The identities of Steve Wynn's business partners in Macau have been a mystery for almost two decades. Finally, The Wire's investigation has answers.
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This is the first in a two-part series on how Wynn Resorts, one of the world's biggest casino operators, pursued a deal to acquire land in Macau's Cotai Strip from a pair of Chinese businessmen.
In many ways, Stephen A. Wynn is synonymous with Las Vegas. The larger-than-life casino mogul was key to remaking the Las Vegas Strip from an organized crime-controlled backwater into a modern, family-friendly entertainment destination in the 1980s, with properties that include the American casino ico
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