But Macau is more like Vegas as Macau is a territory. If you look at the numbers Macau's gambling revenue surged to almost seven billion dollars in 2006, an increase of 22 percent compared with a year earlier. This means the tiny Chinese territory close to Hong Kong has moved ahead the Las Vegas strip as the world's largest gaming market in terms of revenue. The casinos on the Vegas strip had revenue of about $6.6 billion in 2006. This is with only two resorts opened the
Wynn Macau and
Sands Macau just wait until the remaining casinos are up and running it will far surpass Vegas and Nevada as well.