Archive for February 20th, 2010

S$100 Casino Levy at Resorts World Sentosa

Casino had its launch last Chinese New Year here in Singapore.

Singaporeans and PRs ( Permanent Residents) were imposed SGD 100 levy before they can enjoy the casino.

It has its pros and cons, government might be imposing this levy in order to discourage people from gambling, however, this will also help them to boost economy as well. For an average person, everyone can just go and out of curiosity, spend this 100 bucks just for the heck of having a feel of being a gambler even for just a day.

Other people thinks that it will however reduce the frequency of visiting the casino. You also need money to travel, isn’t it the same going overseas as what most Singaporeans do during their free time.

On my own point of view, now that the govt thought of these necessary measures to keep singaporeans flocking into casino, a lot of people still dont buy this idea

I think it boils down to one thing, more revenues for Singapore.