Macau gambling king gets a throne in record auction
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The king of Macau&#39;s gambling industry, Stanley Ho, paid HK$13.76 million (886,770 pounds) for an imperial throne at auction in Hong Kong that Christie&#39;s said was the highest ever bid in that art category.
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An online casino paid $28,000 (euro21,300) Wednesday to the owner of a 10-year-old, partially eaten cheese sandwich thought to be embedded with the image of the Virgin Mary - and then sent the &quot;religious icon&#39;&#39; on a world tour.
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High valuations can sink a chieftain's reign.
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If you can&#39;t beat &#39;em, join &#39;em. Billionaire Stanley Ho may have lost the right to be Macau&#39;s only casino operator, but he hasn&#39;t lost his taste for gaming.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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The 124-year-old Hong Kong Jockey Club, whose racetrack revenues are one of the secrets of the territory's economic success, is facing a decidedly modern threat: glitzy casinos being built by Las Vegas operators in nearby Macau.
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The home of a dead loyalist paramilitary leader and drug dealer is put up for auction by the Assets Recovery Agency.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S richest man and ardent gambler Kerry Packer is investing $163m (Â£88.6m) in a venture in Macau with Hong Kong gaming kingpin Stanley Ho as part of Packer&#39;s increasing worldwide push in the industry.
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ELEANOR HALL: Australia&#39;s most famous punter is making a push into the fast growing and lucrative Asian gaming industry. Kerry Packer&#39;s media and casino company PBL has signed a joint venture deal with a leading
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Gov. Eliot Spitzerâs decision is the biggest leap yet in a 30-year struggle to bring gambling to the faded resort area in upstate New York.
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ChristieÂs opened its week of art auctions in Hong Kong by realizing a record-breaking $67.9 million in its sales of Asian contemporary and Chinese 20th-century art.
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A rare piece by renowned Chinese artist Xu Beihong has smashed the record for a Chinese oil painting, selling for HK$53.9 million (US$6.9 million) at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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With roaring growth expected to continue this year, Macao is poised to overtake all of Nevada as the biggest gambling territory in the world.
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James Packer, Australia's richest man, has handed control of his family's media assets to private equity partner CVC  and offloaded events and ticketing interests to focus on a fast-expanding gaming empire.
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A portrait of the man who overthrew the British monarchy is sold for five times the guide price at auction.
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Singapore said on Friday that it has  chosen Las Vegas Sands Corp.  , the world&#039;s  largest casino operator, to build and run the city-state&#039;s  first casino, which is expected to cost more than &#36;3 billion.
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The world&#39;s biggest casino opens in Macau  on Tuesday, the most ambitious throw of the dice yet in a $24  billion effort to build a Las Vegas-style &quot;neon alley&quot; in this  once-sleazy Chinese gambling enclave.