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TOP 20 CASINO DESTINATION IN THE WORLD

1. The Venetian Macao, Macao, China The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel has become one of the biggest landmarks for gamblers throughout Asia. Controlled by Sheldon Adelsons Las Vegas Sands (LVS), the Venetian was the first giant casino to open on Macaos Cotai Strip, an area of reclaimed land offshore from downtown Macao. 2. City of Dreams Resort, Macao, China Recently opened City of Dreams is a $2.1 billion gamble by Melco Crown Entertainments Lawrence Ho and Australian billionaire James Packer. The resort, located across the street from the Venetian on the Cotai Strip, faces tough odds as Macao gaming revenues have been hit hard by the global economic crisis. 3. Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Conn. Americas biggest casino isnt on the Las Vegas Strip or Atlantic City Boardwalk. Opened in 1986 in western Connecticut, Foxwoods is a complex of six casinos with 17 different types of table games, including 100 for poker. Managed by the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe, Foxwoods benefits from its location within driving distance of New York and Boston. In addition to its casino, the resort has one of the worlds largest bingo halls. 4. Casino Ponte 16, Macao, China The Ponte 16 is a world-class integrated casino and entertainment resort built along the Inner Harbor of Macao, in the older part of the city. Close to some of Macaos traditional colonial buildings, the resort draws inspiration from the former Portuguese enclaves unique East-West cultural pluralism 5. Tusk Rio Casino Resort, Klerksdorp, South Africa The largest casino in the Southern Hemisphere, the Tusk Rio was inspired by the passion, vibe, and color of the Carnival in Brazils Rio de Janeiro. The casino is located a few hours by car from Johannesburg and is among the most popular casinos in South Africa. 6. MGM Grand Macao, Macao, China This 35-story casino resort officially opened in 2007 and is owned and operated as a joint venture between MGM Mirage and Pansy Ho Chiu-King, daughter of local casino mogul Stanley Ho. The resort, located near some of the elder Hos casinos on the

Macao peninsula, plans further expansion, including a future Mandarin Oriental hotel.

7. Sands Macao, Macao, China Before Sheldon Adelson opened his giant Venetian hotel and casino on the Cotai Strip, Las Vegas Sands made its first foray into Chinas gambling hub with the Sands Macao. The hotel, located in peninsular Macao, was designed by the Paul Steelman Design Group and opened in 2004. Today it is a day-trip destination for thousands of visitors, mainly from mainland China and Hong Kong. 8. MGM Grand Las Vegas, Las Vegas This luxury hotel first opened in 1993 as a Hollywood themed resort and is one of the largest hotels in the world. Operated by publicly traded MGM Mirage (MGM), this 30floor, 293-foot-high complex has five outdoor pools, rivers and waterfalls. 9. Casino Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Located at Lisbons Park Of The Nations, Casino Lisboa is a major landmark in Portugals capital city and the largest casino in Europe. The Lisboa, which o pened to the public in 2006, is owned by Estoril-Sol, whose major stakeholder is Hong Kongbased gambling mogul Stanley Ho, who also operates a Lisboa in Macao. 10. Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City It may be called little villageas its name means in Italianbut the Borgata is anything but small. The $1.1 billion hotel, casino, and spa is the largest resort in Atlantic City. This mammoth gambling center opened in 2003 and is owned by Marina District Development Corp., a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming (BYD), which operates casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas as well as Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi. 11. Bellagio, Las Vegas Located on the Las Vegas Strip and a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, the Bellagio is a luxury hotel and casino owned by MGM Mirage (MGM). Opened in 1995, the Bellagio is inspired by the Lake Como resort of the same name in Italy. In addition to its casino, it has more than 200,000 square feet of meeting and convention facilities. 12.Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City Caesars Atlantic City is the East Coast flagship of Harrahs Entertainment, which acquired Caesars Entertainment, parent of famed Las Vegas casino-hotel Caesars

Palace as well as Caesars Atlantic City, in 2005. Harrahs now operates or manages casino resorts on four continents. 13. .Starworld Hotel & Casino, Macao, China It may not be one of the larger resorts in Macao, but the Starworld doesnt disappoint. The resort provides dazzling decor and superior services for its guests, which in part made it win the 5-Star Diamond Award granted by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences in 2008. 14. The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, owned by Sheldon Adelsons Las Vegas Sands, offers States-side tourists the chance to ride gondolas on a quarter-mile recreation of the citys Grand Canal. The hotel boasts more than 4,000 suites, an 85,000-square-foot ballroom and 19 restaurants. It has a Madame Tussauds wax museum and its theater is the Vega s home of the Blue Man Group. 15. Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nev. Known as The Rio, this casino is located off the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated area of Paradise, Nev. It made a splash in 2008 by teaming up with a local gentlemens club to open what the Rio called a European style topless pool. Last month, however, the hotel announced it was suspending operation of the pool following a visit by local police. 16. Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas This $2.7 billion resort is the flagship property of billionaire Steve Wynns Wynn Resorts (WYNN). It features an 18-hole golf course (co-designed by Wynn himself) complete with a 37-foot waterfall next to the final hole. Wynn is in the midst of a divorce and he and his wife, Elaine, recently sold more than $200 million in company stock. 17. Wynn Macao, Macao, China Following the decision by the local government to end the longtime monopoly of local tycoon Stanley Ho, Steve Wynn was the first to open a Vegas-style resort in the Chinese city. His Wynn Macao, opened in 2006, features a sound-and-light show on a Performance Lake containing 800,000 gallons of water. Armani, Boss, and Chanel are among the designers with shops in the Wynns arcade. 18. Resorts Atlantic City, Atlantic City

This casino and spa complex was the first to open in Atlantic City after New Jersey legalized casino gambling in 1978. However, Resorts has suffered from the economic downturn as well as from competition from Native American-owned casinos in the Northeast. In August, the hotels owner, Colony Capital, asked the state to approve the transfer of its stake to its lenders, including Credit Suisse (CS). 19. Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City This Trump-branded casino-hotel designed by architect Martin Stern opened in 1984, but The Donald lost control of it in 2005 when it emerged from a second stint in Chapter 11. Trump and his daughter Ivanka are now trying to retake control of the Plaza and two other Atlantic City hotels, vowing to pour money into an effort to spiff them up. 20. Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Located one mile west of the Las Vegas Strip, this casino is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming, which also operates the Borgata in Atlantic City, among many other casinos. The Gold Coast was built in 1986 and had a major upgrade in 2002 that added more restaurants, gaming machines and tables, and parking spots. SOURCE:http://thewondrous.com/worlds-top-20-biggest-casinos/ TOP 10 CASINO GAMES 1. Poker Poker is a card game base on a 5 card hand. The ranking of hands from lowest to highest are high card, pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush, and royal flush. The player with the best hand wins. There are many versions of poker such as 5-card draw, 5-card stud, Texas Holdem, Omaha Holdem, Razz, Pineapple, and 7-card stud. 2. Craps Craps is a high energy dice game based on 7. The player places bets around the table. There are many places to bet. The Pass line is the main focus of the game. 7 and 11 win on this line while 2, 3 and 12 lose. All other numbers rolled make an established point. If that number is rolled again before a 7 is rolled, the bet wins. The Dont Pass line is just the opposite, 2 and 3 win where 7 and 11 loses. The Field line wins on 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 12. 2 and 12 pay double. The Come line is playable after a point is established. It

plays the same as the Pass line. The Dont Come plays like Dont Pass after the point is established. Then you also can make bets on the horn. These bets are on getting 2, 3, 11, or 12 on the next roll. Other bets include Big 6/8, C&E, Any Seven, and Craps.

3. Black Jack (21) Blackjack is a card game played between the house and the player. The dealer deals out two cards to each player and their self. The dealer has one card face up and one down. The players then take turns trying to get as close to 21 without going over. Aces are equal to 1 or 11. Face cards are 10 and number cards are face value. The player calls hit to get a card, and stand to end their turn. A player may also call double to double their bet and may only receive one card and the turn ends. If a player has two identically numbered cards, they may split. This requires them to double their bet and then get two more cards making two new hands that they may play. After all players turns are over, the dealer reveals their card. The dealer then hits if the total is 16 or less and stands on 17 and higher. Everyone who has a hand that beats the dealer without going over 21 wins. 4. Slots Slots are machines that play a number of different games. They are very popular. In general the player will insert coins into the machine and either pull a handle or press a button. This causes the wheels to spin. In older styled slot machines there were 3 wheels. In the newer machines they tend to have 3 to 5 simulated wheels. When the wheels stop, the player is paid based on the pattern of symbols.

5. Roulette In roulette, the player places his chips on the table where they would like to wager. The table consists of number 0-36 and 00 and then has additional betting for even-odd, redblack, low 18-high 18, low/middle/high 12, and for the first/second/third columns. A player may also place their bet between 2, 3, 4, or 5 numbers and may cross bet

between the additional betting area. The dealer will signal no more bets. The dealer will spin the wheel in a clockwise direction then roll a ball in a counter-clockwise direction. The ball lands in a numbered slot on the wheel. All bets that correspond with the number win.

6. PaiGow Poker PaiGow Poker is played against the house instead of the other players. The dealer deals out 7 cards to each player and himself in rotation. Everyone then looks at their cards and tries to make the best 5-card and 2-card poker hands. The 5-card hand must rank higher than the 2-card hand. The hands are then compared against the dealers. If both hands beat the dealer, the player wins. If both lose, the player loses. If both the dealer and the player win on a hand, it is a push. 7. Keno Keno is a lottery game. The player get a card numbered 1 to 80. The player then picks up to 20 numbers and a wager. The card is then registered and the game begins. The caller announces 20 randomly drawn numbers. The player tries to match as many called numbers to their selected numbers. The more numbers matched the higher the winnings paid against their wager. 8. Wheel of Fortune (The Big Six) This game is played by placing your bet on one of 6 symbols on the game table. Then the wheel is spun. The wheel is divided into 52 equal sections that are separated by pins around the edge. When the wheel comes to a stop, the pointer will be between two pins. All bets placed on the symbol the wheel stops on, win.

9. Baccarat In Baccarat each player has three options: Player, Tie, and Banker. When all players have placed their bets, the dealer deals out two 2-card hands, one is the banker hand while

the other is the player hand. The hands are added up. If a hand totals over ten, the ten is dropped (I.E. 9+5=14=4). A hand equaled to 10 becomes a 0 or baccarat. The winning hand would be the higher of the 2 and anyone who placed a corresponding bet wins. 10. Bingo Bingo is a game in which players try to match randomly selected numbers to the numbers on their card. The card consists of a 55 matrix where each column is represented by the letters B-I-N-G-O. The middle square is typically a free square. The first person to form a specific pattern (usually a straight line) calls out Bingo! The card gets checked for accuracy and the winner is announced. Then a new round begins. SOURCE: http://listverse.com/2007/10/24/top-10-casino-games/

Top 10 gaming companies 1.Global Betting & Gaming Consultants, which is based in the United Kingdom, ranked the worldwide companies according to U.S. dollars. The firm included traditional casino operators, online gaming companies with businesses based in legal Internet wagering markets, gaming equipment manufacturers and bookmakers in the rankings. 2.Las Vegas Sands Corp., which operates casinos on the Strip, Macau, Singapore and Pennsylvania, had the leading market capitalization with a value of $44.2 billion. The companys subsidiary, Sands China, which controls the companys casino projects in Macau and is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, was second in the ranking with a market capitalization of $37.8 billion. 3.Galaxy Entertainment of Hong Kong, which operates several Macau resorts, was third in the market capitalization rankings at almost $18.2 billion. 4.Genting, which is headquartered in Malaysia, was fourth in the ranking at $16 billion. Genting doesnt operate a casino in Macau but operates the slot machine-only Resorts World New York at the Aqueduct Racetrack.

5.Wynn Macau, a subsidiary of Wynn Resorts Ltd., and is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, was sixth in the ranking with a market capitalization of almost $13.6 billion. Wynn Resorts was seventh with a market capitalization of $12.3 billion. 6. MGM Resorts Internationals Macau subsidiary, MGM China Holdings, was 10th in the rankings with $8.6 billion in market capitalization. MGM Resorts had a market capitalization of $6.5 billion, 12th on the list. 7.Only two European gaming companies made the top 20. Bookmaker William Hill, which acquired three Nevada-based race and sports book operations last year, was 15th at $4.4 billion while Irish-based online wagering giant Paddy Power was 18th at $4 billion. 8.Slot machine giant International Game Technology was 16th on the list with a market capitalization of $4.35 billion. 9.The only other American-based company in the top 20 was regional casino giant Penn National Gaming, which was 19th at $3.98 billion. Penn National owns the M Resort. Bartlett said the implied willingness of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to support Internet gaming in his state helped boost the market capitalizations of online wagering providers. 10.Christie vetoed an online gaming bill approved by state lawmakers last week, but said he could support a new bill that included several of his suggested changes. On a separate list, London-based online gaming software provider Playtech was the top online gaming company with a market capitalization of $2.4 billion. Gibraltar-based Bwin Party, which operates online gaming sites in Europe and has agreements with MGM Resorts and Boyd Gaming Corp. to operate online poker in Nevada, was second with a market capitalization of at $1.79 billion.