On Thursday morning last week, the crowd at Singapore’s new casino had dwindled to several hundred, down from the initial crush of thousands over the Chinese New Year holiday weekend.Outside, workers were putting the finishing touches on what is billed as an open gaming and family-fun resort — although much of it won’t be fully functional for two or three more months.
Inside, at 8:30 a.m., more than half the tables and slot machines were closed off behind red velvet ropes, and clustered around the tables with dealers behind them, early-bird or overnight gamblers were intent on their games of blackjack, pontoon, baccarat, Texas hold ’em and roulette. Full Story
