The United States government has come to believe that the cash changing hands on the tables in Macau is only a small part of the picture.

NEWYORKER: The God of Gamblers

La Scala is Chinese Estates' only residential development in Macau.

WSJ: Chinese Estates Shares Halted as Macau Weighs Land Seizure

Galaxy is one of six license holders allowed to operate casinos in Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal.

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In the late summer of 2007, a fifty-year-old former barber named Siu Yun Ping began making regular visits from his village, in Hong Kong, to the city of Macau, the only Chinese territory where it is legal to gamble in a casino.

NEWYORKER: The God of Gamblers

Galaxy Macau will be the only new casino to open in 2011, at a time when casino revenue is expected to grow to more than five times that of the Las Vegas Strip.

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We have only 23, 222 rooms in Macau.

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Las Vegas Sands makes the bulk of its earnings in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market and the only Chinese territory where casinos are allowed, and Singapore.

BBC: Marina Bay Sands

The Macau event saw 100 exhibitors and 20, 000 attendees, of which only 10% were trade visitors.

FORBES: Luxury Goods

According to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Ho will only retain 100 shares from his 31.7% stake in Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM), the parent company of SJM.

FORBES: Casino King Transfers Stake To Family