new owner Bally’s boss Soo Kim says the Australian casino business will have to start life from scratch.
- Supratim Adhikari and Elizabeth Knight
Fallen Star: The inside story of how a casino was brought undone
Star was already on its knees when carded play was introduced to its Sydney casino, a measure that brought it completely undone.
- Harriet Alexander
- Analysis
- Casinos
Star casino falls to a new class of Wall Street predator
Cannabis, tobacco and Star casino may seem like an odd combination of interests, but Star’s rescuer is a different breed from recent US corporate predators.
- Colin Kruger
- Updated
- Casinos
Star board backs rescue deal from US ‘vulture’
A $300 million deal with US-based company Bally’s will allow the embattled casino operator to protect 8000 jobs in NSW and Queensland.
- Colin Kruger and Supratim Adhikari
- Updated
- Casinos
Star on the brink again as $940m lifeline falls through
Star Entertainment may have just days to pull off a deal that would stave off collapse, as it teeters on the brink for the third time in as many months.
- Colin Kruger
Revealed: Bombshell report into shady casino links they didn’t want you to see
A secret government report concluded the Hong Kong company that rescued Star from financial collapse concealed its relationship with a notorious junket operator.
- Harriet Alexander
- Opinion
- Casinos
Star may still be breathing but its rescue just got complicated
With a deal in hand to keep the lights on a bit longer, Star Entertainment now has a new bid from an opportunistic raider, adding a twist in the tale for management and Star lenders.
- Elizabeth Knight
Opportunity knocks for US hedge-fund backed casino group eyeing Star
Ailing casino operator Star’s latest suitor Bally’s has a chairman with a track record of targeting casino businesses in strife.
- Clancy Yeates
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