MUCH in the way as Elvis Presley and Tom Jones beat a path to Las Vegas in the 1970s, last week, two of the biggest teams in America's NBA - including arguably its most bankable star, LeBron James - arrived in Macau for a basketball extravaganza.
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Gambling on a glitzy future
It took Las Vegas more than five decades to go from desert to glittering gambling mecca but, in just five years, a tiny Asian territory has surpassed Nevada as the world�s No 1 casino centre. Just how did Macau do it � and can its remarkable growth be sustained? From Niall Fraser in Macau
