“Full fathom five thy father lies:
Of his bones are coral made:
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.”
William Shakespeare, from “ The Tempest ”
May 17, 2016 – Macau shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise - Phys.org
July 1, 2016 - Macau gambling revenue drops for a 25th month in June – Metro
August 17, 2016 – Crown’s profit falls 23pc on lacklustre Macau gambling
October 17, 2016 - Crown Resorts: Casino firm’s stock falls 14% after China detains staff …
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The Shakespeare quote at the top is from “ the Tempest ”, whose title is an Illuminist-insider wink to their beloved Storm God. It’s come out at last that Shakespeare was Italian - not English - which is a confirmation that the folks in charge not your friends, and are lying to you about basically everything, including Shakespeare.
The two sets of quotes immediately below Shakespeare’s also show that the folks in charge are not your friends, and that they are lying to you about basically everything, including gambling in Macau.
I don’t know about you, but if I gambled, I’d want an attractive young lady on the other side of the table, vs., you know, A ROBOT.
Gambling rates are dropping precipitously across the globe, and have been for some time, now.
“February 5, 2015 - Proportion of problem gamblers falls to 0.7% - lowest in last 10 years.”
To me, that’s clearly a populace that is recovering its health, its wits - giving up its evil ways.
“January 21, 2015 - Macau tourist arrivals up 7.5 per cent amid fall in gambling revenue.”
How sweet is that? Nasty casinos falling apart, collapsing for lack of business, with all sorts of people travelling to Macau for more wholesome reasons.
Northwest Indiana’s casino’s revenue recently dropped 21% in three months. All of a sudden, two of every ten people who’d been regulars there just gave it up .
And since we’re only just three or so years into this amazing, epochal transformation, I think it’s fair to suggest that the changes we’re going to see in 2017 will be bigger, still. Because one thing builds on another. Give up smoking, drink less, gamble less…there’s now room in your life for other things, different things, better things.
The changes that are occurring are global.
I certainly didn’t see it coming. But I noticed it when it arrived. And I think it’s easy to see it’s not going to go away. It’s a sea change .
“Shakespeare obviously meant that the transformation of the body of Ferdinand’s father was made by the sea, but we have come to refer to a sea change as being a profound transformation caused by any agency.”
And you know, as one gives up bad habits, one’s head clears, one’s sight clears. One’s awareness rises .
February 5, 2015 - Proportion of problem gamblers falls to 0.7% - lowest in last 10 years …
January 21, 2015 - Macau tourist arrivals up 7.5 per cent amid fall in gambling revenue …
January 5, 2016 – Macau’s 2015 gambling revenue falls 30%
The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported 19 straight months of losses. The number of visitor arrivals decreased 3% to 25.5 million for the year to the end of October 2015.
February 1, 2016 - Macau gambling revenue drops by a fifth | South China Morning Post
May 17, 2016 – Macau shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise - Phys.org
July 1, 2016 - Macau gambling revenue drops for a 25th month in June – Metro
August 9, 2016 – Northwest Indiana’s casinos collectively had their third down month in a row in July, seeing their gambling take drop 4.3 percent to $81.9 million as compared to the same month a year ago.
That comes on top of year-over-year declines of 10.1 percent and 6.9 percent in May and June , respectively, according to the Indiana Gaming Commission’s monthly report.
August 17, 2016 – Crown’s profit falls 23pc on lacklustre Macau gambling - Morningstar …
September 6, 2016 – Naruscope report update predicts 60 percent drop in esports gambling …
October 17, 2016 - Crown Resorts: Casino firm’s stock falls 14% after China detains staff …
October 17, 2016 – SkyCity shares fall after reports of Chinese crackdown on gamblers …
October 29, 2016 - Campaign to Bring Casino Gambling to North Jersey Appears Doomed