Singapore's Casino Control Act under review

• QX179R

  26 Feb 12, 16:15

  SINGAPORE: The government is reviewing the Casino Control Act, which governs the operations of the two Integrated Resorts (IRs) in Singapore.

  Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr S Iswaran, said it's timely for the various agencies to review the regulations.

  He said Singapore has accumulated two years of experience with the IRs and has had the chance to look at other jurisdictions which have evolved in the management of IRs, and in particular, the casinos.
  
  Mr Iswaran, who chairs a joint committee which looks into issues concerning the two IRs, said the review will look at the economic, as well as the overall security and crime aspects concerning the two IRs.
  
  He hopes to give details about the review in the second half of this year.
  
  He was speaking to the media at the end of a community visit to the MacPherson division of Marine Parade GRC on Sunday.
  
  - CNA/ck

• Just_do_it_lah

  26 Feb 12, 16:17

  No more levy ?

   

• Jacky Woo

  26 Feb 12, 16:35

  why doesnt the ministry send a team to study overseas casinos, on how they run their casinos in their countries

• dragg

  26 Feb 12, 18:26

  有讲等于没讲
• the Bear

  26 Feb 12, 18:47

  sheesh.. isn't this like a reverse case of the old adage "measure twice, cut once"?

  in this case, when the bolt of cloth is cut to shreds and cannot be used anymore, then they start to measure

• Medicated Oil

  26 Feb 12, 20:40

  Time to collect more dividend.

  They need to save the poor, which is all the croonies in the house.

• ditzy

  26 Feb 12, 20:49

  No more $100 levy!
• Dalforce 1941

  26 Feb 12, 20:55

  No more levy?

• charlize

  26 Feb 12, 21:19

  Double the levy.

• the Bear

  27 Feb 12, 17:09

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Double the levy.

  if double the levy, might cause GDP to decrease if the people don't want to go in anymore...

  however, it may be balanced out by the amount of money collected since the gamblers will pay anything to go in...

  the MIW will try to measure the amount they can get away to maximise levy money collected while not affecting the GDP  

• charlize

  7 Mar 12, 19:03

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  if double the levy, might cause GDP to decrease if the people don't want to go in anymore...

  however, it may be balanced out by the amount of money collected since the gamblers will pay anything to go in...

  the MIW will try to measure the amount they can get away to maximise levy money collected while not affecting the GDP  

  I think even if increase, the same number of people will still go.