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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - NTUC mini-casinos all over the island</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Guestman551 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>6:49 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 3) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>38924.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>What about the 'mini-casinos'?
Letter from Daniel Chan Wai Piew
05:55 AM Sep 18, 2010
THE Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) has got very tough with the casinos and it is heartening to note that Singaporeans are being deterred and discouraged from visiting them.
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated in no uncertain terms in Parliament that the casinos should not be allowed to target the heartlanders.
One thing, however, puzzles me greatly. There are, as far as I know, currently four "mini-casinos" in Singapore. One each in Ang Mo Kio and Bedok (two of the most densely populated HDB estates), one in Pasir Ris (quite near HDB flats) and one within the Central Business District in Tanjong Pagar. Another in Bishan operated for many years before it was closed recently.
I am referring to the jackpot rooms in the NTUC Clubs. Each club has up to 40 jackpot machines and they are so crowded, particularly on weekends, that there is hardly any standing room.
Some of the machines swallow up to $9 for a five-second spin. If one multiplies that with one hour of play, it shows these machines are no child's play compared to the posh examples in the casinos.
The jackpot rooms are typically open till midnight and later on weekends and eve of public holidays.
The regulars - retirees, housewives, workers and even students - do not need transport to go there or to pay a $100 levy. They need only flash their identity cards on a scanning machine at the club entrance.
There have been complaints about these jackpot rooms over the years but they are still in operation. Why are these "mini-casinos" allowed in the heartlands? Are they not under the purview of the CRA and the MCYS?
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Letter from Daniel Chan Wai Piew
05:55 AM Sep 18, 2010
THE Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) has got very tough with the casinos and it is heartening to note that Singaporeans are being deterred and discouraged from visiting them.
Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated in no uncertain terms in Parliament that the casinos should not be allowed to target the heartlanders.
One thing, however, puzzles me greatly. There are, as far as I know, currently four "mini-casinos" in Singapore. One each in Ang Mo Kio and Bedok (two of the most densely populated HDB estates), one in Pasir Ris (quite near HDB flats) and one within the Central Business District in Tanjong Pagar. Another in Bishan operated for many years before it was closed recently.
I am referring to the jackpot rooms in the NTUC Clubs. Each club has up to 40 jackpot machines and they are so crowded, particularly on weekends, that there is hardly any standing room.
Some of the machines swallow up to $9 for a five-second spin. If one multiplies that with one hour of play, it shows these machines are no child's play compared to the posh examples in the casinos.
The jackpot rooms are typically open till midnight and later on weekends and eve of public holidays.
The regulars - retirees, housewives, workers and even students - do not need transport to go there or to pay a $100 levy. They need only flash their identity cards on a scanning machine at the club entrance.
There have been complaints about these jackpot rooms over the years but they are still in operation. Why are these "mini-casinos" allowed in the heartlands? Are they not under the purview of the CRA and the MCYS?
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