High Stakes

Gulf’s first casino resort sparks building boom in Ras Al Khaimah

Las Vegas casino operator Wynn Resorts is building a $4 billion hotel complex on the artificial Marjan islands along the kingdom's Red Sea coast

The Wynn Hotel & Casino on the famed Las Vegas Strip. (Photo: Getty Images)

Anticipation of the Gulf’s first sanctioned casino complex has sparked a development boom in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, with five-star resorts and multi-million dollar villas rapidly springing up from the desert sands.

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