Crown Loses $9 Billion Lifeline as Shutdown Hangs Over Casinos Angus Whitley, Bloomberg News The Crown Resorts Ltd. logo at the Crown Resorts Ltd. logo atop the Crown Sydney hotel resort and the One Barangaroo Crown residences in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The crisis enveloping Crown deepened after a state regulator recommended an inquiry into the companyâs fitness to run its Perth casino hours after the company was formally found unsuitable to operate a Sydney casino. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Crown Resorts Ltd., facing a potential shutdown of its entire Australian casino empire, lost a lifeline on Friday after its closest rival withdrew a A$12 billion ($9 billion) merger proposal.