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THE first thing you notice when you enter Crown Casino’s Mahogany Room is the stench.
While the high roller room got a $212 million upgrade a few years ago, there’s one thing that detracts from its opulence: Punters are allowed to smoke.
“It does stink — every second person is a smoker in there,” a member, who did not wish to be named, told news.com.au.
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“I think that’s disgraceful, but they pay so much tax that the government comes up with this ridiculous legislation that says smoking is allowed.”
Despite its elite reputation, the vibe was not quite as glamorous as you might expect; like “Las Vegas without the show”.
“I’ve been to a couple of smaller casinos in Europe, where everyone is dressed beautifully, it’s not super crowded, there’s a beautiful buffet in the middle — it’s just much more sophisticated.
“The only dress code at Mahogany Room is you can’t wear thongs or sneakers. Of course, if you’re a high roller, you can wear what you want to wear.”
BIG INCENTIVES
With Crown in turmoil over the arrest of its employees in China, which has clamped down on alleged illegal promotion of its gambling offering to citizens, how are high rollers treated at the casino?
The source news.com.au spoke to says that, while he’s been gambling at the establishment for quite some time, he hasn’t scored that many perks.
“I’ve gotten very few benefits; I might have got some grand final tickets once,” he said.
“But I know other people who would ask for a lot. I never asked for things.”
However, it was a different story for the so-called “whales”, mega rich gamblers from overseas, whose lucrative patronage was hard won.
“As an average Mahogany club member you might get a free meal, invited to races, that’s it,” the gambler said. “But if you’re an overseas punter, you’ve got the pick of casinos around the world.”
He said he had heard of rebates on gambling losses as high as 30 per cent being offered to overseas gamblers, who have also been known to score business class flights to Melbourne.
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“The incentives that they give are quite substantial, but most people are interested in getting rebates on their losses. But it’s usually only for overseas punters.”
The VIP Private Gaming Salon on the Mahogany Room floor at Crown. Picture: David CairdSource:News Limited
‘LIKE BETTING WITH MATCHSTICKS’
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While it was impossible to identify visiting overseas gamblers simply by appearance, he said there were some telltale characteristics.
“The men tend to have this colourful way of dressing,” he said.
“Everything is designer. You’ll see them wearing a jacket and they leave the label on the sleeve, so you know it’s Prada, Gucci or Versace.”
Expensive handbags and $50,000 watches were a regular sight at the baccarat table, where high rollers placed bets of as much as $300,000 a hand.
“I was there a few weeks back and this guy had about $700,000 worth of chips in front of him,” he said. “And the money just seems like they’re betting with matchsticks.”
MURKY ALLEGATIONS
The world of high rollers has been documented in court cases examining alleged links to organised crime.
Vietnamese-born suspected drug trafficker Pete Hoang gambled close to $1 billion at Crown before he was arrested in the Mahogany Room bathroom in 2012 and charged with money laundering. Two years later he was dead, gunned down in a darkened Croydon Park street.
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A court heard that Crown had allowed him to maintain four different identities at the casino and given him free business class flights, accommodation, and alcohol, as well as cash gifts of up to $100,000, Fairfax media reported.
LEVELS OF ACCESS
Mahogany Room memberships are not created equal; in descending order, they are ranked in five categories: black, platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
Like FlyBuys for gamblers, Crown Signature Club points are accrued depending on how much gamblers spend, and the humble bronze members only get a glimpse of the hedonism on offer.
To gain access to the VIP areas, you’ll need to clock up $15,000 within six months to earn a platinum membership.
And as our gambler is well aware, punters are caught up in a losing game.
“Casinos are built on losers, not winners. All the marble and stuff is paid for by the gamblers,” he said.
“And they know every dollar you lose or win.”
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For help or information call Gambler’s Help on 1800 858 858 or Lifeline on 131 114.
Crown Towers | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Location | 8 Whiteman Street, Melbourne, Australia |
Completed | 1997 |
Opened | May 8, 1997 |
Height | |
Architectural | 152.5 m (500 ft)[2] |
Roof | 141.5 m (464 ft)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 43[2] |
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Developer | Crown Resorts |
Main contractor | Grocon |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 482[3] |
Website | |
www.crownmelbourne.com.au/hotels/crown-towers |
Crown Towers is a hotel skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. Built in 1997, the hotel is one of three hotels at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, the others being: Crown Promenade (2003) and Crown Metropol (2010). Located on the banks of the Yarra River, it overlooks the city centre, Kings Domain, Port Phillip and Docklands.
Proposals for a Crown hotel to join the casino date back to as early as 1994, at a time when Crown casino was situated in a temporary location on the north bank of the Yarra River.[4][5] Designed by Daryl Jackson and Hudson Conway, the Crown Towers hotel was completed in 1997 in Southbank, alongside the new casino complex.[1] The 5–star hotel opened on 8 May 1997, albeit behind schedule.[6][7] With 482 hotel rooms, across 43 levels, Crown Towers stands at 152.5 metres (500 feet) in height – making it the tallest all-hotel building in Australia.[2][3][8] The hotel is the first skyscraper (building to reach at least 150 metres in height) to be constructed in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, a location wherein some of the tallest buildings in the city now stand.[9][10]
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- ^ abCrown Towers - The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ abcdCrown Towers. Emporis. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ abFelstead, Barry. (7 November 2013). 'Public Disclosure Summary April 2013 - Crown Hotels and Events Carbon Offset Program'. State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^Walker, David & Tuohy, Wendy. (24 February 1994). 'Government offers hope over casino hotel'. The Age. Page 3.
- ^Hurley, John. (12 June 1996). 'Traffic concern over growing size of casino'. The Age. Page 8.
- ^Ervin, Max. (31 May 1997). 'Melbourne Crown Casino – Geotechnical Issues'. Australian Geomechanics Society. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^Gibson, Rachel. (15 November 1996). 'Casino hotel delayed again'. The Age. Page 1.
- ^Hotels in Australia - The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^Green, Shane. (15 September 2014). 'Melbourne becomes the city of soaring skyscrapers – and the envy of Sydney developers'. The Age. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^Chua, Geraldine. (6 January 2014). 'Melbourne’s tallest skinny skyscraper by BKK Architects approved'. Architecture & Design. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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External links[edit]
- Crown towers — on CTBUH Skyscraper Center
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