Published January 08, 2015
The tiny Chinese city of Macau has again smashed its annual record for casino earnings as revenues last year hit a staggering $45 billion.
The money earned cemented Macau's position as the world's biggest gambling market.
Gambling regulator data released Thursday show that Macau's three dozen casinos raked in 33.5 billion patacas ($4.2 billion) in December. That brought revenue for 2013 to 360.8 billion patacas ($45 billion), up 18.6 percent from the year before.
Analyst Grant Govertsen of Union Gaming Research estimates Macau's take would be more than seven times the amount earned on the Las Vegas Strip.
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