Re: Online Poker In Asia: What\'s It\'s Status?
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Good post Kuso. How do you know poker will be spread in Macau in 2007, or is that just inferring from the WPT event? Also will poker be at the new MGM/Grand only?
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The WPT has not announced a Macau event yet.
Furthermore, the WPT cannot really announce a Macau event until a firm opening date is known for the MGM Grand Macau.
I don't see a WPT event at the MGM Grand Macau until sometime in 2008, given the inevitable construction delays.
Furthermore, the Nevada Gaming Commission is currently investigating MGM MIRAGE's alliance with Pansy Ho, who is the daughter of the infamous Stanley Ho. The elder Ho has been alleged by western media outlets of having links to organized crime in "Greater China" (i.e. Macau, Hong Kong, and the Mainland). The Nevada investigation might (or might not) delay the opening of the MGM Grand Macau.
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