A major consideration of customers of both land-based casinos and internet gambling sites when deciding where to spend their hard-earned money is whether or not their personal and financial information will be secure. In 2023, a series of highly publicized cyberattacks on casinos, most notably casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment followed by a data security incident at the Marina Bay Sands casino and hotel in Singapore, brought the issue of data breaches to the forefront.

Located in Singapore’s Marina Bay waterfront, the Las Vegas Sands-owned Marina Bay Sands said in a statement after the intrusion that a cyberattack on October 19 and 20th saw hackers break into the company’s systems exposing the personal data of some 665,000 “non-casino …