Macau’s Slot Machines Get New Resident

Macau is considered to be the next Las Vegas when it comes to slot machines and gambling, and has been the home of both legalized gambling and Kim Jong-nam for years now. Jong-nam is the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, and has been living in Macau for the past three years.

Macau used to belong to the Portuguese until they gave it back to China six years ago. Macau has a long history of nuclear weapons disputes, money laundering, illicit drugs, etc.; with slot machines and gambling part of his more recent reputation.

Many have been wondering what Jong-nam might have been doing all this time living in the slot machine and gambling city, as he has kept a low profile; with some speculating that he is not allowed to return to his home country. Neither the South Korean consulate nor the Macau government knew why he would have chosen the slot machine city as his new home.

Jong-nam is considered next in line for the leadership of North Korea, but many feel that Jong-il will choose one of his other sons instead. Jong-nam is seen around town, but keeps mainly a low profile. He goes to the club Lisboa, hangs out with his friends, and once in a great while supposedly plays the slot machines, but is not a regular fixture at the casinos.

Sources close to the one time future leader, now part time slot machine gambler, say that he seems to like the gambling city – and that he is happier here than anywhere else.

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