The Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Venetian casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, opened Marina Bay Sands in Singapore in April.
Behind Las Vegas Sands in Macau are U.S.-based competitors Wynn Resorts and, more distantly, MGM Resorts International.
None of the 12 other Macau casinos built before Sands, all operated by a Hong Kong tycoon, Stanley Ho, had any windows.
Nevertheless, Las Vegas Sands has expanded rapidly in the Macau region and developed a portfolio of properties to control a significant portion of the market.
Adelson later gambled on casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, and took his Las Vegas Sands public in December 2004.
Both Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts have already listed their Macau operations in Hong Kong.
Las Vegas Sands generated 81% of its revenue in Macau and Singapore in Q3.
Las Vegas Sands makes the bulk of its earnings in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market and the only Chinese territory where casinos are allowed, and Singapore.
The Sands now gets nearly 90% of its operating profit from Asia, including from a casino resort in Singapore and Hong Kong-listed joint venture Sands China, which has three resorts in Macau.
Las Vegas Sands reported its Q4 2012 results last week and Macau once again was a big driver to growth.
Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman, recently opened the Sands Cotai Central, making it the 35th casino in Macau.
Sands is the first casino to be opened by a foreigner, after a decision by the Macau government two years ago to end Mr Ho's 42-year-old gambling monopoly and to auction three new gaming licences.
Shares of his Las Vegas Sands casino company have fallen more than 95% in a year as gamblers stay home in Nevada and Macau.
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