Betting operators unveil safeguards against addiction to online gaming

Singapore

THE country's two main betting operators - Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club (STC) - have stressed that their move to offer online gambling will be carried out with the strictest of safeguards in place.

They gave this assurance following the government's announcement on Thursday that it had approved the applications by the two not-for-profit entities to be exempted under the Remote Gambling Act for three years.

Singapore Pools chief executive officer Seah Chin Siong pointed to the organisation's t…