As a casino ship, she was one of at least three casino ships (Long Jie (formerly Omar), Royale Star) operating off Batam. Following the opening of the two legal land casinos in Singapore, ship casinos' business suffered badly.
As a result, all the casino ships closed down except for Leisure World. In 2014, a new casino ship (Ocean Grand) emerged to compete with Leisure World. Ocean Grand closed down about six months later despite advertisements in The New Paper (a Singapore tabloid). Since then, business picked up at Leisure World.
In April 2021 New Century Group sold the vessel for US$3.59m for scrap to NKD Maritime, with breaking dismantling the ship performed in Alang, India.
The MV Leisure World was beached on July 11, 2021 to become scrapped metals.
I used to do that half-day trip quite a bit back then. Just board from Tanah Merah, few hours of makan, gamble, and back by night. Not much crowd, mostly regular uncles. Once, I met a guy from Chicken Road who swore the slots near the back gave better payouts — no idea if true, but I did get lucky there once. Don't forget your passport — some blur ones got turned away.