FU Day wisdom from Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler, odd coupled with Asian casinos

Happy Felix Unger Day, November 13. This year’s odd couple is Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler and Asian casinos.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes, editor at large for Inside Asian Gaming and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.

Strict Singapore casino rules limit revenue

Casino legalization garnered unprecedented grassroots opposition in Singapore. The Singapore government’s strict casino oversight is a political response to that opposition, and its reduces gaming revenue by billions.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.