Macau’s Slot Machines Predicted to Outdo Vegas

With Macau’s recent growth in slot machines and casinos, one can only wonder how it will compete with the other slot machine Mecca – Las Vegas. Experts predict that since Macau only brought in slightly less slot machine revenue this year than Vegas did, it can only be assumed that at some point Macau will surpass the revenue that Vegas’ slot machines bring in.

Macau really only looks like a big construction site at the moment as slot machine casinos grow like weeds. The territory – the only place in China that slot machines and gambling are legal – believes that they can dominate the market. They think that they will be able to surpass Vegas in both visitors and in slot machine revenue, because they are now adding many more hotels. Initially it was thought that although they might surpass Vegas in terms of slot machine revenue, there was no way they would bring in more money overall because Vegas had so many hotels. However, that is now changing.

Last year more than 100,000 Americans came to Macau to play the slot machines, coming over from Hong Kong. The Sands has a casino, which they claim is the world’s largest – and it has almost 1,300 slot machines and 740 tables. They are not a hotel, but do offer some suites for their high rollers. They are in the process of building a hotel on the Cotai Strip however. The strip will have many hotel rooms, as Macau tries to make itself into more than just a day trip.
 

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