Macau has overtaken Las Vegas as the gambling capital of the world - more money is bet on tables there than any other place in the world. But while the former Portuguese colony has its sordid corners, it lacks the glossy party atmosphere of its American peer.

The people at Playboy Enterprises want to change that.

Playboy - that he-man brand created in the 1950s by Hugh Hefner that's best known in the West for its magazine - is betting big that its kind of glamour will sell well in this part of Asia. The company is opening its second club, a 1,115-square-meter club in Macau on the penthouse level of the Sands Macau Hotel (its other club is in Las Vegas). There's more in the works: A 2,787-square-meter mansion is planned for Macau in 2012.

But first, Playboy will go looking for bunnies.

We're talking Playboy Bunnies, of course - women clad in skimpy costumes, complete with tight corsets, a tuxedo collar, bunny ears and a cottontail. On Friday, the club hosted a casting call to find the 20 bunnies they need for opening day (scheduled for Nov. 20). According to the organizers, around 600 women from around the world have already applied. Friday's bunny-hunt event was a chance for some of the final candidates to be interviewed, presented to the press, and to have their pictures taken in their swimsuits. The final roster will be announced later.

Denise Pernula, a former bunny and model who posed for the magazine as Miss November 2007, flew from Wyoming to serve as one of the judges. As a bunny for the Playboy club in Las Vegas, which opened in 2006, she says she understands the pressure. The women will be under 'a lot of