Vegas comes to China

2008•50m

Documentary

With more than $6.9 billion U.S.dollars/year in revenue, the new gambling capital of the world is Macau, Southern China, which has overtaken Las Vegas. Chinese and American 'casino-kings' are engaged in a race to open massive super-casinos, where the winner could take all.

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