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Originally Posted by lojo
Has anyone read or heard of the potential impacts of the Olympics on Macau? Does the Mainland govt. allow casino advertising or PR in Beijing? Do you think the casino groups will incorporate the Olympics in their marketing campaigns abroad? Just curious... |
The Chinese authorities clamp down on all gambling activities. I am pretty sure Beijing wont allow this sort of thing but its entirely different in Macau as their livelihood depend on gambling. University grads are shunning all sorts of jobs to become dealers at the Venetian, Sands etc. where the pay is twice or 3 times better than being a teacher for example. Well, the land casinos dont really need much advertising. They rely on tourist agencies to bring customers from the mainlanders many of which have gottn very rich these few years. Then they get their commission through asking their clients to play at the casinos with junkets. There have been a couple of murders over disagreements on the distribution of junkets or that sort of thing.