Poker in the News

Las Vegas makes a buttload of money from gambling. A "Sir Mix-A-Lot"-satisfying amount of money. It wasn't until recently that I realized that people did other things in Vegas besides gambling. Like, there are schoolteachers and firepeople and lawyers. Actually, many many lawyers. Most seem specialize in substance-abuse related cases. Anyone familiar with CBS's hit show "Crime Scene Investigation" would figure that there are a lot of dead hooker cases that also fuel the court-system.

So anyway, next year it's predicted that Macao will make more money from gambling than Las Vegas. Macao happens to be the only place in China where gambling is permitted, and thus has a large number of potential gamblers at its door. The amazing part is that Macao only opened its doors to international gambling investors in 2001.

CBS, however, has no immediate plans for a CSI:Macao.
FT.com / World / Asia-Pacific - Macao's gambling revenues set to overtake Vegas