Last weekend’s grand opening of Resort World’s Sentosa casino was a roaring success. It attracted some 35,000 visitors and numerous millionaires from China, including one individual said to have won over US$ 1 million (1.07) playing Baccarat on Saturday evening, according to Malaysian newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau. Singapore has now entered the Asian gambling market with its first casino, a US$ 4.7 billion resort casino. Last Saturday, on the first day of the Year of the tiger, 35,000 visitors streamed through the new casino’s doors ready to take a look at its 600 gaming tables, setting a new record for visitors to the resort island in a single day.
Macau leads Asian Casino Boom
Now with the opening of its first casino, Resort World’s Sentosa casino has been promoting itself as Singapore’s first integrated resort: where shopping malls and other attractions are found in addition to the new casino. Another mammoth casino will make its debut in the region in the coming months, the US$ 6 billion Marina Bay Sands complex, which will boast 1,000 gaming tables. Construction for both of these casinos has been bolstered by welcomed news coming out of Macau this year, where the gambling industry saw a 63% rise in the last 12 months. Observers predict this economic rising will continue.
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