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Sep 23, 2009
No casinos for hubby <!--10 min-->
After years of coping with husband's secret gambling debts, wife gets him banned from entering the casinos <!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Lim Wei Chean </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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Mr Tan, a crane operator, agreed to his wife's request to get him banned. He said: 'I want to ensure that there is no room for temptation. I am afraid that when the casinos open, my colleagues will ask me to go, and I will get influenced.' -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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BEFORE they married, she knew that he liked to make the occasional bet. She thought he was just a 'social gambler'. Then money at home started to go missing. He became moody and short-tempered and never seemed to have any cash on him. After some snooping, she discovered he had a gambling debt of $50,000. She was floored, but by then they had been married five years, and she wanted to save the marriage. Today, he is one of the first seven people banned from the two casinos which will open here next year. The permanent exclusions were sought by family members, with the gamblers' consent: two by wives against their husbands, two by sisters against their brothers, and three by parents against their sons. Soon, gamblers who want to exclude themselves will also be able to do so.
Mr Tan (not his real name), 41, a crane operator, agreed to his wife's request to get him banned. He said: 'I want to ensure that there is no room for temptation. I am afraid that when the casinos open, my colleagues will ask me to go, and I will get influenced.' He picked up gambling in secondary school, he said, placing small bets on calculator games. Then he moved on to Toto and other forms of gambling. He never thought he had a problem until he was introduced to illegal Internet betting, around 2005. He said: 'It gave me credit to bet with and there was no limit. That was when I went overboard.' Mrs Tan said: 'His gambling addiction is a long-term problem that we need to work at slowly. The most important thing is he is trying.'
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Sep 23, 2009
No casinos for hubby <!--10 min-->
After years of coping with husband's secret gambling debts, wife gets him banned from entering the casinos <!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Lim Wei Chean </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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Mr Tan, a crane operator, agreed to his wife's request to get him banned. He said: 'I want to ensure that there is no room for temptation. I am afraid that when the casinos open, my colleagues will ask me to go, and I will get influenced.' -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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BEFORE they married, she knew that he liked to make the occasional bet. She thought he was just a 'social gambler'. Then money at home started to go missing. He became moody and short-tempered and never seemed to have any cash on him. After some snooping, she discovered he had a gambling debt of $50,000. She was floored, but by then they had been married five years, and she wanted to save the marriage. Today, he is one of the first seven people banned from the two casinos which will open here next year. The permanent exclusions were sought by family members, with the gamblers' consent: two by wives against their husbands, two by sisters against their brothers, and three by parents against their sons. Soon, gamblers who want to exclude themselves will also be able to do so.
Mr Tan (not his real name), 41, a crane operator, agreed to his wife's request to get him banned. He said: 'I want to ensure that there is no room for temptation. I am afraid that when the casinos open, my colleagues will ask me to go, and I will get influenced.' He picked up gambling in secondary school, he said, placing small bets on calculator games. Then he moved on to Toto and other forms of gambling. He never thought he had a problem until he was introduced to illegal Internet betting, around 2005. He said: 'It gave me credit to bet with and there was no limit. That was when I went overboard.' Mrs Tan said: 'His gambling addiction is a long-term problem that we need to work at slowly. The most important thing is he is trying.'
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