TIMEasia Magazine: Macau Madness!

Macau Madness!
Casino fever is turning the sleepy former colony into a pleasure dome to rival Las Vegas

A gaming table at the Sands. Macau's casinos raked in about $5.1 billion last year, about the same as the Las Vegas strip—and it's expected to grow by 20% a year

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARL CHIU FOR TIME

FROM THE FEBRUARY 7, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005