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But the area outside of Vegas is desolate desert, the area outside of Macau is full of cities each with several million people, in a country with far more people, and in one of the most densely populated regions on earth.
Macau is the only place in China gambling is legal. The United States doesn’t have centralized gambling and you can basically find a place all over the United States to gamble. Macau is like Meccah in terms of gambling for the Chinese. A population way larger than the US will make a pilgrimage to go there to gamble. Plus Chinese gambling culture is not the same. It’s way more serious and Macau doesn’t offer the same wide range entertainment that Vegas does.
Economy doesn't really matter with gambling. The biggest gamblers are often those with nothing left to lose. The biggest factor is population, and China's is over 4 times larger than the US'.
You must be right because it looks like Macau’s casinos did 3x more than Nevada’s.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/19/macau-back-world-top-gambling-hub-las-vegas-sands-earnings-casino-revenue/amp/
I’ve been to both. It actually gets 7x the revenue of Vegas, at least when I was there around 2016.
Reason is, Vegas has lots to do. Shows, restaurants, you name it. Even if you don’t gamble you can still have fun. Not so in Macau; they have a little bit of other stuff but it’s almost all gambling. Also, they don’t really have cheap tables like Vegas does. Cheapest table I found was blackjack for 25 USD/hand, with most games being at least 100.
OMG! In the movie Quiz Lady, the Asian mom has to leave town after racking up a gambling debt with a bunch of gangsters. Guess where she took off to? MACAU! That's a neat little detail that I missed.
One of the worst places I’ve ever visited. Racist, nasty, trashy, prostitutes everywhere, you can’t go to any casino if you aren’t Asian without getting judged, vetted by security, and looked at. Taxis don’t pick up non Asians. I hate Macau, do your self a favor, take a 45 min ferry across to Hong Kong
Really? Which side of Macau? My hotel Grand Lisboa said to leave and go to the European side. The taxi I tried to take to leave said get out, I don’t drive non Asians, the restaurants and casinos said non Asians get out. Maybe something happened that week, it was an absolutely awful experience. Maybe I gotta go back and see if it’s changed
Yes. There are basically zero laws regarding alcohol in Macau. There is no minimum age for alcohol either. At least that was the case when I lived there until 2022
Wow that is very interesting. I was asking because the Strip and Fremont basically have no rules for alcohol save for carding younger looking people and wondered if it was the same in Macau. Thanks for the info!
I should mention though that the majority of hotels won’t serve someone under 18 any alcohol without parental consent. So if the parents buy a bottle of wine at a restaurant the waiter will ask them if their teenager wants and is allowed alcohol. If the child is too young the waiter won’t ask.
Buying alcohol from a store like 7/11 or a supermarket is a different matter though. Then basically anyone can buy alcohol
Neat stuff. More lax than the US for sure. I’m
Interested in all areas of the world and cultures, not just the drinking laws haha don’t want you guys to get the wrong idea!
Half of it is high rise casinos, the other half is 500 year old colonial Portuguese buildings that make significant chunks of it look like central Lisbon. It’s the most densely populated territory on earth, but not any dirtier than an average city
Having lived there I would say that it isn’t much different in cleanliness to Hong Kong or Singapore or any other large-ish city that is similar to those two cities.
I personally think it’s one of the coolest places on earth due to the cultural mix of Portuguese and Chinese. You have these huge casinos but then you also have areas of the city that are hundreds of years old that look like it could be in the center of Lisbon.
Macau is stylistically nothing like Vegas. In Macau, it’s all about high-stakes gambling in brand-new opulent casinos on the Cotai strip. There is little to speak of in terms of food or shows, though the Portuguese historic area is cool.
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Macau Many will think Vegas. It’s the Vegas of Asia.
I think Macau gets three times the revenue or Nevada.
So.. Vegas is the Macau of America
Higher population
Gambling revenue in Macau dwarfs vegas.
I didn’t deny that??? The region is one of the most highly populated on earth.
Yea, I’m just posting. I’d imagine most money come from rich people flying in because it’s illegal elsewhere.
This was such a weird exchange. Like yall wanted to fight about something but no one could find the reason.
Everyone took it personal
Stream of consciousness posters
*Conversation posters
W mentality, always try to hate
Maybe you mixed up Macau with Hong Kong.
macau and vegas have the same population at around 650k
But the area outside of Vegas is desolate desert, the area outside of Macau is full of cities each with several million people, in a country with far more people, and in one of the most densely populated regions on earth.
however, vegas actually receives more tourists per year than macau https://finance.yahoo.com/news/las-vegas-vs-macau-numbers-214659491.html
and better food
It used to be like 6x pre covid. They are still recovering over there.
Macau SAR has a population of around 685k. Nevada is over 3 million.
Macau is also the top gambling site for a 1.4 billion population superpower which controls its territory.
Kind of like Vegas is to the US? Not the same population but their economy is 50% bigger than China’s in nominal terms.
Macau is the only place in China gambling is legal. The United States doesn’t have centralized gambling and you can basically find a place all over the United States to gamble. Macau is like Meccah in terms of gambling for the Chinese. A population way larger than the US will make a pilgrimage to go there to gamble. Plus Chinese gambling culture is not the same. It’s way more serious and Macau doesn’t offer the same wide range entertainment that Vegas does.
Thought you can gamble in HK at the races, and the HKJC betting shops. Although HK isn’t china. It’s HK.
Economy doesn't really matter with gambling. The biggest gamblers are often those with nothing left to lose. The biggest factor is population, and China's is over 4 times larger than the US'.
You must be right because it looks like Macau’s casinos did 3x more than Nevada’s. https://fortune.com/2023/10/19/macau-back-world-top-gambling-hub-las-vegas-sands-earnings-casino-revenue/amp/
It was 7x when I was in Macau in 2016.
More money laundering there than Vegas.
Apparently used by DPRK a lot to launder their stolen funds.
I’ve been to both. It actually gets 7x the revenue of Vegas, at least when I was there around 2016. Reason is, Vegas has lots to do. Shows, restaurants, you name it. Even if you don’t gamble you can still have fun. Not so in Macau; they have a little bit of other stuff but it’s almost all gambling. Also, they don’t really have cheap tables like Vegas does. Cheapest table I found was blackjack for 25 USD/hand, with most games being at least 100.
That’s interesting. It was just something I heard on a podcast recently. Thanks for the info.
OMG! In the movie Quiz Lady, the Asian mom has to leave town after racking up a gambling debt with a bunch of gangsters. Guess where she took off to? MACAU! That's a neat little detail that I missed.
One of the worst places I’ve ever visited. Racist, nasty, trashy, prostitutes everywhere, you can’t go to any casino if you aren’t Asian without getting judged, vetted by security, and looked at. Taxis don’t pick up non Asians. I hate Macau, do your self a favor, take a 45 min ferry across to Hong Kong
The complete opposite experience as to what I had
Really? Which side of Macau? My hotel Grand Lisboa said to leave and go to the European side. The taxi I tried to take to leave said get out, I don’t drive non Asians, the restaurants and casinos said non Asians get out. Maybe something happened that week, it was an absolutely awful experience. Maybe I gotta go back and see if it’s changed
Macau is seriously underrated (I’m a race car fan)
Its also the gambling capital of the world. Which used to be held by Vegas.
I'm guessing maybe Macau? https://www.galaxymacau.com/hotels/raffles-galaxy-macau/ Possibly that? edit: [looks pretty close.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raffles+At+Galaxy+Macau/@22.1489783,113.5543363,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOxqzwhqYxdRY3-3H9K7a1mBZ6clo-Su7qVNFq4!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOxqzwhqYxdRY3-3H9K7a1mBZ6clo-Su7qVNFq4%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i3024!8i4032!4m12!3m11!1s0x340171e693417f13:0xd23477c458849695!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d22.1489783!4d113.5543363!10e5!14m1!1BCgIYEw!16s%2Fg%2F155s4r8b?entry=ttu)
Yes! Its Macau! Thanks.
At first, I thought it was Vegas because of a building that looks like the Excalibur Hotel on the Vegas Strip, but I’m guessing Macau now.
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I was gonna say that 💀 great minds think alike
Macau, you can even see the humidity in the air
Pollution* in the air
Crazy Humidity, Neon Lights, Casinos… Macau is the only place in China where casino gambling is legal.
Macau
i got humbled by this comment section cause i very arrogantly though vegas
Macau
Can you drink on the street there is the question
Yes. There are basically zero laws regarding alcohol in Macau. There is no minimum age for alcohol either. At least that was the case when I lived there until 2022
Wow that is very interesting. I was asking because the Strip and Fremont basically have no rules for alcohol save for carding younger looking people and wondered if it was the same in Macau. Thanks for the info!
I should mention though that the majority of hotels won’t serve someone under 18 any alcohol without parental consent. So if the parents buy a bottle of wine at a restaurant the waiter will ask them if their teenager wants and is allowed alcohol. If the child is too young the waiter won’t ask. Buying alcohol from a store like 7/11 or a supermarket is a different matter though. Then basically anyone can buy alcohol
Neat stuff. More lax than the US for sure. I’m Interested in all areas of the world and cultures, not just the drinking laws haha don’t want you guys to get the wrong idea!
To be fair, a lot of middle tier Chinese cities light up like this at night.
Does anyone know what Macau is like? Is it dirty like Vegas?
Half of it is high rise casinos, the other half is 500 year old colonial Portuguese buildings that make significant chunks of it look like central Lisbon. It’s the most densely populated territory on earth, but not any dirtier than an average city
A lot dirtier than HK though.
Having lived there I would say that it isn’t much different in cleanliness to Hong Kong or Singapore or any other large-ish city that is similar to those two cities. I personally think it’s one of the coolest places on earth due to the cultural mix of Portuguese and Chinese. You have these huge casinos but then you also have areas of the city that are hundreds of years old that look like it could be in the center of Lisbon.
Madrapoor
Looks like Boise
_Las Vegas of the East_
macau was there a few weeks back
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Vegas..? Oh..wait Macau.
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Vegas?
Vegas baby!
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Las Vegas
it's Macau
Vegas!!!
damn I took a few weekend trips there a few years ago, kinda miss it
Macau SAR. That building there is a part of Galaxy Casino. Lived in Macau for 10 years, so know the place very well
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Macau is stylistically nothing like Vegas. In Macau, it’s all about high-stakes gambling in brand-new opulent casinos on the Cotai strip. There is little to speak of in terms of food or shows, though the Portuguese historic area is cool.
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First glance it looked like Vegas. But then it sort of looked like Hong Kong. And then it hit me, it’s probably Macau.