Whether you’re a high roller operating on a tight schedule, a visiting poker player unwilling to drag yourself away from the tables for long, or a tourist travelling on a more modest budget, our guide to 24 hours in Melbourne caters to every...
Author - Pai Yao
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If you’re playing baccarat and your first card has a value of 10, and then you find your second card has four sides, it is a particularly dramatic squeeze. You have a 50 percent chance of drawing a natural 9 (the very best hand) and a 50...
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In 1985, Hong Kong had about 18,000 hotel rooms. Today, supply has ballooned to over 60,000, yet it still doesn’t seem to be enough to cater to the ever increasing business and tourist trade, particularly from mainland China. During peak...
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If you’re playing roulette and chasing single numbers, be prepared to miss most times. However, when your number comes up, the payoff is huge! Reduce your fluctuation by playing more than one number, but don’t play too many. If you play...
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All in all London did a good job with the Olympics. Sure they had the worst looking mascots of all-time history, but everything else seemed to go off without a hitch.
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Reading ten thousand books is not as useful as travelling ten thousand miles.
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If you are looking for a swanky bar with a great view in Hong Kong, check out the Ritz-Carlton at the top of the ICC building in West Kowloon.
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Pairs are the strongest hands in pai gow. If you are dealt two tiles that are exactly the same then you nearly always play them together. Obviously, two pairs would give you one of the very best possible starts, as you then have a pair for your high...
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Mankind has been reaching for the sky for a long time.
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Club Cubic at the City of Dreams is the biggest club in Macau. The main room is stylishly set up with booths and seating, and if you want to dance you can head to the white room. Booking a table in advance is highly recommended.
Model Search II
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. The time has arrived! Since our Model Search competition was first launched at the start of 2013, we’ve featured 27 beautiful girls from across Asia and right here...
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Baccarat results were initially recorded on paper cards in a grid of six rows in height. These days baccarat tables in major casinos have electronic displays attached to them, showing all the trend information for the shoe.
World Sport Rankings
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. WGM brings you our top 8 “top 8s” from the world’s most popular and competitive sports. Which teams and players have been on the move?
The Macau Files: Lilian Lao
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. The Macau Files celebrates the thousands of people who make Macau tick. From taxi drivers to croupiers to waitresses to engineers, we meet the people who make up the...
The grandma, the hothead and the iceman
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. Although baccarat is by far the most popular casino game in Asia, accounting for more than 90 percent of gaming revenue in Macau, most players have a bit of a soft spot...
China farewells a legend
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2014 issue of World Gaming magazine. Since turning professional back in 1999, Li Na has gone on to become not only one of the most respected players on the WTA circuit but the most significant tennis player...
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Mahjong is extremely popular throughout Taiwan and most people learn to play by watching their grandparents or parents at family gatherings.
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The award-winning hotels at Crown Melbourne are world-class so one of the toughest decisions you will have to make for your visit to Melbourne is where to stay. Fortunately you are spoilt for choice when it comes to accommodation options at Crown.
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Kingship Japanese Cuisine on the Taipa side of Macau is a good example of how you can eat sushi, teppanyaki, shabu-shabu and ramen on a daily basis and not break the bank.
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The range of travel bags on offer has grown enormously in recent years. Now it’s possible to travel with a practical bag yet still look sophisticated.
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Many blackjack players believe they can change the run of cards by opening or closing a box.
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If you use your PokerStars Macau players card when registering for live tournaments in Macau, you will get frequent player points which you can use online.
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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Baccarat tournaments have been around for a while now, riding on the success seen in the past decade of massively popular poker tournaments. Macau is the perfect place to call the “home of international baccarat tournaments” as it has...
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One of the most attractive things about playing slot machines is the chance of winning a life-changing sum of money in a single press of a button. But what happens when these machines malfunction?
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Macau Fitness in the AIA building is one of several gyms in Macau. It is reasonably priced with new equipment and attentive staff.
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When playing poker, you often hear players say they have the right odds to call. This means the amount required to call divided by the overall pot is smaller than the percentage chance of winning the hand.
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Brickhouse is a stylish Mexican restaurant in the heart of LKF in Hong Kong. This is a simple feel-good restaurant that is both warm and inviting.
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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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Divino calls itself “Macau’s number one international show club” and offers an all-you-can-drink happy hour from 9 to 11 pm Tuesdays to Sundays for just MOP$380.