I read earlier this week about how Macau's gaming revenue surged 22% in 2006, surpassing for the first time the Las Vegas (where AsiaInspection will exhibit next week - by the way...) as the world's biggest casino market.
Seven new casinos opened in Macau last year, bringing the total to 24. The number of gaming tables doubled in the period to 2,762, according to Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
And this trends seems here to stay : in total, 2.2 billion people live within five hours' flying time of Macau, compared with 410 million in the same radius of Las Vegas.
I have always been intruiged and fascinated to see how Chinese people can be both disciplined, hard working, and at the same time crazy about gambling, to an extent we seldom see in Western countries...
Hi there,
Sorry these last weeks have been pretty hectic - so I have been barely able to maintain my blog... Hopefully it should calm down now.
Posted by: The Chief | March 07, 2007 at 07:22 AM
Where ya been? You coming back?
Posted by: China Law Blog | February 28, 2007 at 06:05 AM