Article Photos: Asian casino boom aims to lure region's new rich



  FILE - In this May 15, 2011 file photo, mainland Chinese visitors walk past attendants at the Galaxy Macau in Macau. In the Philippines, a $4 billion casino project will soon rise from reclaimed land on Manila Bay. In South Korea, foreign investors will break ground next year on a clutch of casino resorts offshore. And on the eastern edge of Russia, authorities plan a resort zone aimed at drawing Chinese high-rollers. The projects are part of a casino building boom rolling across Asia, where governments are trying to develop their tourism markets to capture increasingly affluent Asians with a penchant for gambling. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - In this May 15, 2011 file photo, mainland Chinese visitors walk past attendants at the Galaxy Macau in Macau. In the Philippines, a $4 billion casino project will soon rise from reclaimed land on Manila Bay. In South Korea, foreign investors will break ground next year on a clutch of casino resorts offshore. And on the eastern edge of Russia, authorities plan a resort zone aimed at drawing Chinese high-rollers. The projects are part of a casino building boom rolling across Asia, where governments are trying to develop their tourism markets to capture increasingly affluent Asians with a penchant for gambling. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)