Inside Asian Gaming

March 2010 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING T he ‘righteous’ elements of Singapore’s media have been working hard to highlight the dark side of the city- state’s first ever casino, which opened its doors to the public on 14th February—the first day of the Chinese New Year. One of our favourite headlines, ‘Resorts World Sentosa visitors ogle at scantily-clad showgirls,’ appeared in the aptly named Sin Chew Daily , and concluded, “The entertainers with revealing outfits had the men glued to their chairs and they decided not to gamble.” Disregarding the ambiguous grammar (‘they’ could suggest it was the entertainers who decided not to gamble, and rightly so), the report fails to explain how the casino managed to generate an estimated US$7-8 million a day in the “last week-or-so” of February, according to a note from Las Vegas-based Union Gaming Research, which did not disclose its undoubtedly impeccable Strong Start Genting’s Singapore promise as LVS gears up Room interior at Resorts World Sentosa’s Festive Hotel 7 The casino at Resorts World Sentosa