Casinos collected $4.4m more in entry levies from April to May due to lapse in law: MHA

MHA had overlooked the expiry date, will tighten processes to address this.

Singapore citizens and permanent residents previously needed to pay a daily entry levy of $100 or an annual entry levy of $2,000.

To enter casinos here, Singapore citizens and permanent residents previously needed to pay a daily entry levy of $100 or an annual entry levy of $2,000.But the Order was only valid for five years until April 3, 2024. On Aug 6, MHA revealed the oversight in a press release regarding the Casino Control Bill, which was introduced in Parliament that day.

But MHA said it had overlooked the expiry of the 2019 Order, causing the entry levies to revert to the lower rates on April 4, 2024.It introduced a new Order on May 8 to prospectively restore the daily and annual levies to the higher rates.

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