LIVE Baccarat calculations: Macau machine gambling and the production of the post-socialist subject

• Published in: Journal of cultural economy Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 521 - 538
• Main Author: Simpson, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.11.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: agencement; Calculation; Casinos; Economics; Foucault, Michel; gaming; Gaming machines; market devices; performativity; Portfolio management; China; Macao

Following Portugal's return of Macau to the People's Republic of China in 1999, and the subsequent liberalization of the city's 150-year-old casino monopoly, Macau was transformed into the world's most lucrative site of casino gaming. Today Macau attracts more than 30 million ann...