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Macau is a former Portuguese colony that was handed back to China in 1999 (2 years after the English gave back Hong Kong)... it is about 60 or 70 km to the west of Hong Kong. I've visited on a day trip from Hong Kong back in the late 90's before it went back to China... stopped by a couple of Casinos... the volume of money being gambled was phenomenal... and that was just what I could see being wagered on the main gaming floor by "ordinary" gamblers... so the amounts that were likely being wagered in private salons by the "high rollers" would be massive.
Good history lesson. Thank you for that!
The Portegeuse people have created most of what the european big empire were built on.
Including Ancient Rome and Greece.