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Macau's casino revenues over US$6.25 billion in 200627 December 2006MACAU -- As reported by Macauhub: "Macau's Secretary of State for the Economy and Finance, Francis Tam, said Friday he was confident that gross gaming revenues in the Special Administrative Region (SAR) could exceed 50 billion patacas (US$6.25 billion). "In 2005 revenues from the gambling sector totaled 44.725 billion patacas, while gaming revenues totaled 45.8 billion patacas. "Gross revenues from the gaming sector in Macau at the end of the third quarter of this year, exceeded those of Las Vegas by US$433 million, making the SAR the world's biggest gaming and gambling center. "...With the opening of another casino in Macau on December 23, owned by the Group headed by Stanley Ho, Macau now has 24 casinos..." |