Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 16 SINGAPORE’S CASINO-ENTRY LEVY COLLECTIONS RISE FOR FIRST TIME EVER 新加坡賭場入場費錄得歷史性上漲 SINGAPOREANS spent a record SG$9.2 billion (US$6.8 billion) on lotteries and sports betting in the financial year ended 31 March 2022, an increase of 43% over the previous year, while casino-entry levy collections of SG$125 million (US$92 million) also represented a four-year high. According to information released by Singapore’s Tote Board, the amount spent on lotteries and sports betting was up from SG$6.6 billion (US$4.9 billion) in FY21, which was impacted by COVID-19 closures, but also 14% higher than the previous high of SG$8.1 billion (US$6.0 billion) in FY19. The SG$125 million collected by the Tote Board in casino-entry levies in FY22 represented an increase on the SG$114 million (US$84 million) collected a year earlier and was broadly in line with the SG$124 million (US$91.5 million) collected in FY19. Although lower than the SG$131 million (US$97 million) collected in FY18, FY22 represented the first time since Singapore collected SG$193 million (US$142 million) in 2012 that entry levy collections had increased year-on-year – having fallen every year since. This was despite Singapore’s casinos – Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa – having been closed at various times throughout the year due to COVID-19 and implementing strict capacity restrictions through much of 2021. 截至 2022年3月31日的財政年度，新加坡人在 彩票和體育博彩上的支出達到創紀錄的92億新 元（68億美元），較上一年增長43%，而賭場 入場費收入為1.25億新元（9,200萬美元）， 也創下五年新高。 根據新加坡賽馬與博彩管理局（To t e Board）公佈的信息，彩票及體育博彩收入高 於2021財年的66億新元（受新冠病毒阻斷措 施的影響），同時較2019年的81億新元高出 14%。 賽馬與博彩管理局在2022財年徵收了1.25 億新元入場稅，較上年同期的1.14億新元有所 增加，與2019財年的1.24億新元基本持平。 儘管低於2018財年的1.31億新元，但2022 財年是新加坡自2012年徵收入場稅以來首次按 年增長。同時新加坡的賭場（濱海灣金沙和聖 淘沙名勝世界）期間因應疫情多次關閉，並在 2021年大部分時間實施了嚴格的防疫措施。