RWS, MBS fined for breaching Casino Control Act
Both Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands (MBS) have been slapped with S$385,000 (RM924,000) in penalties for lapses in their security and screening.
This resulted from 44 cases of people who managed to enter or remain in the gambling halls despite being disallowed into the casinos.
These included 19 cases where Singaporeans and permanent residents were allowed in without paying for the S$100 (RM240) entry levy; five cases where gamblers overstayed the tenure of their entry levies, seven where people on exclusion orders were allowed to enter and 13 cases where minors were allowed in.
Commenting on the breaches, chief executive of the Casino Regulatory Authority, Lau Peet Meng said, "These social safeguards are put in place to mitigate the casino's potential impact on vulnerable persons and to ring fence the casinos from potential criminal influence.
"Hence, we are taking tough disciplinary action against the casino operators for the cases where they have failed to show due care in complying with our requirements to prevent minors and excluded persons from entering the casinos, and to ensure that entry levies are duly paid."
Source: The Straits Times/ANN
Published Feb 7 2012
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