Seems impossible but a small island off the coast of the China mainland is taking in more gambling bucks than Vegas now. Really! by Joyce Schwarz, blogging at www.hollywood2020.blogs.com.
Macau, the former Portuguese enclave on the south coast of China, has overtaken the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s biggest gambling market, fuelled by a boom in casino developments.
The 3,000-year-old obsession of the Chinese with gambling pushed revenues 22 per cent higher to $6.95 billion in Macau last year, slightly ahead of the predicted turnover figure of $6.5 billion for the famous Strip in Las Vegas.
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