On stage at the Monte Carlo Hotel, Lance Burton creates a world in which gloves turn to doves and women levitate across the stage.

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The sixth annual Monaco Media Forum opened on November 9, 2011 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel on a flat note.

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From the outside, Stanley Ho's Hotel Lisboa on the peninsula of Macau looks like any other glitzy casino in Las Vegas or Monte Carlo.

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From the outside, Stanley Ho's Hotel Lisboa on the peninsula of Macau looks pretty much like any glitzy casino in Las Vegas or Monte Carlo.

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