Mr Goh does not approve of gambling, but is not anti-gambling. In fact, he related some personal gambling stories that left the House chuckling.
When he first started work, with a car loan and housing mortgage to pay, Mr Goh said he would buy sweepstake tickets in the hope he might get lucky and settle his outstanding loans.
"I bought one ticket at a time. I believed that if Lady Luck smiled on you, one ticket would be enough. If she did not, a hundred tickets would make no difference," he said. "I had no luck."
Last year, when he stepped down as Prime Minister, he bought a new car and the car number over four weekends. "I was poorer by $80," said Mr Goh, who has been to a casino twice and called himself a timid "low-roller".
