Macau to Keep Gambling Table Numbers Unchanged Through 2013

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Macau will keep the number of its gambling tables unchanged through 2013, Francis Tam, the city’s secretary for economy and finance, said in a statement on the government website.

The number of tables will stay within 5,500 through 2013 and will annually increase 3 percent in the 10 years after 2013, Tam said.

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