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China could be dubbed Las Vegas of Asia - 2004-01-30
"No spitting". It’s not the sort of sign you’d anticipate in a casino, particularly a celebrated one with 30 years of history. Those words, in Chinese, English and Portuguese, welcome punters at the sprawling Casino Lisboa.

Las Vegas’s most influential casino billionaires—such as Steve Wynn, CEO of Nasdaq Stock Market-listed Wynn Resorts Ltd., and Sheldon Adelson, chair of closely held Las Vegas Sands Inc. and its subsidiary, Venetian Casino Resort LLC—wasted no time.
Read the full story at Manila Times, Philippines

Panel make request for 2 stadiums - 2004-01-30
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's stadium commission will instruct him to go after new homes for the Twins and Vikings this year, but to do it without using revenues from expanded gambling, imposing new state taxes or requiring an election for any local taxes.

The demonstrated pro-gambling feeling at previous meetings disappeared Thursday, when all but one member voted to strike references to a new casino as a way to increase stadium financing.
Read the full story at Mankato Free Press, MN