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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] The profits from Toto go to the Singapore Totaliser Board (the owner of Singapore Pools) which uses the money for charity and other worthy causes.
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.
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing their own national (state) lottery.
Sports Toto outlet in Johor Bahru, Johor.. STM Lottery Sdn Bhd (a.k.a. Sports Toto), formerly known as Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd, is a Malaysian company, which operates in the gambling sector.
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, [7] and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power. [ 8 ] In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of The Eastern ...
Chilli crab is considered one of Singapore's national dishes, it was invented in 1956 by a Singaporean couple and was originally sold from a push cart. [2] In 1963, another famous chef adapted the dish into a sourer version which became the common version seen in Singapore. [3] Hainanese chicken rice, also considered one of Singapore's national ...
18 August – Rainer Ng won Singapore's first silver medal in the Boys' 50m backstroke event. 19 August – Singapore's under-15 Boys' football team advances to the semi-finals. 23 August – Isabelle Li won Singapore's second silver medal after losing to China's Gu Yuting in the table tennis girls' singles final. 26 August – Closing Ceremony:
Berita Harian (Malay for "Daily News") is the sole Malay-language broadsheet newspaper published in Singapore.It is published daily from Monday to Saturday, and on Sunday as Berita Minggu (Malay: "Sunday News").