He Ran a $100 Billion Casino Empire — Then China Erased Him

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Two in the morning in Macau. Behind an unmarked door above the casino floor, a billionaire places a chip worth one million dollars on a baccarat table. But the chip is a lie, the real bet is ten times bigger, and it will never appear on any book. This is the story of Alvin Chau and Suncity: the secret empire that flew China's richest gamblers into Macau, handed them millions in credit on a handshake, and moved over $100 BILLION in illegal bets past the Chinese government. His operation made Macau earn up to seven times more than the entire Las Vegas Strip, and for fifteen years, he was completely untouchable. Casinos depended on him. Politicians sat beside him. The richest gambling city on earth could not survive without him. Then one morning in November 2021, China issued a warrant. Two days later, he was in handcuffs. Within months, the entire empire was gone. In this documentary: ▸ The secret VIP rooms that made Macau bigger than all of Las Vegas ▸ The triad wars of the 1990s —

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