Book Review: Simpson, Tim. (2023). Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China’s Consumer Revolution. University of Minnesota Press. 388 pp. ISBN 9781517900304

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  • Kah-Wee Lee National University of Singapore

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https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs206

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Lee, K.-W. (2019). Las Vegas in Singapore: Violence, progress and the crisis of nationalist modernity. NUS Press.

Simpson, T. (2008). Macao, capital of the 21st century? Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 26(6), 1053–1079. https://doi.org/10.1068/d9607

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2024-10-05

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Lee, K.-W. (2024). Book Review: Simpson, Tim. (2023). Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China’s Consumer Revolution. University of Minnesota Press. 388 pp. ISBN 9781517900304. Critical Gambling Studies, 5(1), 105–109. https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs206

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