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TAXI drivers are making a beeline for Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) these days. But not all of them are there to drop or pick up passengers. Some are there for another reason - to gamble at the casino. The New Paper spotted more than 30 taxis parked at the RWS carpark on a March afternoon. The taxis were from various taxi companies and ranged from ordinary taxis to the more expensive limocabs. Some were improperly parked - one was spotted stationed along a double yellow line, and another just outside lots which were temporarily closed. But none of the drivers returned during the three hours we were there. One who eventually did, a 66-year-old driver, admitted he had gone to the casino to gamble. See nothing wrong He said he could afford to do so since he is retired. He declined to be named, but insisted it was perfectly all right for him to gamble "for a few hours" if he wanted to. Some taxi drivers placed the booking system on a break while parked at the RWS casino carpark. The driver, a VIP member of the casino, said he was driving the taxi "for fun" anyway, and he could use the taxi as "a private car". Although he felt some taxi drivers should not gamble if they have mouths to feed, he said his case was different, as he is retired. "When I feel like coming to the casino, I come. I'm not bothered if I lose money. I'm not here to make money," he said He declined to reveal if he made or lost money that day. Another driver, who only wanted to be known as Daniel, was at the casino with his wife and friends. The 57-year-old declined to say much, except that he and his wife were not "full-time gamblers" and that he was in the middle of his shift. Although his income was "not fixed", he was fine with paying the $100 levy to enter the casino on top of his taxi's rental.