Wynn Macau Sues Melbourne Ex-Junket Agent Over HK$2M Gambling Loan
A subsidiary of Wynn Macau is suing a Melbourne-based former junket agent to recover a HK$2 million (US$254,850) loan it says he took out at Wynn Palace.
Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A., the entity that holds Wynn's 10-year Macau gaming concession, filed the claim in the Victorian Supreme Court on November 4, according to Inside Asian Gaming.
The defendant is Simon Pan, also known as Zhao Yuan Pan, who was named in inquiries into Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment Group as one of the two casino groups' most valuable junket agents.
The Australian Financial Review first reported the case on Wednesday, as IAG detailed. The allegations are untested in court.
What Wynn Alleges
Wynn is seeking repayment of the monies borrowed, plus all costs of collection, including attorneys' fees, collection fees and court costs.
According to the filing as reported, Pan gambled more than HK$17.8 million (US$2.27 million) at Wynn Palace between 31 December 2025 and 6 January 2026, a stay that included the HK$2 million loan from Wynn.
He is said to have ended the trip down HK$1.4 million (US$178,400).
Wynn has other headline projects in train. Our recent coverage of the group includes its Al Marjan Island project in the UAE, a casino resort under construction.
A Name Familiar From Australian Inquiries
Pan came under scrutiny during the NSW Bergin Inquiry, the Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Resorts and the later Bell Review of Star Entertainment Group.
Evidence in those proceedings showed his involvement in several junket operations and the casinos' ongoing dealings with him despite repeated law-enforcement interest.
He reportedly acted as an agent for multiple Asian junkets, including Meg-Star, one of Crown's five largest junket partners, and earned substantial commissions bringing high rollers to Crown Melbourne.
Crown had identified Pan as a person of significant risk, citing allegations of illegal brothel operations, sex offences and suspected money laundering, but kept up its relationship with him until he was permanently excluded in 2019.
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The Star Review Findings
The Bell Review, published in August 2022, identified Pan as both a domestic junket operator in his own right and a representative of international junket operator Pan Yulan, his sister.
The review cited an internal Star document recording combined lifetime turnover attributed to Pan of more than AU$50 million (US$34.4 million) across Star's three casinos in Sydney, the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
Like Crown, Star maintained a relationship with Pan before raising his risk rating to critical, withdrawing his personal credit facility, and ending all junket operations under his name in 2019.
Pan has long lived in Melbourne and once ran a brothel there, IAG reports. The Victorian Supreme Court website shows the Wynn claim was lodged last Wednesday.
Neither the court listing nor the coverage reviewed carries a response from Pan, and the claim is yet to be tested. We have also covered how regulators treat high-roller and junket exposure in cases such as the Venetian's $7.2 million fine over an illegal bookmaker.
