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ast year G3 produced its first could easily overtake US earnings within
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America and this year, just as gaming region, Macau has already
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temperatures hit the 40º mark overtaken the Las Vegas strip in revenue,
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in southern Spain, I was handed the topping US$13.6bn last year, which is
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exhausting task of the Asian market. more than double than that of Las Vegas
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With the hottest July on record here for with US$6.6bn. Meanwhile, it is
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65 years, I can honestly say I have estimated that a whopping US$33bn will
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sweated buckets putting this one have been invested into three Asian
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together, whilst the pool turned green, jurisdictions by 2010. Major Asia
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the beer went warm and the kids turned destinations such as Macau, Singapore,
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pink. I hope it’s been worth it. Asia is the Philippines and Taiwan have all been
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far. In some areas it’s almost as their main attraction. China is a major
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untouched territory, has a target market and already generates the
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huge growth potential and is largest number of tourists of any country
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definitely the region to watch in the region with its outbound tourist
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Asianjurisdictionsby2010
over the next few years. numbers forecast to reach 115 million by
Asia is the world’s largest and 2020. A large number of these are also
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most populous continent and gamblers or potential gamblers. NEW to our Symphony CE system
Austria,Belarus,Belgium,Bulgaria,Denmark,
covers 8.6 per cent of the Earth’s total It’s a shame the current economic climate
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people – some 60 per cent of the current halted or restricted and is causing many
Italy,LatinAmerica,Latvia,Lithuania, human population. With 47 countries in casinos to fall victim of the global slump.
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Norway,Poland,Portugal,Russia,Slovakia,
Asia we have singled out 10 main South But surely those who are able to input
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fraction of the number of casinos found I’d also like to send a big thank you to
transactions and more — made simple
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population base. Bolsover at Silver Heritage, Carl Burger at
Symphony CE (Casino Edition) is the latest development of our
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