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Best Crown Casinos in Australia 2025

Discover the best Crown casinos in Australia for 2025. Explore top venues in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, with world-class gaming and luxury hotels.

inkl · Jun 5, 2025

Convicted terrorist Benbrika banned from MCG and casino

Newly freed terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika will not be able to enter the MCG or Crown Casino after he was convicted over plots to attack both landmarks.

AAP · Dec 21, 2023

‘Should be closed after midnight’: experts warn 4am pokies closures in Victoria will do little to stop harm

Proposed mandatory closing times will still allow 361 venues to remain open after 2am, data suggests

The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023

Sydney: A Biography is Louis Nowra's love letter to his adopted city

Louis Nowra’s inspired biography of Sydney starts with a surprise visit to the city. He grew up in a housing commission estate in Melbourne. In 1959, while on a trip with his father to Wollongong in a truck to pick up a load of coke (for fireplaces, not drinking), his…

The Conversation · Dec 14, 2022

We fact-checked Samantha Ratnam's claim that Victorians have lost $66 billion at the pokies. Here's what we found.

Samantha Ratnam says Victorians have lost $66 billion on the pokies. But that figure does not account for inflation — or the losses that have occurred at Crown Casino.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Cancer experts ask Victorian MPs to ban smoking in Crown casino’s high-roller rooms

Crown was exempted from smoking bans more than 15 years ago, but health advocates say the royal commission response is a chance to close the loophole

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2022

Victorian government introduces reforms for Crown Melbourne amid calls for pre-commitment rules to apply statewide

New laws will require people who gamble to pre-commit to losses and time spent on poker machines at Melbourne's Crown Casino, as part of reforms following a royal commission, but advocates say the change should apply to all pokie venues.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

Crown Casino in Melbourne fined $80 million for illegal China Union Pay scheme

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission says Crown's scheme was illegal, and the casino "went to some lengths to hide what it was doing".

ABC News · May 30, 2022

Crown poker machine taxes brought in line with pubs and clubs as Victorian government clamps down in budget

The upcoming Victorian budget will target Melbourne's embattled Crown Casino as a revenue source, raising taxes on its poker machine winnings.

ABC News · Apr 29, 2022