If you consider yourself a world traveller or maybe you’re a keen gamer, you have likely visited Macau - a 55 minute ferry ride from Hong Kong. You may have feasted upon the many sights and sounds it has to offer; take a wander down The Cotai Strip, or people watch in Senado Square whilst sampling local cuisine. Perhaps you played some games in one of the many casino’s.
Whatever your reason to visit Macau, it’s bound to be a memorable one!
In preparation for a trip, we often take to Google to find out which are the best restaurants, the top tourist attractions to visit, etc. What you don’t want to do is leave Macau without knowing some great facts about it - something TripAdvisor doesn’t list.
Before visiting Macau - find out some unusual, and new facts about the “Vegas of China”.
17 facts you may not know about the place you’ve not heard of!
The first casino hotel, and Macau's oldest, opened in 1970 - “The Casino Lisboa”.
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Gambling accounts for 50% of Macau’s revenue - and 20% of its population are employed by casinos.
VIP junkets, generate more than two thirds of casino takings.
Dragon Inc’.s Dragon Junket will help junket operators and players considerably, by reducing the extremely high fees they pay in order to arrange the junkets and game. Dragon are the first to introduce blockchain technology to lower these fees - from 5%- 7% down to 1%. A typical high stakes player may bet with US$250,000 - they would pay around US$12,500 - US$17,500 just in fees! With Dragon - they’d only pay $US 2,500.
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“The Venetian” in Macau is the world's’ largest casino in the world. It is also the seventh largest building in the world, by floor space. It occupies 10,500,000-square-feet (980,000 m2
Dragon Inc.’s hotel casino “The Dragon Pearl” will be Macau’s first floating casino - in fact, the world's’ first floating casino! The casino is expected to be ready early to mid 2021, and will be constructed and transported from Norway. The floating hotel casino will also be cashless - Macau’s first! Only Dragon Coin (DRG) and Dragon Global Chips (DGC) will be accepted to pay for services, accomodation, dining, etc.
Take a stroll down The Cotai Strip and impress your friends and family by telling them “Cotai” is made from these two words: Coloane and Taipa - two islands it connected. However, it was the Sand Corporation which gave the strip its name, “The Cotai Strip” which it also trademarked.
In 1954, The Macau Grand Prix was born which originally set out as a treasure hunt around the city. Today, it is held annually and many former Formula One racing drivers have won it, including Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Ayrton Senna.
Dragon Inc. has some rather exciting news - it has clinched a sponsorship deal with a Formula One Team - more details soon!
You’ve heard of “The King of the World” a line made famous by Leonardo Dicaprio in “Titanic” but Stanley Ho Hung Sun is “The King of Gambling” in Macau. He even had the largest cushion shaped diamond in the world named after him: ”The Star of Stanley Ho”, which is now on permanent display at the Casino Grand Lisboa, Macau.
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To keep all those lovely DRGs - Dragon has its own wallet - the Dragon Wallet. It’s currently in beta on Google Play and due to be released on iOS very soon. Keep up with the latest news and development on the Dragon Coin official Telegram channel.
Here’s a fact! There is a fort in Macau. In Portuguese it would be referred to as “Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo”. In Macau, it is known simply as Mont Fort - apparently one of the world's’ shortest names for a fortress.
Fancy a trip to the Macau Tower and take in the breathtaking views? Great! By the way, you can also bungee jump from it - it’s the world's tallest jump from a building!
Perhaps it’s down to the locals’ favourite snack, the Portuguese tart - that the population of Macau live to an average of 84.43 years (2012) - the world's’ second longest expected life span.
Whatever your reason for visiting Macau - now you’re armed with some great facts about it! Enjoy!
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