ST Poll: Not enough done staving off problem gambling

• Clivebenss

  5 Mar 11, 23:07

  Mar 5, 2011 - Straits Times

  A MAJORITY of the respondents to The Straits Times poll asking whether enough has been done to keep problem gambling at bay, responded negatively.

  Seventy-five per cent out of the 99, indicated 'no' to the query.

  The poll was created in response to an article published in The Straits Times on Friday where foreigners living or working in Singapore are among a growing number of people whose families want them barred from the two casinos.

  According to the report, the number of exclusion orders issued has more than doubled in six months, from 123 as at last June, to 297 by December.

  On The Straits Times' Facebook page Siti Nor'aini Abdul Samat said: 'There is only so much that the government can do.'

  She feels that even though these 'hardcore gamblers' can be excluded from local casinos, there is no stopping them from 'going across the causeway, onboard cruise ships or even gambling illegally'.

• sbst275

  5 Mar 11, 23:09

  can't stop ppl from gambling one

  be it casino now or those illegal den

• Clivebenss

  5 Mar 11, 23:11

  a least if no casino it will be more difficult.

  illegal stuff not all like to take risk.

• sbst275

  5 Mar 11, 23:12

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  a least if no casino it will be more difficult.

  illegal stuff not all like to take risk.

  
  actually on tis part it's pretty subjective

  we do not know how serious was those dens are cos the sweep commenced aft Casino started.

• Clivebenss

  5 Mar 11, 23:13

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  actually on tis part it's pretty subjective

  we do not know how serious was those dens are cos the sweep commenced aft Casino started.

  subjective or not casino is bad.

  

• sbst275

  5 Mar 11, 23:18

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  subjective or not casino is bad.

  

  
  either way gambling problem has been there alrdy.

  Casino simply magnified it

• Clivebenss

  5 Mar 11, 23:34

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  either way gambling problem has been there alrdy.

  Casino simply magnified it

  casino is always a problem.

  something that Sg can do without.

  

• GHoST_18

  6 Mar 11, 00:11

  create a problem that leads to more problem...

  tsk tsk...

• Ice kosong

  6 Mar 11, 00:17

  wat? u  r saying our prince of monapore cannot handle the gamblin suitation?

• Ä«Õß:¸ïÀë

  6 Mar 11, 01:18

  foreign workers gamble until pok gai or not, none of gahment business mah..... as long as the casino generate income for their FAT BONUS ok liao...... nothing else matters.......

• Rock^Star

  6 Mar 11, 15:06

  ok so when's the mrt to the casino coming up?

• caleb_chiang

  6 Mar 11, 16:05

  So much for the casino ohoo....

  How about a strip club in sg? lolx...

  I guess it should be next on the list, right?

• charlize

  6 Mar 11, 16:23

  That's why we need to set up 2 casinoes in the country so that we can closely study the effects of gambling.

• Clivebenss

  6 Mar 11, 18:12

  Originally posted by charlize:

  That's why we need to set up 2 casinoes in the country so that we can closely study the effects of gambling.

  after study can close liao.