Possible Clues:

• Formerly Portuguese Scotsman gets gold
• Former Portuguese colony in China, to the Portuguese
• Three leading characters from Cambridge set up a university somewhere in China
• Once an island bird losing half its tail?
• Former Portuguese colony in southern China
• Gambling destination of the Pearl River Delta
• Asian gambling mecca: Var
• Hong Kong neighbour, formerly
• Gambling hub near Hong Kong
• Asian gambling mecca, as some spell it