Singapore is cracking the whip as it knows the competition will only get tougher. — AFP
CASINOS are booming in South-East Asia, from integrated resorts in Singapore and Malaysia, to the illegal ones operating in the border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Governments in the region, while striving to regulate gambling, see the tourism potential and are looking to either legalise it, as in Thailand, or expand it, as in the Philippines, which aims to overtake Singapore as the region’s premier casino destination.
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