About half way through my last business trip to China I took a side trip to Macau. Macau is an island near Hong Kong that is a former Portugese colony. It was the first western colony in China, it became a colony in the 1650s and did not become part of China again until 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong.
Macau is now a large gambling destination for tourists from all over. Several years ago, foreign casinos were allowed to open there. Recently, Macau has seen (or will soon see) the addition of a Wynn Casino, a Belaigo, an MGM Grand, and several other well known American casinos.
The rest of the pictures are some of the casinos that we checked out on Saturday night. These casinos were different from American casinos because patrons were not interested in shows or even drinking as much as in America, instead the focus was on just gambling.
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