August 21 (Reuters) - Australia's biggest casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd CWN.AX on Wednesday posted a 4.7% decline in annual profit, hurt by lower spending by wealthy Chinese gamblers.
Normalised net profit, which removes variance in win rates, fell to A$368.6 million for the year ended June 30, from A$386.8 million a year earlier.
Revenue from "VIPs" - largely Chinese tourists on package holidays - fell 26.1%, compared with a 54.5% surge in the year-ago period.