[redbean]

If there is a casino that is clean and wholesome, you can only find it in Paradise. The two casinos coming up are completely sanitised from sleaze and crimes. Several measures and regulations have been put in place to make sure that it is just another form of entertainment. From the top, beginning from the owner/management, mafia or secret society links are not welcomed and severed. They are operated by clean and honest businessmen. In the gambling rooms, better to call them games rooms, the croupiers or support staff have all been vetted and clear of crime, even infantile crimes. And small blemishes or involvement in criminal activities will be a reason to terminate employment. The gamblers should be rest assured that they are gambling in casinos that are free from all the illegal activities of secret societies and crooks.

There will be no ATM machines in the casinos and gamblers must bring in cash, a lot of cash. Security is not going to be a concern, so getting robbed or snatched should not happended. The ATMs are located at a distance from the casinos and gamblers needing funds or to replenish their funds need to walk a distance to get to them. This is another build in safety mechanism to let them cool down and decide whether they should return to the casinos. I think no casino in the world would ever think of applying psychology to prevent gamblers from gambling their money away. One of the reason I read is that the hoards of cash in hand, $100k, $500k etc may itself prove to be a deterrent to remind the gamblers that it is a lot of money to lose. I hope they also provide trolleys to help the gamblers should they want the money in coins for the machines.

There are professional doctors, counsellors on standby to counsel gamblers who are addictive or suffer nervous breakdown from losing in the gaming rooms. They will be escorted to a safe place, have a drink and rest and advise not to go back to gamble.

And gamblers can declare how much they want to lose before going into the casinos. How come I never think of this. It will definitely limit the losses from the gamblers. This is very thoughtful. For problem gamblers, some have already been excluded from the casinos either voluntarily or by their family members. Oh, I forgot and use another wrong term. They are called gamers not gamblers, quite like playing computer games.

With so many safeguards, the gamers are safe. They would not lose more than what they want to lose and game in a friendly environment, with free psychiatric counselling if needed.

I would like to see a few more safeguards to make it even wholesome as family entertainment. Subject gamers to DNA screening for gambling genes. Vet the gamers for criminal records as well. This is necessary as the operators and staff are all crime free and it is unfair to subject them to the presence of gamers who were criminals or have criminal records. They will be exposed to unnecessary risks. At the entry points, they should set up screening gates and inspectors to sieve out undesirable characters from going into the games rooms. The first subject coming to my mind is loansharks.

As another precaution, they may want to engage a team of priests and monks or religious leaders to provide spiritual guidance to the gamers in times of need. Then they cannot blame the operators for keeping their gods away from them in their darkest hours when they have lost their fortunes. That will make the casinos as perfect as they can be.

The article is copied from Asian Correspondent.
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[redbean]

No criminals in our casinos

The police have announced that 3,500 people with serious criminal records will be barred from the casinos under the Commissioner of Police Exclusion Order. This is different from the Self Exclusion Order that a gambler or his family could exercise to keep himself out of the casinos. This is another positive step in the right direction to keep our casinos crime and sleaze free.

I am sure all the religious organisations will also be helping the authority in their daily sermons to advise their believers to stay away from the casinos. With this two prong approach, the casinos can be sure to be free from criminals and angels. Only the secular and ungodly people will be left to visit these new playgrounds.

I am wondering whether those commercial cheats who squandered away money from commercial and charity organisations will also be barred? I think they should. People who committed breach of trust, commercial frauds, dishonesty, should also be excluded from the casinos. With such an exclusion order acting as an additional deterrent, the casinos could be doing a good thing for society, telling potential cheats to be good if they want to play in their games rooms. An incentive not to take the wayward path.
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what i posted is just my personal view. feel free to disagree.