Monday, December 06, 2004

Funerals are Being Turned into Gambling Parlours

Gamblers use funerals to run card game operations in Singapore

Gambling syndicates in Singapore have found yet another way to set up their operations - they pay of grieving relatives to run gambling sessions at funerals.

With Chinese funerals often lasting a week long, its common to see mourners playing card games to pass the time.

The syndicates pay 'runners' to check the newspaper obituary columns to get potential families to say 'yes' and gamblers are told where to go at the last minutes, whilst the runners act as lookouts.

The family is offered $183 a night and the runners $61 when they've secured the funeral.

But its not all plain sailing - 9 people were recently arrested for gambling at a wake and face fines or jail if convicted

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