Macao is beginning development to become the East Asian equivalent of Las Vegas or Atlantic City.
"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
FULL STORY: Developers Bet on Macao as the Next Gambling Capital
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