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HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The worlds biggest casino hub of Macau posted a 3.1 percent rise in gambling revenue in January as demand in Chinas only legal casino hub gained further steam after a more than two-year slump bottomed out in mid-2016. Gambling revenue in January rose to 19.3 billion patacas ($2.4 billion), government data showed on Wednesday, getting a boost from a national holiday at the end of January. Macau gambling revenues, which were hurt by a corruption crackdown and slowing economic growth, have been on a positive streak since August 2016 after the opening of new resorts helped bring in more casual gamblers and wealthy spenders to the southern Chinese territory. ($1 = 7.9840 patacas) (Reporting by Hong Kong Newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) View comments
# Transitioning from Nuclear Power: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects
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