Plans are underway to transform the capital of the Philippines into the next Macau or Singapore. Manila already has relaxed gambling laws and some major operators have decided to act quickly and not wait until other South East Asian nations legalise gambling.
Macau already has The Venetian and other Las Vegas casino hotels in place, and can easily be reached from Hong Kong by hydrofoil in about an hour. Naturally there will be questions of infrastructure and the age old problem of corruption that will need to be answered in Manila. But the Philippines are in a great location to gain visitors from all over the region.
Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/business/global/for-casino-builders-manila-is-the-next-macau.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
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