It’s the 35th casino to open in Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Macau’s gambling revenues rose 27 percent in the first three months of 2012, after rocketing 42 percent last year to $33.5 billion, more than five times the amount earned by Las Vegas Strip casinos.
Cotai is an area of reclaimed swampland named for the two islands it connects, Coloane and Taipa. Across the street are two other Sands properties, the Venetian Macao and Plaza Macao.
