Casino Halls

It was in 1850, when gambling or casinos were legalized in Macau. Since then, Macau Casinos are famous in all over the world. If you visit Macau but you don’t visit casinos in Macau then you have not seen the actual beauty of this city. Although there are so many things to watch in this beautiful city but as the night gets younger, people rush to the casinos to enjoy and play games. The best thing about casinos here is that all these casinos are working under the Government’s rules and regulations and most of these casinos are open 24 hours a day.

The famous casino games that are played in these casinos are blackjack; sic bo, boule, Fan-Tan, baccarat and Keno. Casino Lisboa is the largest casino in Macau. This casino comprises of four story complex that looks beautiful at night when lights are glowing around it and laughter of people is coming out of it. This casino was built in 1970 so it has got a 4 decade history as well. So far there are 927 rooms in this casino and there are plans to increase the number of rooms in near future as more investment is coming in.

There are many other casinos in Macau like Floating Palace is from one of the well-known Macau Casinos. This is also called as the smallest casino in Macau but they have got the best services. Their support staff is very friendly and they are always willing to help you if you are in trouble. If you ever visit Macau in your life then you should not return back without seeing the beautiful casinos and their buildings that are built in the city. You will definitely love your stay in that city and you will surely enjoy playing different games in the casino.

Casino gambling is a profitable business as we all know. But if you don’t know how profitable this business can be, check out this list of the highest earning casino companies at the first half of 2011. The top 9 casinos list, originally published at the Business Insider, is topped by Melco Crown Entertainment. The operator of casinos in Macau, a popular gambling vacation destination, is entering the second half of 2011 with market cap of almost 8 billion dollars. The list is closed by the Boyd Gaming Corporation, the operator of the famous Atlantic City Casino Borgata Hotel Casino (and the owner of fifteen other gambling establishments) with only $763.49 millions market cap.

What can you learn from the list of the strongest casinos stocks in 2011? First, that the house not only wins, but wins big time. Secondly, Macau casinos generate higher revenues for their operators. The top two casino stocks performers in the first half of 2011 are owners and operators of casino resorts in Asian Las Vegas. Interestingly, Wynn Resorts, which owns and operates casino resorts both in Macau and in Las Vegas, has enjoyed a 96.12% of its share prices in 2011.

One of the reasons to this prosperity is Wynn’s win percentage at the casino table games such as roulette, baccarat and others. While in its Las Vegas business, the players usually win in around 70% of the table games, in Macau, the players’ winning percentage goes down towards the 60%. And now, casinos namedropping and numbers:

1. Melco Crown Entertainment – developer, owner and, operator of City of Dreams and other casino resorts in Macau.

Market cap: $7.98B

Share prices +287.27%

2. Wynn Resorts – owner and operator of the award winning Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau and Encore (Las Vegas and Macau).

Market cap: $20.24B

Share prices + 96.12%

3. Las Vegas Sands – owner and operator of the famous Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas and its Macau correspondence, and owner of additional Las Vegas Strip landmarks and their Macau correspondences.

Market cap: $32.91B

Share prices: +81.25%

4. Penn National Gaming – owner and manager of numerous casinos in the United States

Market cap: $3.18B

Share prices +69.52%

5. Ameristar Casinos – the developer, owner and operator of the dozens Ameristar gaming facilities in the States

Market cap: $740.42M

Share prices + 66.64% on the year

6. MGM Resorts International – owner and operator of famed Las Vegas casinos including MGM Grand, Bellagio, The Mirage, Circus Circus and more, on top of owning and/or operating additional casinos throughout the US.

Market cap: $7.55B

Share prices +54.04%

7. Pinnacle Entertainment – developer, owner and operator of casinos in Reno, New Orleans, and other local casinos.

Market cap: $920.13M

Share prices + 46.69%

8. Vail Resorts – owner and operator of ski resorts under the RockResorts brand and develops and owns real estate neighboring its resorts.

Market cap: $1.64B

Share prices + 28.37%

9. Boyd Gaming – owner and operator of Bogarta Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, fifteen more casinos in Nevada and four other states, a jai alai facility, plus an owner of 85 acres of land on the Las Vegas Strip, the location of a planned multibillion dollars project.

Market: $763.49M

Share prices +2.17% on the year