Crown CEO Ken Barton bows to pressure and agrees to resign ThuThursday 11 updated ThuThursday 11 Crown's CEO Ken Barton will resign after pressure from gaming regulators. ( Print text only Cancel Crown chief executive Ken Barton appears likely to step down in the coming days after bowing to increasing pressure from gaming authorities, following a damning report into the Australian casino giant. Key points: Mr Barton is understood to have indicated he intends to resign shortly following a report highly critical of his role Two Crown board members resigned on Wednesday amid pressure from gambli...