Billionaire James Packer seeking return to Las Vegas

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James Packer is executive chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and Australia’s richest person.

Thu, Jul 31, 2014 (4:11 p.m.)

Bloomberg reports that Australian billionaire James Packer is plotting his return to Las Vegas after losing almost $2 billion during the 2008 credit crisis from ill-timed North America casino investments.

Packer, chairman of Australia’s Crown Resorts Ltd., is in talks to develop a Las Vegas Strip resort on land once occupied by the New Frontier after buying a piece of a loan backed by the property, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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