Revenue sagging, Asian casinos turn to Europe

Amid tough times at home Asian casino operators are looking at Europe to restore growth and diversify. Europe is a small, fragmented market compared with Asia, but the newcomers hope the integrated resort model can change the game.

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.