FACTS

Just visited this site, an online petition site against casino idea in Singapore. Well. What can I say? My family has been torn apart by gambling. Not just the usual tale. My dad has been blacklisted by most of the casinos in the world apparently. It's just that bad. Well. Broken family. Bankruptcy. Fatherless children. And the government wants to go ahead because of the 'gaming duties' they can collect. Newspapers report that they already collect $1.3billion in revenue from other resources - 4D, toto etc. Well. If Singaporeans are throwing their money elsewhere, why not collect it? But don't they realise that more people will throw their money away? We're talking about - retirees with their retirement fund, college students with their university fund, young working adults with fresh salaries, mothers with their allowances... and not including working businessmen who claim that they go casinos for BUSINESS PURPOSES. Yah. Right.

Just a fact. When my dad was gambling for business purposes at home, they used to open up 2 mahjong tables. His regular kakis was Mr Lim, his wife, his mistress, (sometimes both), and some other friends. And my parents *cannot* lose to Mr Lim. Or else he'd fret and throw tantrums. Yup. A 30plus man throwing tantrum. Someone the size of Moses Lim throwing tantrums. So each night my parents would lose at least a thousand dollars, and if they are brave enough, they'd win abit. BUT. Mr Lim would then decide NOT to buy insurance from my dad. Multiply a thousand a night by at least 3-4 times weekly, by 52 weeks a year, and that's quite a lot of money gone. And not forgetting the $2 million debt.

Sigh. It's all about him again. Dowan to bitch about him anymore. What's done is done. Just don't want to see another family ruined because of gambling. That's all.