Govt lost a ‘golden opportunity’ to regulate sports betting- MCA VP

Gan Ping Sieu, the vice-president of MCA said that the recent decision by the government not to award the sports betting license is ‘regrettable’. This is seen as stark contrast to the statement made by the president of MCA, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek who said that the party respected the decision announced by the prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak which was made at the Umno Supreme Council.

Gan said “I regret that the government succumbed to political pressure to revoke its earlier decision to legalise sports betting. From day one, this issue has been politicised to the hilt by Pakatan Rakyat leaders who were posturing for selfish interests. The government's decision is a “shame” because it has lost a “golden opportunity” to regulate sports betting, which has hitherto been a thriving underground economy. Had sports betting been legalised, the government would have been able to manage and mitigate the social impacts that come with the industry,”



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Mr Gan, why do you support sport betting.. Do you want to see families breaking up and families going into heavy debts. I am a chinese and I dont gamble at all neither do I gamble during chinese new year. I know what gambling will do to a person.
With my very eyes over my years. I watched an old friend who own a bungalow in sect 17 PJ . He has 2 wives, carsss.... and everything any human being wants. And eventually slowly and surely, he lost everything bit by bit over the years and died a bankrupt. His wives and children left him. He sold his bungalow and rented a house and in the end when he died. He was only renting a room and the only asset to his name is an old honda c70 motorcycle.
It was the saddest thing to happen when one is a complusive gambler..!! Family breaks up..!!
Gambling will never bring any good to anybody ANYWHERE.!!!!


gambling;s definately not chinese culture! pls for havent sake dont follow mca president blindly n back najib unashamely.so dissppointed for voting u in as mca vice presidents n a lousy parrot for the president. mca's the clear cut loser for not listening attentively to the rakyat. u surely help digging a foot deeper for mca grave in the coming GE