Casino visits by Singaporeans, PRs plummeted 17.6% to 17,000

Even casino entry levies make annual drops.

According to the annual report by the Casino Regulatory Authority, when Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands (MBS) first opened their doors in 2010, Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents (SCPRs) made an average of 20,000 visits to the casinos daily.

Three years on, the daily average of casino visits by SCPRs has declined to about 17,000.

Here's more from the annual report of CRA:

This is likely due to the novelty of the casinos wearing off, and the effectiveness of our safeguards to deter vulnerable individuals from the potential harm of casino
gambling.

Only 7.7% of the local adult population made more than one visit to the casinos in the past three years.

The casino entry levy continues to remain as one of the stringent social safeguards. After seeing spikes in the initial months of the opening of the casinos, the number of entry levy purchases have been decreasing every year.

Casino entry levies collected in 2012 was about $174 million. Since 2010, the annual and day levy purchases have, on average, dropped by 20% and 8% yearly respectively.

CRA will continue to evaluate the impact of the entry levies as well as other social safeguards such as exclusion orders and the newly-implemented visit limits on SCPRs.

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