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Friday, April 23, 2010

Regarding the RWS cheat .

Man from China first to be convicted of casino fraud

A CHINESE national who placed a late bet of $600 on a game at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was jailed for 10 months yesterday for trying to cheat the casino.

The conviction is the first involving a conman at the casino since RWS opened its doors on Feb 14.

In sending Hou Yongwei (right) to jail, District Judge Ronald Gwee agreed with the prosecution that a deterrent sentence was needed to send a clear message that such crimes would not be tolerated.




Source Credits :http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100420-0000084/Man-jailed-for-trying-to-cheat-RWS



We always thought that it is extremely diffucult to cheat the authorised in Singapore.
However, many cases of theft in the newly opened tourist attraction ,
Resort World Sentosa (RWS) had been exposed to the public.
Even though the National Council on Problem Gambling had launched a scheme,
Third-Party Casino Exclusion , there will still be gambling addicts/cheaters out there
who aren't excluded from the casino.(Source: http://app.knowtheline.sg/data/press_release/media%20release%20-%20ncpg%20launches%20third-party%20exclusion20091216_20091216.pdf)


The theft might be due to his personal greed as the amount of money in front of him
had been a lot .

I suggest that the ways to prevent cheating from happening is to install more CCTVs
in every possible place, and increase the amount of security in the casino .
The authorised should also can have access to the gamblers' personal background.
The amount of entrance fee should also be increased to make the cheaters think twice
before entering the and can make the passive gamblers stay away from the casino .
Punishments and fines can also be made clear and put around the casino , in this way
it may warn those gamblers who had intentions to cheat and make them think of the
consequences.

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