{"id":126292,"date":"2020-02-07T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=126292"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T22:26:39","slug":"melco-backs-out-of-deal-to-buy-james-packers-crown-resorts-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/melco-backs-out-of-deal-to-buy-james-packers-crown-resorts-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco Backs Out of Deal to Buy James Packer\u2019s Crown Resorts Shares, Citing Coronavirus Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lawrence Ho\u2019s Melco Resorts has pulled out of a deal to acquire an additional 10 percent of Crown Resorts from Australian billionaire James Packer, blaming the economic pressures of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n