Limited legal online betting 'creates safer space to manage gambling'
Backbenchers question government's move to let two betting operators offer online betting services
Singapore
THERE is no escaping the reality that illegal gambling exists; the government's move to allow legal online betting is part of the effort to tackle the problem of remote gambling.
This was the view of Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Lee, one of two frontbenchers faced with a barrage of questions in Parliament on Monday about the recent decision to allow two betting operators to offer online betting services.
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