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Illegal Casinos in
Singapore Get Government Regulation
Sept. 12-06
Peter Velappan, of the Asian Football
Confederation is taking a very novel approach to the challenges
presented by match-fixing in the country of Singapore. Rather than
placing harsher restrictions on gambling, Veleppan has the notion
that legalization of gambling would allow it to be monitored and
regulated far more effectively by the government.
Sports betting practices are surging
all over the world, and in the "far west" the general attitude
seems to be on of complete prohibition. Online casino companies
based off shore of the continental United States are being met
with heavy resistance. The arrests of two sports betting internet
gambling moguls has owners of online casinos all over the world
afraid to set foot on U.S. soil.
Western, or rather American practices,
are not shared by the Peter Veleppan and his many supporters in
Singapore who agree with him that there should be regulation
rather than prohibition when it comes to sports betting both in
the real and virtual worlds.
Game fixing among various sporting
events have been come a bone of contention among governments in
Southeast Asia. The regional cock fights and dice rolling of
yester-year have become a nostalgic memory when compared to the
level of corruption faced today concerning sporting events.
Veleppan believes Singapore's
acceptance and embracing of casino gambling involving sport, will
serve as an example to neighboring countries with similar issues.
"We have seen football corruption in Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand, and Vietnam in the past" said Veleppan while visiting
Singapore to ascertain the amount of illegal gambling practices
taking place there. He went on to say that the AFC approves of the
means by which he wishes to eliminate corruption
The U.S. government is currently
having similar trouble with corruption among online casino
companies and the current method of restriction has not yet
yielded the desirable result. It will be interesting to see the
development of Singapore's approach within the upcoming months,
perhaps it may shed light on possible alternatives for US business
practices with online casinos.
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