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Toto (est. in 1968 and stylised as TOTO) is a legalised form of lottery sold in Singapore, known by different names elsewhere. It is held by Singapore Pools, the only legal lottery operator in Singapore. As of April 2015, it was the second most popular type of gambling activity after 4-Digits. [2]
SGP, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Singapore; sgp, the ISO 639-3 code for the Singpho dialect; Stability and Growth Pact, the main EU fiscal agreement; SpaceGhostPurrp, American rapper and record producer
The event was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay for the 15th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 20–22 September. [4] The Grand Prix was the eighteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 15th running of the Singapore Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
The "Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area" is sometimes confused with the area of the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong province. While the geographical term “Pearl River Delta” was coined in 1947 reflecting the region's rich and diverse local histories, [9] the term “Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area” refers to a much larger area.
Singapore Pools was incorporated on 23 May 1968 to curb illegal gambling in Singapore. [4] It provided Singaporeans with a legal avenue to bet on lotteries, countering the rampant illegal betting syndicates that were present. [5] Since 1 May 2004, Singapore Pools is owned by Tote Board, a statutory board under the Ministry of Finance.
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan. It was renamed Raffles Place in 1858 and is now the site of a number ...
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest in the world, with a market capitalisation of HK$30.4 trillion (US$3.87 trillion) as of December 2018. [225] Hong Kong is ranked as the 18th most innovative territory in the Global Innovation Index in 2024, [ 226 ] and 3rd in the Global Financial Centres Index . [ 227 ]