In the future i think its not so far fetch after all to play and travel around the world while at home. the way its been described by Cyrus will actually work best for metaverse casinos than what Zuckerberg have in mind.
The Chinese can do a great job with tech undoubtedly and make improvements to someone's technology, and now that they have had an extra funding at a time Zuckerberg is facing economical downturns on his investment in the metaverse, they are definitely in line to better Zuckerberg's idea. Also the competition about the metaverse space is healthy and good as we are certain that when the metaverse is fully operational, we will be getting the best. Meta Casinos will be a new evolution to gambling.
I think you are right because the Chinese have what it take with there population and market to take the metaverse game to the next level looking at the big support from Alibaba and other great companies. I will really hope on this and look forward on how this plan is going to work well since it supported the original goal of Mark Zuckerberg of taking the metaverse to the next work. I have also seen interesting metaverse games that really makes sense with lots of usage and features that will keep making the metaverse a eyeing and lucrative venture.