All bets are off: James Packer's exploding China punt

By Philip Wen, Elizabeth Knight
Updated October 22 2016 - 8:08am, first published 7:26am
Crown chairman Robert Rankin (left) and chief executive Rowen Craigie told a general meeting that the market being unsettled by Crown's struggles in China is speculative. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Crown chairman Robert Rankin (left) and chief executive Rowen Craigie told a general meeting that the market being unsettled by Crown's struggles in China is speculative. Photo: Philip Gostelow

As his chauffeured company car hurtled down Shanghai's freeways to the airport, Jason O'Connor knew things had somehow gone terribly awry. What should have been a routine business visit to mainland China for the Australian head of Crown's VIP operations had instead devolved into a desperate dash for the exit.

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