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PLAYING IT RIGHT:U.S. “cardstacker” Bryan Berg makes last minute adjustments to cards before successfully creating a new Guinness World Record for the largest house of freestanding playing cards, with a replica of the Venetian Macao, the Plaza and Sands Macao casino and hotel buildings in Macau on Wednesday. Mr. Berg's promotional attempt took 44 days to complete and used a total of 218,792 playing cards.

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