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Welcome to the unforgettable and extraordinary
world that is Crown. With its unique combination
of luxury, warm service, exciting elegance and
non-stop spectacle, Crown offers you an experience
that will linger in your mind forever.
Whether
you want to be dazzled by the fire displays on Crown's
riverside or pampered in the luxurious Crown Spa,
this is truly a place to meet your every need and
match your every mood..
The
thrill of the gaming floor, the glamour of the
nightlife, the sumptuous dining, the remarkable
shopping, the stylish accommodation and the friendly
service come together at Crown to create the world's
most exciting entertainment experience. (Credit:
Crown Casino).
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Crown
Casino and Entertainment Complex is a casino and
entertainment precinct on the south bank of the
Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia attracting
on average 16 million visitors yearly, making
it the largest casino in Australia. Crown Casino
is a unit of Crown Limited.
The complex was designed by multiple architects
including award winning Daryl Jackson and opened
in 1997. The complex is one of the central features
of the Southbank area in the central business
district and the Crown Promenade fronts onto the
waterfront as part of Southbank Promenade. Children
under 18 are permitted into the entertainment
section of Crown but not into the gaming area
or areas serving alcohol.
Casino
Crown
Casino opened in 1994 at the World Trade Centre
on the north bank of the Yarra River, moving to
the new complex at Southbank in 1997. Actress
Rachel Griffiths infamously ran through the casino
topless on its opening night. It is open 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week except on Christmas Day,
Good Friday and Anzac Day. On these days Crown
is closed from 4am and reopens 12 noon. It was
originally founded, owned and run by Lloyd Williams
until the Packer takeover by PBL in 1999. Crown
Casino is the largest casino in the southern hemisphere,
has a license for 350 table games and 2500 poker
machines.
Games
Amongst other games, Crown provides the 6 main
casino games of Blackjack, Craps, Pai Gow, Poker,
Baccarat and Roulette but it was also the founder
of an electronic version of Roulette known as
Rapid Roulette. Rapid Roulette is essentially
the same as traditional roulette but rather than
players placing bets on a layout, all gaming takes
place on a personal electronic touch screen connected
to a central roulette wheel. The benefit of this
is that the player has easy access to the entire
betting layout, and due to the electronic nature
of the game, it is both fast and accurate. Rapid
Roulette has been in use for several years, and
recently Rapid Bigwheel and Rapid Sic-bo have
been developed.
As well as Caribbean Stud Poker on the main gaming
floor, Crown has also long offered varieties of
poker including Texas Hold'em. The Crown Poker
Room has recently grown with the increased popularity
of poker and now encompasses a large separate
space in the Crown basement known as the Poker
Room.
Crown casino has 2500 poker machines on the casino
floor, with values of 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent,
10 cent, 20 Cent, 50 cent and 1 dollar available
for patrons to play. The slot machines at Crown
are made by Aristocrat, VLC, AGT, IGT, Konami
and Stargames, with 2 Dollar machines being introduced
into the VIP area.
Rewards
programs
The Crown Casino have a rewards program called
"Crown Club" where by playing both poker
machines and table games earn the player points
on the card for credit or other bonuses.
Entertainment
complex
The
Crown Entertainment Complex incorporates several
nightclubs, a Village Cinema complex and multiple
restaurants, fast food outlets, food courts and
shops. The complex also houses "Galactic
Circus", an electronic games arcade, laser
'tag' game and bowling alley. Notable features
of the casino include its colourful entrance (commonly
known as the 'Atrium', featuring stepped fountains
and sound/light shows under the themes of the
four seasons), and pyrotechnic towers running
the length of the Casino promenade. Many luxury
branded stores such as:
Prada
Burberry
Louis Vuitton
Versace
Hotels
The
two hotel towers are named Crown Towers Hotel
and Crown Promenade Hotel. The Crown Towers Hotel
opened with the complex and is the most luxurious
of the pair, located on the banks of the Yarra
River overlooking the city centre, Kings Domain,
Port Phillip and Docklands. A speciality area
called the Crystal Club Lounge is available to
people who stay in some of the more expensive
suites at the Hotel.
The Crown Promenade Hotel is located on Whiteman
Street. A third hotel is under construction being
built at the corner of Whiteman and Clarendon
Streets, Southbank. The new, as yet unnamed hotel
will feature similar facilities to Crown Promenade
Hotel.
The
Palladium Room
The
Palladium at Crown is Melbourne's grandest ballroom,
with a seating capacity of 1,500 it has played
host to some of Australia's premier functions
including the annual TV Week Logie Awards, Brownlow
Medal, Allan Border Medal and the Australian Formula
1 Grand Prix ball. It also hosted a few weddings
in 2008.
Blackout
On
Friday January 30 2009 The crown casino and entertainment
complex was evacuated due to a blackout as a result
of a 3 day heatwave. 1,200 were evacuated from
the gaming floor as well as many other from the
complexes shops and restaurants. The blackout
lasted from 6:30pm till about midnight. Gamers
were refunded cash which they had entered into
poker machine before the blackout in the following
days. (Credit:
Wikipedia)
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Crown
Limited was formed on December 17, 2007 when Publishing
and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) split into two
new companies. Crown Limited acquired all of the
gaming interests while Consolidated Media Holdings,
the renamed PBL retained all of the remaining
assets.
Media Man Australia does not represent Crown Casino
The
Media Man Australia director and founder does
own Crown Limited shares
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