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"The factors driving the high-rollers segment don't seem to have been impacted yet by recent developments," said RBS analyst Philip Tulk .

Macau Gambling Revenue Up 57% in August Kate O'Keeffe 2011

BA is also launching a service this year from Heathrow to Las Vegas, a prime destination for high-rollers, with no first class option.

Boing Boing 2009

This year it feels as if there are more hangers-on watching those high-rollers and there are also more brands entering the fray full-throttle.

On Miami's Art Scene, a Battle of the Brands Marshall Heyman 2011

Courtesy of Hollywood, first-time visitors to the Las Vegas Strip expect either a boulevard of sharp-suited high-rollers (Ocean's 11), or a psychedelic carnival of drugs and madness (Fear and Loathing).

Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Two: Spending a Sober Month on the Vegas Strip? Don't Forget to Bring Your Own Stripper Paul Carr 2011

Most of the famous racecourse bookmakers of recent decades have been fearless operators laying bets to high-rollers, men like Victor Chandler, Stephen Little – who wore a full-length fur coat to prove that he had the money to settle winners – and Freddie Williams, whose punting duels with JP McManus at Cheltenham were the stuff of legend.

Britain's best-known bookie Barry Dennis quits after 40 years on track 2011

Michal Czerwonka for The Wall Street Journal The Mansion is a super-exclusive hotel-within-a-hotel where villas start at between $5,000 and $20,000 a night though most are comped for high-rollers.

Running the U.S.'s Biggest Hotel 2011

And there aren't yet signs of high-rollers reining in their spending.

Don't Lose Your Taste for Luxury Renée Schultes 2011

Jihadist high-rollers or the window-breaking drum circle thugs in Madison are handled with more respect in the press than the guilty-until-proven-innocent Tea Party or people at health care town hall meetings.

Andrew Breitbart: NPR Is Collateral Damage in Battle to Brand Tea Party Andrew 2011

Nearby, at least one Hulking Retired Folk Hero All-Rounder loomed in mute stupefaction at the VIP bar, rakishly sunglassed, cigarette lolling, groupie-mobbed by name-badged high-rollers.

Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay 2011

Courtesy of Hollywood, first-time visitors to the Las Vegas Strip expect either a boulevard of sharp-suited high-rollers (Ocean's 11), or a psychedelic carnival of drugs and madness (Fear and Loathing).

Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Two: Spending a Sober Month on the Vegas Strip? Don't Forget to Bring Your Own Stripper Paul Carr 2011