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Issue number one is how to best protect Japanese citizens from the potential social harms that two full-fledged casino resorts might bring. In hopes of reducing problem gambling, the Diet is rumored to be considering an entrance fee for citizens that could be as high as $100.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The goal is to make sure those who enter the casinos are gambling with money they can afford to lose.<\/p>\n
In Singapore, locals must pay $71 to walk into Resorts World or Marina Bay Sands. That keeps most citizens out, and restricts their gambling to the state-run lottery and sports pools, and casino cruises that offer lower table minimums and slot wagers.<\/p>\n
While the multibillion-dollar gaming conglomerates jockeying for one of the two Japan casino licenses might wish the country doesn’t impose an entrance fee, they will be hopeful that the Diet follows Singapore’s gaming tax structure.<\/p>\n
Singapore taxes gross gaming revenue on premium players (those who start with $72,000 or more) at 12 percent, and 22 percent on all others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Singapore’s tourism sector is growing in terms of visitor arrivals and overall spending, but when it comes to the “sightseeing, entertainment, and gaming” component, receipts were down in 2016. The Singapore Tourism Board reports that international visitor arrivals totaled 16.4 million last year, an eight percent gain on 2015’s numbers. Tourist receipts came in at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":53146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Arrivals to Singapore Increased Eight Percent in 2016, But Gaming Down<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n