Over the last year and a half, Singapore has launched two brand new integrated resorts. One of the resorts is the luxurious Marina Bay Sands Resort and Casino, which is located right in the city center in the Marina Bay area of Singapore. It is owned by the Sands Corporation, which is the same American company that is famous for their flag ship Sands Casino in Las Vegas, United States. Here are some highlights of what the Marina Bay Sands Resort and Casino has to offer.
The Casino
The casino at the Marina Bay Sands Resort is a two story gambling facility with all the popular games such as Pasarbola,Black Jack, bandar bola. Also they have many jackpot slot machines available. As with all casinos in Singapore, all Singapore citizens and permanent residence holders must pay a 100$ levy to en
Now there I was, arriving at Santi at 6:15 pm for the 6:30 pm dinner (tend to be on the early side) when this vista greeted me. I didn’t come to gamble though – I just have SGD 300 (about RM 750) on me so I opened the door the Santi…except it didn’t open. The lady came out and told me that they open their doors at 6:30 pm so I had 15 minutes to kill.
…where else can I go? 
I strolled down to the casino and I AM SAD TO REPORT THAT NO ONE BOTHERED CHECKING MY AGE. Has my liver been ravaged by my years of abuse that I look my age again (which is 30, btw)?
Saddened by the fact that they only wanted to see the cover of my passport to verify that I was a foreigner (locals have to pay a fee to enter the casino) I morosely trudged down and went to the nearest Baccarat table.
This was a cold table (meaning it’s empty, no punters playing and you’re the first one to warm the seats and cut the deck) so I sat at the lucky Number 6 spot and exchanged SGD 200 for chips.
…now I’m REALLY BROKE this month (and the next) so this is the MAXIMUM I am willing to wager. I sat down on a minimum SGD 100 bet table so I had to bet with a black SGD 100 chip each time. However, that was the plan anyway, I would have bet that amount even on smaller buy in tables coz I really don’t see the point in putting down SGD 25.
Well, since it was a cold table, the female dealer shuffled the cards while I played with my chips which is not something I’m used to back home. I wanted to bet on Tie since this baccarat table pays out 8-1 for a tie. However, I am also VERY attached to wagering on Player (a weakness that even 5 figure losses has not been able to remedy) so I put in on Player instead. T_T
Buy in: SGD 200
Dealer says: “Cards facing up or down?”
I say: “All face up, let’s make this quick I need to be somewhere in 15 minutes.”
Round 1:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws a natural 8
AND BANKER DRAWS AN 8 AS WELL
FML it was a Tie after all. >.<
Chips remaining: SGD 200 (no one wins or loses on straight bets if it’s a tie)
Round 2:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws a natural 9
I didn’t even have to look at the Banker
WIN SGD 100
Chips remaining: SGD 300
Round 3:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws King
Banker draws an Jack
Player draws a 3
A THREE!!! WTF!
Banker draws a 5
FML MAX
Player draws ANOTHER FACE CARD – QUEEN! (which means I’m still at 3)
Banker draws…a 6
Heh! Well, that was three straight wins in a row.
BTW, that makes Banker 1, lower than a 3.
Chips remaining: SGD 400 (nett win of SGD 200)
I didn’t even want to bet anymore – three straight wins in a row (or at least no losses) is good enough for me. I wasn’t even at the table for more than 3 minutes, all in all. The rest of the time was spent accidentally walking out and queuing in to come in again and going to the cashier and I was STILL early for dinner – had to wait about 2 minutes.
SGD 200 (around RM 500) is not that much but it covers some of my Singapore expenses and it’ll help with groceries when I’m broke for the next two months. 😀
Yes, this is the infamous toilet shot again, coz casinos generally frown upon cameras – you can bring it in but you probably can’t take photos without getting kicked out. Except in Amsterdam.
U r really lucky!my friend went in and lost SGD200 in 15 minutes…
Well, if you can win SGD 200 in 3 minutes you can most certainly lose SGD 200 in 3 minutes. It kinda goes both ways. Heh! That’s the thing about (almost) 50:50 odds tables. 😀
I’ve lost RM 20,000 on two spins of the Roulette table too. >.<
damn! thank goodness you’d pulled out early in this episode! haha
T_T
I was aiming for just a SGD 100 win today and I lost SGD 400. FML.
I told myself not to go in today. Luck doesn’t laste. Grr..
Oh well…
lol dumbstrucked after reading the most recent post….project MISER?
I think it may be in the cards. Pun intended. 😡
Gambling is bad but as long as you can control is still fine =)
Yeah, I can, haven’t stepped into a casino for more than a year. 🙂
However, I told myself not to go in again today but I did anyway and lost. 😡
Got chicks there ?
Singapore? It’s full of chicks. :p
Heck, I think the love of my life lives here. 😉
Ha ha, you crazy genius! By the way this week I’ll be posting a lot more LTTE stories as it’s the anniversary of their defeat..the first, very brief and disturbing gallery is up now..but be warned it’s not pretty.
However the post below it is…very! 😉
Si
Damn, the winning streak (if you can even call it that) didn’t last. I went to RWS casino today and lost SGD 400 in like 3 minutes.
Awesome, I can’t wait to see and read it bro! 🙂
Shit, that’s why they call it gambling I guess 🙂
Still..you roll the dice, take your chances..allways comes up 6 eventually…it’s the LAW!!!
Yup, everything in life is a gamble when you think about it. 🙂
Heh! Cheers bro!
WOW…i just went sg for universal studio weeks ago and i paid mbs casino a visit for the first time since im staying in mbs 🙂 i din realize that i was playing super 7 baccarat until i keep getting 2’s and win instantly. there’s also another version called 98 baccarat. weird really cos they were so different from rwgenting’s version of baccarat. anyway i won sgd600 after a winning streak at super 7 baccarat but after an endless winning and losing. im proud of myself because i have self control to leave the place when it drops to sgd400 nett win. could’ve win more but i keep making mistakes of placing the bet late. anyway i think we’re in the same ship…no more 1k to 4k per hand bet for me because my rm34k still saved under “genting’s current account” LOL…gonna miss those high roller days 🙂
Super 7 baccarat is quite popular in some places eh? I saw a lot of tables at Marina Bay Sands too.
I prefer regular bacarrat or the double up tables they have in the VIP rooms you can access in Genting with Silver Card and above.
I’ve never heard of 98 baccarat though…sounds interesting.
Damn bro, we’re in the same boat. I have about RM 50k in Genting’s account too and I sure do miss those high roller days where we can plonk thousands or tens of thousands on a single hand.
Oh well, you can’t beat the house. 🙂
Round 3:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws King
Banker draws an Jack
Player draws a 3
A THREE!!! WTF!
Banker draws a 5
FML MAX
Player draws ANOTHER FACE CARD – QUEEN! (which means I’m still at 3)
Banker draws…a 6
Heh! Well, that was three straight wins in a row.
BTW, that makes Banker 1, lower than a 3.
Chips remaining: SGD 400 (nett win of SGD 200)
I think you made a mistake here. If the bank has a 5 and the player draws a third card that is 9/10-valued card/Ace, the bank will stand if he has a total value of 4 or more.