Once upon a time, the Lisboa casino was the biggest and best in Macau. At that time a Mr. Stanley Ho had the monopoly of the gambling scene in Macau and used whatever means necessary to keep out competition. Then the Portuguese gave the land back to China, and the good Communist Party boys thought they wanted a piece of the action!

They decided they could get some more money by selling off licenses to casinos. So along came Sands and then Wynn, and all of a sudden the Lisboa looked like the old gambling den it was, rather than the majestic money maker Mr. Ho wanted it to be! Of course that meant he was losing money as people went to the competition!

So after consulting with his favorite feng shui master, he came up with a plan. He would build a new and better Lisboa, and he would call it the Grand Lisboa, and to give him luck in his venture, he would build it in the shape of a giant lotus flower, just as his feng shui master said he should.

But we’re jumping ahead of ourselves. Before we could visit his oversized weed, um I mean flower, we had to get internet access in the hotel.

 

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