James Packer's Asian casino partner Lawrence Ho says its PBL joint venture made some early mistakes with its first casino project, Crown Macau. Mr Ho, son of casino billionaire Stanley Ho, said "Melco PBL didn't get off to a good start." "We went away from my original vision - which was a high-roller, six-star, VIP property - and tried to squeeze in too many slot machines", in order to boost profit margins.