Fung Steps Up Efforts to Dominate Queensland Casinos

The Chinese billionaire Tony Fung has offered to pay $214 million to buy Reef Casino Trust which owns the only casino in Cairns, Australia. The offer came soon after he proposed a $4.2 billion casino in Cairns which is still awaiting approval from the Queensland state government.

After submitting plans for a $4.2 billion casino resort, Tony Fung has now offered to buy the Reef Casino Trust for $214 million.
There are a number of conditions attached to the proposal, such as that Aquis also buys Casino Canberra which is associated with Reef. Casinos Austria and France’s Accor Group are the biggest holders of the trust and they have both indicated that they will support the proposal unless a better one comes along.
Aquis has reportedly already started meeting with the Queensland and ACT governments regarding the regulatory processes involved.