Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa have been fined $357,500 and $140,000 respectively for breaching social safeguard requirements from May to October last year by the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (CRA).
In addition, RWS has been censured for 3 cases of similar breaches during the period and MBS censured for failing to display appropriate message on its progressive jackpot system on 18 October 2011.
The casino operators were found to have not complied fully with social safeguard requirements, which are put in place to contain and control the potential harm of casino gambling to society.
CRA therefore imposed disciplinary actions on the casino operators for failing to prevent the following persons from entering and/or remaining on their casino premises:
- Singapore citizens and permanent residents (SCPRs) without valid entry levies, including
- those who stayed beyond the 24 hours’ validity of their day entry levies;
- persons prohibited from entering the casinos by an exclusion order;
- and minors (i.e. persons under 21 years old).
In addition, MBS has been censured for breaching gaming equipment regulations for failing to ensure a winning message was accurately displayed on an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) when one of its patrons, Mdm Choo Hong Eng, hit a jackpot at the casino on Oct 18 2011.
CRA’s investigations showed that there was no deliberate intention by the operator to deceive or deprive the patron of her prize, which should have been a car.
Due to the inappropriate winning message on the EGM, the operator had in November 2011, paid the amount of $416,742.11 to the patron.
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