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Singapore’s first casino opened its doors on the island of Sentosa in the country, an artificial island constructed primarily to entertainment centers and world-class tourism. Expected 17 million visitors a year flows into the palace of gambling.

Palace gambling Singapore first opened its doors promptly at 12:18 hours local, coinciding with New Year’s Tiger in the Chinese calendar, which begins today.

12:18 time because the numbers 12 and 18 in the Cantonese pronunciation of Chinese sounds similar to the word “welfare” was quoted by the AFP from the Algemeen Dagblad.

The opening of this casino is part of the strategy of Singapore, that future begin to reduce its economic dependence on the industry.

In April, the next planned second casino opened under the direction of the Sands in Las Vegas, USA.