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Brisbane casino should attract foreign gamblers
August 26, 2013
Bloomberg – Echo Entertainment Group Ltd. (EGP), facing a challenge to its exclusive Sydney casino license from billionaire James Packer’s Crown Ltd., wants a bigger site in Queensland’s state capital to target Asian gamblers. Echo’s existing casinos in the state, in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Townsville, are too small to attract overseas tourists, Chief Executive Officer John Redmond said in a phone interview yesterday. Echo is in talks with Queensland’s government about the Brisbane relocation, and the plan is a key priority for the year to June, it said in a presentation. Both Packer and Redmond are banking on…