![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The passengers exit to the strains of "Luck Be a Lady Tonight." But inside, the Vegas influence wanes. Outside the two-year-old Wynn Macau casino, a bus pulls up by an artificial lake roiling with bursts of flame and spouting fountains. On their way to the hospitality buses that provide round-the-clock transit to the casinos, few of the land travelers will give more than a glance to a modest stone arch built in 1870 by the Portuguese, who administered Macau for almost 450 years. They will spend almost every minute in one of Macau's 29 casinos. They carry pockets full of cash and very little luggage. By 9 o'clock, visitors will arrive at the rate of some 16,000 an hour. A mile to the north, arrivals by land elbow their way toward customs checkpoints in a hall longer than two football fields. It's Saturday night and jet foils are pulling into Macau's ferry terminal every 15 minutes, bearing crowds from Hong Kong and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, each about 40 miles distant. ![]()
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