Las Vegas casino floors nearly look somnolent compared to the intense baccarat play captured by CNN at Melco Crown Entertainment‘s megaresort, City of Dreams. For added fun, one gets a bit of James Bond (Sean Connery) throwing down against “smug lummox” Emilio Largo (a dubbed Adolfo Celi) in the best — IMO — 007 film, Thunderball. Well, maybe second-best to Goldfinger and its titular villain, but right up there.
And they’re off! The inevitable “Who screwed up CityCenter?” suits and countersuits are beginning to fly. Perhaps in anticipation of being litigated by MGM Mirage over the monumental screwup that is the unoccupied, unfinished Harmon Hotel, contractor Perini Building has launched a preemptive strike against MGM in the form of mechanics liens. Let the games commence!
Wow, so baccarat is also what’s keeping Macau going! I didn’t know 86% of Macau’s total gaming revenues came from baccarat.
No wonder why the casinos here have been focusing so much on high-roller table games.