First Casino in Singapore Opened.

By Ramon van Meer

Singapore for years has been creating into a worldwide destination, and now the island city-state is opening their doors to their first casino. The casino has opened this weekend on Chinese New Year and the cards look as though Singapore will once more be on the rise, as high-rollers around the world start to check out the city's newest attraction.

Singapore is predicting that the Resorts World at Sentosa by Genting Singapore will greatly help the economy via tourism income. This will lead to a booast towards the luxurious services.

The holiday resort building of the Resorts World at Sentosa totals $4.7 billion and is the first of two casinos that the city-state has put into operation in efforts to create reputability as a manufacturing and banking hub, hoping to consider the limelight from Macau, Malaysia and Australia. And, the talk of growing to the United States has been discussed.

The introducing of the casino has had visitors streaming in- graciously greeted by a traditional cultural lion dance. On the foyer, five employees posed as Roman statues, with one carrying a large gambling chip, another a huge replica of a deck of cards, and a third a huge reproduction of a die.

Foreigners were in excessive numbers and local residents appeared as well, however, with the $70 charge to local people, numerous passed the scene. It's all part of the government campaign to discourage residence from the addiction of gambling.

With a rural population wealthy in millionaires, the Resorts World at Sentosa is likely to bring in a lot more to the area. At the least, the addition of the casino is likely to double visitor rate to 17 million to the city-state by 2015 building a significant increase in travel related revenues.

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