Casinos will check IDs
Fines if they allow in blacklisted individuals such as bankrupts
By Theresa Tan
Be prepared to show your identity card when entering a casino here next year. --ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
BE prepared to show your identity card when entering a casino here next year.
Casino operators will be checking names against a database of banned individuals, which now includes 28,661 undischarged bankrupts, those on long-term government aid, and 75 individuals who have been excluded by their families or themselves.
On Wednesday, the National Council on Problem Gambling said it would hand over a list of those banned, with names and identity card numbers, to the casinos, which will have the responsibility of enforcing the ban.
Casinos which fail to do so could be fined up to $1million, though banned individuals who are caught sneaking in will not be punished.
'Criminalising it does not help,' said the council. 'If a person breaches the exclusion order, it is more important to counsel them so they understand what they have done.'
Making it an offence for those who are barred to enter the casino may also deter some families - already under severe strain from a gambler's debts and behaviour - from asking for the State's help to stop their loved ones from gambling at casinos here, said the council.
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