Individuals were given the choice to bar themselves voluntarily under the self-exclusion orders. -- ST PHOTO: MIKE M DIZON
SOME 28,661 undischarged bankrupts and those on the Government's Public Assistance scheme will be automatically barred from the two upcoming casinos.
This third-party casino exclusion list, released on Wednesday, is the last of three exclusion measures by the National Council on Problem Gambling to prevent gambling addicts from getting into more trouble when the two casinos open next year.
In April, families were allowed to apply to bar their loved ones from the casinos, under the family exclusion orders, if they can show counsellors and a committee appointed by the Council how the gambler's actions have hurt them.
Last month, individuals were given the choice to bar themselves voluntarily under the self-exclusion orders.
So far, 19 gamblers have been issued the family exclusion orders while 56 people have applied to bar themselves voluntarily.
