Bally’s investment keeps debt-laden Star afloat


Rescue target: The Star Casino complex in Sydney. The company has been selling of its other assets in an effort to stay afloat. — Reuters

SYDNEY: Bally’s Corp considered waiting for Star Entertainment to enter voluntary administration before investing but feared the Australian casino group would have been too hard to rescue, the US gaming firm’s chairman, Soo Kim, says.

Rhode Island-based Bally’s and the Mathieson family – Star’s largest investor – engineered a A$300mil or about US$188mil rescue package, handing over the first A$100mil last week.

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