Singaporeans spent S$9.2bil betting on sports and lotteries last financial year, up 40% from year before


Sums wagered on lotteries and sports increased after Singapore started lifting the Covid-19 restrictions. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News): A total of $9.2 billion was spent betting on games such as soccer, 4-D and Toto in the Tote Board’s last financial year, a spike of about 40 per cent from the year before and the largest sum placed on these games in the past decade.

A spokesman for the Tote Board said the sums wagered on lotteries and sports in the financial year ended March 2022 increased after Singapore started lifting Covid-19 restrictions.

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