Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2020年12月 亞博匯 18 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS SINGAPORE REGULATOR SAYS CASINO ENTRY LEVY INCREASE HAS KEPT LOCALS AWAY 新加坡監管機構稱，賭場入場稅 的增加使新加坡當地人望而卻步 A 50% INCREASE in casino entry levies imposed by the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) as part of expansion agreements signed with operators Las Vegas Sands and Genting Singapore in April 2019 has resulted in a substantial decline in the number of local citizens and residents visiting casino floors. The impact of the increases, which saw the 24-hour levy rise from SG$100 to SG$150 and annual levy from SG$2,000 to SG$3,000, was announced by CRA Chairman Tan Tee How in the regulator’s 2019/2020 annual report. Citing a need to ensure that Singaporeans “continue to be protected against the potential harms of casino gambling,” Tan said that the first 12 months under increased levies had seen visits made by Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents drop from 4.0% in FY18 to 2.7% of the local adult population in FY19. However, there were some teething problems on the operator side, with the regulator revealing it had handed out a total of SG$165,000 in fines to its two casino operators, including SG$125,000 to Marina Bay Sands for failure to implement an approved system for collection of the entry levy and for allowing 11 locals entry without paying their levy. Singapore will establish a new gaming regulator in 2021, the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), bringing together the current CRA, which oversees Singapore’s casinos, and the Gambling Regulatory Unit, which regulates remote gambling services and “fruit machines”, under one umbrella. 作為與營運商 拉斯維加斯金沙集團和雲頂新 加坡於2019年4月簽署的擴建協議的一部分， 新加坡旅遊局徵收的賭場入場稅增加了50％， 導致前往賭場的本地公民和居民人數大幅下 降。 新加坡賭場監管局（CRA）主席Tan Tee How在2019/2020年度報告中公佈了提價的影 響。該提價將24小時徵稅從100新元提高到150 新元，年度徵稅從2,000新元提高到3,000新元。 基於有必要確保新加坡人「繼續受到保 護，免受賭場賭博的潛在傷害」，Tan Tee How 稱，在增稅後的12個月內，新加坡公民及永久 居民的訪問頻率從2018年的4.0％下降到2019 財政年度的2.7％。 但是，監管機構同時披露營運商方面存在 一些初期問題，該公司已向其兩家賭場營運商 處以總計165,000新加坡元的罰款，其中包括 因未能實施經批准的入場稅制度，以及允許11 名本地居民在未繳納稅款情況下進入賭場而 向濱海灣金沙集團處以125,000新加坡元的罰 款。 新加坡將在2021年建立一個新的博彩監 管機構——賭博監管局（GRA），該機構將把目 前監管新加坡賭場的CRA和一個監管遠程賭博 服務和「水果機」的賭博監管部門合併在一起。