AFP, 18 Oct 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — The chips are down for Asia's gaming sector, with high rollers and other visitors expected to stay home as the world financial crisis takes its toll.
But analysts say the squeeze is likely to be short-term, and Asia's gaming sector should weather the financial turmoil better than Las Vegas.
"I don't think this will end the Asian gaming boom," said Bill Eadington, economics professor and director of the University of Nevada Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming.
However, he said the crisis "certainly is going to have a noticeable impact for a year or two."
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