Nich Moore October 8, 2014 19:14:08
Macau’s day to day operations don’t just depend upon Chinese people wishing to gamble, but upon their ability to get money in and out of China, and that’s where the Junkets come in. Macau’s gambling revenue in 2013 was up 20% on the previous year to around $45 billion. To put that in some sort […]
Nich Moore October 8, 2014 19:13:34
The handover of Macau back to China in 1999 set the scene for both the end of the gambling monopoly in Macau and thence the biggest economic explosion in history. When the government of Macau ended the monopoly of gambling by the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau in 2002 one of the concessions […]
Nich Moore October 8, 2014 19:12:27
Gambling has been around for a long time in China but hasn’t been legal (this time round) since the Communists took over in 1949, so how has Macau survived on the doorstep of this slumbering giant? As everyone today is aware there are casino building projects going on all around the pacific rim as countries […]
Nich Moore October 8, 2014 19:11:26
Macau like Hong Kong next door has Special Administrative Region status in China but why is this and what paved the way for it to happen? Like so many places now populated by the gleaming glass and steel spires of the modern world with it’s commerce and commercialism, its glitz and not quite Chinese gambling […]
Nich Moore October 8, 2014 19:10:40
Macau is the gleaming capital of global gambling that has long since surpassed Las Vegas and taken resort gambling into a different league. Once, and it seems so long ago now, the name synonymous with gambling was Las Vegas. It had followed on as the leading light in the gambling world from the Lebanon of […]
Nich Moore October 7, 2014 18:38:07
As casinos around the world find themselves coming under the economic pressures of increased competition Singapore’s parliament debates a new gambling bill. As the US gears itself up for the mid-term elections this November and the future candidates for president of the most powerful nation on Earth all jockey for position well before the starting […]
Nich Moore October 7, 2014 18:10:46
After recent seemingly easy victories over experienced opponents some people are already tipping Chelsea to not only win the league but perhaps remain unbeaten doing it. Chelsea have been a firm fixture in the top flight of football since their 1955 league championship victory but it’s only in the last couple of decades that they’re […]
Nich Moore October 6, 2014 14:45:44
The Major League Baseball season accelerates towards the climatic World Series so we have a look at how you can bet on this wonderful sport. The Major League Baseball remains one of the least bet upon sports and yet provides some of the best opportunities for sports betting, and if you like to bet on […]
Nich Moore October 1, 2014 02:21:47
As more and more states choose to allow gambling who will benefit and who sets to lose from this new wave of wagering? Tough times call for tough solutions. Unfortunately tough solutions are awfully tricky to sell to a public that believe they’ve already got quite enough tough on their plate, and with the mid-terms […]
Nich Moore September 30, 2014 18:55:14
As the European Champions League ramps up Paris Saint-Germain face off against Barcelona and without their star Ibrahimovic will have their work cut out for them The world’s greatest club competition continues tonight in eight matches with another eight matches taking place in the European Champions League across the continent tomorrow night. Man City face […]
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