Singapore Pools is a state-owned sportsbook that is monitored and regulated by the Ministry of Finance. It offers a safe environment for gambling activities, and helps combat illegal gambling syndicates. The company has been operating for more than 50 years, and has won the trust of Singaporeans. Its first step was to provide people who bet with a safe and trusted environment, and ensure that surplus revenue from gambling is channelled back into the community through charities instead of into the pockets of illegal bookies.

The company also provides customer touchpoints that are both digital and in-person. These include online platforms and branches that allow people to onboard, manage and bet their money. The Singapore Pools mobile platform is a great way to access their betting services on the go. The mobile app is available on iOS and Android devices.

To open a singapore pools account, you must visit the official website of the site and fill out the registration form. You will be asked to provide identification information such as your name, email address and phone number. Once you have done that, you will be able to login to your account and start placing wagers on the games that are offered at Singapore Pools. In addition, you can contact their customer support team if you have any issues or questions.

Aside from betting on football, motor racing and horse racing, the website also features a range of other sports events that you can bet on. These events are categorized according to their odds, and you can place your bets on them by clicking on the event that you want to bet on. You can even bet on sports matches that are in progress.

You can also find a lot of different bets on the website, such as total goals and handicaps. This makes it easy to place a bet and win money on the game of your choice. In addition, you can get the latest news about the sport you are betting on and read up on the rules and regulations of the game.

Singapore Pools has won a few awards over the years. For example, they were awarded the Employee Engagement (Silver) and Digital Transformation (Bronze) at the 15th Singapore HR Awards. Moreover, the company was also awarded the Learning & Development Award.

In addition to providing betting services for the local population, Singapore Pools is also a major contributor to the economy of the country. In the past financial year, it collected close to S$9bn. Of this, S$6.3bn went to winning players, while 22% was collected by the government as taxes and 5% was channelled towards the Tote Board’s charity, arts, community development, education, health and sports sectors.

Founded in 1968, the company has grown over the years to offer Singaporeans more ways to gamble responsibly and legally. Its roster of products now includes Toto, Singapore Sweep and 4D, as well as sports betting. In the future, the company will add more gaming products to its list of offerings.

The stories of ordinary Singaporeans have taken centre stage on the shortlist for this year’s National University of Singapore (NUS) History Prize. The list of six includes academic tomes such as Seven Hundred Years: A History Of Singapore (2019, available here), but also novels and non-fiction with a personal slant. The mix forgoes the traditional view of history as a record of big movers and shakers, says authors. For example, Kamaladevi Aravindan’s novel Sembawang (2020, available here) tells of life on a single estate in five decades.

The NUS prize was established in 2014 and this is its third edition. The inaugural winner was archaeologist John Miksic’s Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800. The citation called it “a fundamental reinterpretation of the place and history of Singapore”.

Last year, historian Hidayah Ibrahim picked up the prize for her Leluhur: Singapore Kampong Gelam. Her book, which combines synthesis with primary sources, was said to have been inspired by the belief that history can be written by anyone, not just professional historians. She hoped the prize would show that anyone who has lived through a significant portion of their lives in Singapore could write a book about their past.

This year’s other shortlisted works include academics Kwa Chong Guan and Tan Tai Yong for their work about the Chinese and British colonial encounter, Imperial Creatures. The citation for their book describes it as an “extraordinary contribution” that reframes Singapore’s history in the context of a wider Asian perspective. Other shortlisted entries are the history of NUS by historians Derek Heng and Peter Borschberg, and a book about the Singapore River by the historians Lim Kay Tong and Tan Siow Hui.

The winners of the Xero Beautiful Business Fund will be announced at an event later this month. Four of the winning SMEs from Singapore, Art Outreach Singapore, Oriental Remedies Group, Oysterly and Style Theory Singapore, will each receive S$15,000. The awards were presented by Britain’s Prince William at an extravagant ceremony at The Theatre Mediacorp on Tuesday. He walked the green carpet alongside host Hannah Waddingham, who was dressed in a sparkling black ball gown and matching dickie bow.

The prince will be in Singapore next week for the third annual Earthshot prize awards ceremony and to meet local organisations working on environmental solutions to climate change. He will also attend the United for Wildlife summit, which brings together law enforcement officials and businesses to combat the illegal trade in wildlife. William’s office at Kensington Palace says he will see how innovations like solar-powered dryers and food waste recycling can be used to solve global problems such as climate change and water shortages. The summit is part of the third annual Earthshot Prize Week, which starts on November 6 and features a series of events. The final awards ceremony will take place on November 7. For more information, visit the Earthshot website.