Macao: The Next Las Vegas -- Only Bigger

Macao is beginning development to become the East Asian equivalent of Las Vegas or Atlantic City.

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May 19, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

"Macao's proximity to a huge potential market of Chinese gamblers and the fact that most of the 10 million visitors who came last year headed straight to the casinos made interest intense... For Macao, the dream isn't so much about survival as it is ending an era. The move represents a fundamental shift for a quiet backwater that lost its role as a main trading gateway to China well over a century ago to Hong Kong. Macao has lived comfortably since then off what one local dubbed 'the three Gs"--gambling, graft and girls.'"

Thanks to Laura Kranz

Read the full story: Developers Bet on Macao as the Next Gambling Capital

Sunday, May 19, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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