Australian casino group (Crown Melbourne, Crown Perth, Crown Sydney). It owns 100% of Betfair Pty Ltd, which runs the Betfair exchange in Australia under licence from Flutter's Betfair, and relaunched the CrownBet fixed-odds brand in February 2026.
Ownership
private; owned by funds managed by Blackstone since June 2022
Spam infringement notice: 154 marketing emails and texts to VIP customers without consent or a working unsubscribe facility (Mar to Dec 2024). Two-year enforceable undertaking. source
2023-07-11
AUSTRAC (Australia)
AUD 450,000,000
Federal Court civil penalty for serious AML/CTF Act breaches at Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth (land-based casinos), before and around the Blackstone takeover. source