MACAU/HONG KONG: Stanley Ho, a onetime kerosene trader who built a casino empire in Macau that propelled the Chinese island past Las Vegas as the world’s biggest gambling hub, has died at age 98, his daughter Pansy said.
Known as the King of Gambling, Ho dominated gaming in the former Portuguese colony after winning a monopoly license in 1961.
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