![]() The casinos of Macau attract hundreds of thousands of gamblers from across Asia. Between them, the two strips offer gamblers the choice of twenty six casinos. ![]() There are two gambling strips in Macau, one on the Macau peninsula and another, the Cotai Strip, on Taipa Island and reclaimed land around it. Macau has been known as “the “Monte Carlo of the Orient” since the mid-nineteenth century when gambling was introduced by the Portuguese and it now makes up half of the area’s income. Portugal handed Macau back to China in 1999 and it is now the only place in the People’s Republic where gambling in casinos is legal. The former Portuguese colony of Macau on the southern coast of China is famous for being a gambling centre whose casinos rival those of Las Vegas. ![]()
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