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Some Singaporean heartlanders are even dumber than they look and yet are as arrogantly stubborn despite facing impossible odds of winning an argument. When you're in a PRIVATELY-OWNED casino, it has it's own house rules and reserve the right to EVERYTHING. You're invited to someone's house, you jolly well don't act like you own the fucking place. And yet... Singaporeans will be Singaporeans. And just because you raise your voice doesn't make you right either.

Hello! Moron! The ship's on international waters. What rights you talking about? Singaporeans got rights? What? Democratic rights? Sure or not? I thought all Singaporeans abide by all rules and regulations without question authority?

Anyway for the sake of the rest who bother to read this blog; and since Singapore will soon see it's own casinos up and running, let me share this incident so that neither of you will ever embarrass yourselves in such a similar case.

In every card game at the casino, the dealer (that's the person hired by the establishment to facilitate the game) will always "BURN" the first card before dealing. What is that? A burn card is a playing card dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players. Burn cards are almost always placed face down next to the discard pile without being revealed to the players.


Burning is most often performed in casinos to deter a form of cheating known as card marking. In poker, for example, the top card of the deck stub is burned at the beginning of each betting round, so that players who might have been able to read markings on that card during the previous round are less able to take advantage of that information. Knowledge of a burn card might be marginally useful, such as knowing there is one less Ace in the deck, but far less so than having it in play.

Burning can also be used to prevent second dealing - a method of manipulating a deck of cards, during a card game, by way of dealing the second, rather than the top, card of the deck, for the purpose of cheating. A card cheat who specializes in manipulating playing cards is called a card mechanic.

Anyway, a casino does not need to CHEAT to survive. As long as there are gamblers with no self-control, idiots that play the slot machines and morons that try to beat the system at roulette... that's sufficient. Won't explain why. Just that it's something to do with near-impossible winning odds at those games.

So today, an uncouth Chinese-speaking man (most likely a taxi driver) lost a card game and accuses the dealer for not burning the first card. It's a known fact that all casinos are fitted with CCTV not only for security reasons but also for cases of disputes like such. When the supervisor calls to the security room to verify the validity of the game and concurs that the first card was burned, let it rest. Instead, he flew into a fits and said that he has the right to view the recording as well and went on to accuse the establishment for cheating his money.

Wanna act like hero some more. Threaten not to patronize the casino ever again. Insist to see the boss. Accuse the dealer and the floor supervisor of working together to cheat your money. Make noise about you being a Singapore Citizen and all. Say Singapore got laws about cheating.

Anyway, just to shut his mouth from further vulgarities and spoiling everybody's mood, he was ushered to view the recording of the game. He returns silent as a mouse, looking like the complete moron that he already is in the first place. Oh by the way, the boss did called regarding this matter and he says...

So the next time if such a thing happens to you in the Singapore casinos. I hope you know better. By the way, the idiot is effectively banned from the Singapore ones, Genting and all the regional ones. Yes, all casinos are linked to filter out "undesirable" characters. What else will get you banned? Banging on the slot machines just because you lost.

It's not the machine's fault. It's your fault and you should go bang yourself against the pavement. Why? It's not called the "one-arm bandit" for no reason. Your odds of winning at the jackpot machine is 1-to-zillion. Oh, a little secret? It's "electronically-engineered", that's all I can say. Go figure that for yourselves.

Have a great weekend ahead. I know someone isn't, after losing money, making a monkey out of himself, getting thrown out and banned for life from all regional casinos. Oh, and for providing a brief moment of light entertainment for the guests. It was hilarious to say the least :D