2007 Likely To Be A Record Year For Macau

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Gambling revenues will top $10 billion

The gambling mecca of Macau enjoyed a bumper 2007 according to new estimates from the enclave's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau this week, which predicted that casino revenues will increase by an astonishing 46.5 percent for 2007, rising to US $10 billion.

The figure has been boosted by the recent opening of MGM Grand Macau, which recorded gross receipts of US$6.6 million in its first two days of operations, reports Xinhua news agency. On the downside, casino taxes rose 48 percent in the first 7 months.

Gross receipts from the casinos are expected to reach 8.1 billion patacas (US $1.03 billion) in December, a senior official of Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said. He added that the Las-Vegas-style casino resort MGM Grand Macao, opened on December 18, recording gross receipts of 51.5 million patacas (US $6.6 million) in its first two days of operations.

The opening of MGM Grand has added to the number of casinos in Macau to 28, including the Macao Palace floating casino that is currently closed for renovation works.

Official statistics released previously also showed that the gaming taxes collected in the first 11 months of 2007 exceeded those for the whole of last year by 34.9 percent, and direct gaming taxes accounted for 71.4 percent of the government's total revenue in this period.

Macau, an hour by high-speed ferry west of Hong Kong, beat the Las Vegas Strip last year in gaming revenue.

Über Glücksspiele in Macau - Gambling in Macao:

Macau (englisch Macao) liegt rund 50 Kilometer westlich von Hongkong und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies in Asien.

Macau hat rund 40 Spielcasinos. Die grössten Casinos sind The Venetian Macao, MGM Macao, Wynn Macao, Galaxy StarWorld, City of Dreams, Sands Macao, Casino Lisboa.

Neben den riesigen und farbenfrohen Casinobuildings ist eines der Wahrzeichen der Macau Tower (Fernsehturm mit 338 Meter) mit atemberaubenden Ausblicken auf die Stadt.

Macau erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 115.3 km2 und hat rund 620'000 Einwohner.

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