regulator and casino operator<\/a>, is a huge contributor of tax dollars to national coffers, behind only the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs.<\/p>\nGlobal Response<\/b><\/h2>\n
Prohibitive entry fees are not a foreign concept at casinos in Asia. The tactic has been used in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands, which charges locals S$100 (US $72) for a one-time entrance, or Singaporean citizens and permanent residents can pay an annual fee of S$2000 (US $1,440).<\/p>\n
The Sheldon Adelson-owned casino presents this as a responsible gaming measure, and though it is not clear how effective it has been in that regard, the casino has stayed full, which suggests such fees don’t automatically eliminate casino business, nor hurt their ability to generate tax dollars.<\/p>\n
In Japan, where lawmakers are currently drafting bills to establish integrated casino resorts, the idea of entrance fees has been floated, but the latest report is that locals might be required to use an identity card system to limit the frequency of visits from Japanese citizens to the casino.<\/p>\n
Macau is also rethinking its entrance areas. But instead of looking for ways to keep its own citizens out, officials are concentrating their attention on improving front-door security measures to keep terrorism and other potential deadly attackers away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casinos in the Philippines might soon begin charging guests PHP3,000 ($61) to enter, as one lawmaker believes an admission fee would help fight problem gambling. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, however, rejected the notion, saying that such a rule would devastate the country’s surging casino entertainment industry. “It will have a negative effect,” PAGCOR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":53009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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