Aufgrund seiner Größe ist er oft der beeindruckendste Spieler am Tisch, der 198 cm große Nenad Medic hat sich innerhalb von nur 3 Jahren vom Low-Limit Online Spieler zu einem Mitglied der weltweiten Pokerelite entwickelt. Er gehört zu den wenigen talentierten Spielern, welche sowohl ein WSOP Bracelet, als auch einen World Poker Tour Titel gewonnen haben.

Casino operator Crown Ltd has abandoned plans to invest in a casino project in the Philippines due to rising borrowing costs. Crown chief executive Rowen Craigie said on Wednesday that global credit crunch made it harder to develop projects needing significant capital. "The recent and ongoing events in world credit markets have made it very difficult for gaming operators to develop commercially viable casino entertainment projects...

Sydney (Reuters) - Australian gaming group Crown Ltd denied widespread speculation on Thursday that it wanted to buy U.S. casino group Ameristar Casinos Inc. Australian newspapers said earlier in the day that Crown, controlled by billionaire James Packer, could switch its sights to Ameristar after it pulled out of a USD 5 billion casino project in Las Vegas last month.

James Packer's role in a proposed AUD 1.5 billion casino development in the Philippines now appears to be on a knife edge, following his office's denial of speculation yesterday that a deal was only weeks away from being finalised. The South China Morning Post said Mr Packer, executive chairman of Crown, was in advanced talks with a company called Bloombury to sign a deal to build a AUD 1.5 billion casino resort in the Philippines.

Melbourne (Reuters) - The developers of a USD 5 billion Las Vegas casino have decided to scrap the project due to tight credit markets, one of the developers, Australia's Crown Ltd, said on Wednesday. Casino firm Crown, owned by billionaire James Packer, along with Texas developer Christopher Milam and private equity firm York Capital Management had planned to build the tallest tower in in Las Vegas as part of the casino complex and 5,000-room hotel project.

James Packer's publicly listed gambling company, Crown, and the poker machine maker Aristocrat are bracing for the impact of the strong economic headwinds undermining US casino earnings. In the past fortnight, the owner of the iconic Tropicana casino in Las Vegas has filed for bankruptcy and four of the US's largest gambling companies have reported earnings slumps. Most market observers said the falls illustrated that the industry was not as recession-proof as it liked to think.

Die vergangene Woche verbrachte ich mal wieder nach der Devise: „See Europe in one week!“ Na gut, etwas übertrieben ist das schon, aber ein Hauch von Jet Set haftete dem Terminplan doch an. Am Dienstag startete ich nicht ganz so Jet Set-mäßig mit dem bekannten irischen Billigfluganbieter von Baden-Baden aus mit Ziel Girona (Hin und Rückflug für etwa 47 €!!!), um in Peralada meine bescheidenen Dienste bei der Ausrichtung des Live-Finales der World Poker Crown anbieten zu können. Etwa 2 Millionen US$ galt es an dem Finaltisch zu verteilen, allein der erste Platz war mit 1 Million dotiert.

Sydney (Reuters) - The site of a USD 5 billion casino project in Las Vegas has been put up for sale after the development group, which includes Australia's Crown Ltd, failed to come up with increased equity demanded by lenders, the Wall Street Journal reported. Crown, owned by billionaire James Packer, along with Texas developer Christopher Milam and private equity firm York Capital Management...

Crown Ltd. has increased its interest in the Las Vegas gaming market by spending USD 414 million for minority stakes in Harrah’s Entertainment and Station Casinos, the Australian gaming company revealed. However, the Melbourne, Australia-based company also suggested that a proposed USD 5 billion hotel-casino project slated for the former Wet ’n Wild site may be in jeopardy because of the tightening credit markets.

James Packer's Crown Limited has formed new alliances with powerful US gambling barons, spending AUD 414 million to buy stakes in the giant privately owned Harrah's Entertainment and Stations Casino Group. But an earlier plan to buy a prime piece of Las Vegas land and build the world's tallest casino tower is under a cloud, with Crown's partners reviewing their involvement in the project.

Crown casino chiefs have been ordered to go to trial over claims they allowed a banned problem gambler to blow USD 30 million. Supreme Court Justice David Harper today ruled that the Southbank casino had a case to answer in its explosive dispute with millionaire Gold Coast property developer Harry Kakavas. Mr Kakavas, 40, alleges he lost USD 30 million playing baccarat in a 14-month gambling spree starting in June 2005.

Sydnes (Reuters) - Australian gaming group Crown Ltd has agreed to buy Las Vegas casino operator Cannery Casino Resorts (CCR) for USD 1.75 billion, adding to its stable of North American gaming operations. Crown, controlled by Australia's richest man James Packer, will buy all of CCR, a joint venture between gaming magnates Bill Paulos and Bill Wortman and private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management.