MGM's Managing Director Pansy Ho (R) and CEO of MGM J. Terrence Lanni pose during the opening of MGM Grand Macau hotel-casino in Macau December 18, 2007. MGM Mirage Inc, the world's No.2 casino operator, will open a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players. REUTERS/ Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

MGM's Managing Director Pansy Ho (2nd L), Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho (C) and CEO of MGM J. Terrence Lanni (2nd R) attend the opening of MGM Grand Macau hotel-casino in Macau December 18, 2007. MGM Mirage Inc, the world's No.2 casino operator, will open a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players. REUTERS/ Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

MGM's Managing Director Pansy Ho (L), Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho (C) and CEO of MGM J. Terrence Lanni attend the opening of MGM Grand Macau hotel-casino in Macau December 18, 2007. MGM Mirage Inc, the world's No.2 casino operator, will open a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players. REUTERS/ Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

CEO of MGM J. Terrence Lanni (L), Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho (C) and MGM's Managing Director Pansy Ho attend the opening of MGM Grand Macau hotel-casino in Macau December 18, 2007. MGM Mirage Inc, the world's No.2 casino operator, will open a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players. REUTERS/ Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

(L-R) CEO of MGM J. Terrence Lanni, Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, MGM's Managing Director Pansy Ho and Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho attend the opening of MGM Grand Macau hotel-casino in Macau December 18, 2007. MGM Mirage Inc, the world's No.2 casino operator, will open a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players. REUTERS/ Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

MGM Mirage Chairman of the Board and CEO J. Terrence Lanni poses for photographers during the Reuters 2007 Hotels and Casinos Summit in Los Angeles, California, February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

MGM Mirage Chairman of the Board and CEO J. Terrence Lanni is interviewed during the Reuters 2007 Hotels and Casinos Summit in Los Angeles, California, February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

MGM Mirage Chairman of the Board and CEO J. Terrence Lanni is interviewed during the Reuters 2007 Hotels and Casinos Summit in Los Angeles, California, February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

MGM Mirage Chairman of the Board and CEO J. Terrence Lanni is interviewed during the Reuters 2007 Hotels and Casinos Summit in Los Angeles, California, February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

MGM Mirage Chairman of the Board and CEO J. Terrence Lanni poses for photographers during the Reuters 2007 Hotels and Casinos Summit in Los Angeles, California, February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) 

J. Terrence Lanni, (L) chief executive officer of MGM Mirage, talks with MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian during a break in a special sesion of the Nevada Gaming Commission in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 24, 2005. The commission approved MGM Mirage's $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group. MGM Mirage officials expect to the deal to close within two weeks, they said. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun SM 

J. Terrence Lanni, (L) chief executive officer of MGM Mirage, smiles during a special session of the Nevada Gaming Commission in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 24, 2005. MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian is at right. The commission approved MGM Mirage's $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group. MGM Mirage officials expect to the deal to close within two weeks, they said. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun SM 

MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian smiles during the Nevada Gaming Contol Board hearing in Las Vegas. MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian smiles during a Nevada Gaming Control Board hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22, 2005. Chief Executive Officer of MGM Mirage J. Terrence Lanni and other casino executives made a presentation to the board regarding their $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group. The board approved the buy out and the casino company will next seek the approval of the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun 

MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kerkorian and MGM Mirage CEO Lanni arrive at the Nevada Gaming Contol Board hearing in Las Vegas. MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian (L) and Chief Executive Officer of MGM Mirage J. Terrence Lanni arrive at a Nevada Gaming Control Board hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada February 22, 2005. Lanni and other casino executives made a presentation to the board regarding their $7.9 billion acquisition of Mandalay Resort Group. The board approved the buy out. The casino company will next seek the approval of the Nevada Gaming Commission. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun 

MGM Grand Chairman Terrence Lanni (L) joins in a group hand shake February 12 with Detroit partners (L-R) Dr. Lorna Thomas, Anthony Gramer, Myzell Sowell, MGM President AlexYemenidjian and William F. Pickard, leader of the Detroit partners, after their announcement to seek one of three downtown gaming licenses. jch/Photo by John C.

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