This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of World Gaming magazine. After many months of planning, the inaugural Macao Gaming Show is finally here. Created with the goal of providing a trade show focussed specifically on Asia, it promises to be more than a little different! We take a...
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of World Gaming magazine. Illustrations: Gian Carlo Bernal It had been a long time since they had all been in the same place at the same time, much less at seven o’clock in the morning! One by one they entered the disused warehouse hidden...
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of World Gaming magazine. Okay, so you are not afraid of betting a few thousand on your favorite soccer team and you once lost a wager forcing you to do fifty push-ups in front of your opponent. We’ve all been there. But where do you draw...
This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of World Gaming magazine. Baccarat is by far the most popular casino game in Macau, accounting for more than 90 percent of gaming revenue and rising. With around US$38 billion crossing the tables in 2012, that’s around US$34 billion being...
The first time I came to Macau, it was to play a poker tournament at the Grand Waldo. I enjoyed my stay very much and became a frequent visitor over the years that followed. The Grand Waldo has, alas, closed its doors. This sort of thing happens in Las Vegas all the time but it is a relatively new...
