Local casinos hoping to cash in on lucky 8

The number eight is considered lucky for Chinese, and casinos are running plenty of promotion in hopes this is also their lucky day. Lucky 8 inspires Olympic start time | Beijing couples rush to tie knot on lucky 8-08-08

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Thu, August 7th, 2008

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