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Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 5:51 PM

A casino? No way!

I am sure that by now we are all aware of the government's plan of building a casino to make money and open up more jobs. Some have stood up for this while others have spoken against. When completed, there is no doubt that it will bring in cash for the country. However, what are the bi-products of a gambling industry?
Personally, I think that the presence of a casino in Singapore is not very appropriate, despite the large sums of money it draws in. I am saying this because of the fact that gambling will run rampant alongside this development. Singapore itself already faces addiction problems without the casino. Now, with the casino being built, I doubt that the lust to gamble can be contained.
Why do people gamble? They are either poor and think that they can become rich by winning a "big one" or they are professinal gamblers. Proffesional gamblers , of course, gamble for a living, so gambling is just a job for them. The former, however, are gambling because they are too poor and fail to notice that they will lose more in a casino than any where else. Putting aside proffesional gamblers, I think that ordinary gamblers can get easily addicted to gambling, because they are under the false impression that one win can cover all the over losses. It's something like a lottery, you know. Once you become addicted, you become a compulsive gambler. This, as stated by the NPR, results in low productivity, inability to operate at your best, etc.
Many people will undoubtly drop by the casino for a game, and after their first try they will keep on gambling and gambling until...... Let's just say they won't know how to stop or wouldn't want to stop because of the fifty-fifty percent of chances of making big money. If this goes on, Singapore will soon become a sloppy country who knows only to take risk without knowing what is ahead and this may make us earn less than we are earning today.
In conclusion, I condemn the construction of the casino, the final destination for amateur gmablers.

Life's but a game

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