Essential information and facts Singapore
Capital N/A
Total Area
719sq.km Population 5.97 million
Median Age 35.6 years Religion Buddhist, Christian, Muslim
Ethnic Groups Chinese (74%), Malay (13%) others
Languages English (official), Mandarin, other Currency Singapore Dollars (SGD)
Government type Parliamentary republic Chief of State
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (since 2023)
Head of Government Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (since 2004)
Elections Cabinet appointed by President on advice of Prime Minister. Next President election will be in 2029. Leader of majority or majority coalition appointed Prime Minister.
Unemployment 2% Tourism 19.1m (2019)
THE GAMBLING AUTHORITY
Te Ministry of Home Affairs regulates the gambling sector via the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) which was set up in August 2022 after replacing the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) which was set up in 2008 under the Casino Control Act 2006 to regulate the two IRs.
Te Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act and the Gambling Control (GC) Act were introduced at that time to set up the GRA to cover the sectors and update the laws to deal with the changes and advancement in technology and emerging blurred boundaries between gambling and gaming.
Te GC Act of 2022 repeals the Betting Act and the Common Gaming Houses Act enacted in 1960 and 1961 respectively and the Remote Gambling Act of 2014 whilst changes were made to the Casino Control Act of 2006.
Te aim of the GRA was to create a single statutory board to cover the gambling landscape in Singapore and alongside its fairly strict oversight of the casino sector the GRA’s remit also includes the lotteries and betting offered by Singapore Pools and gaming machine rooms. A new class licence was also introduced under the GRA Act to regulate lower risk gambling activities such as remote games of chance designed as part of interactive games (for
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The aim of the GRA was to create a single statutory board to cover the gambling landscape in Singapore and, alongside its fairly strict oversight of the casino sector, the GRA’s remit also includes the lotteries and betting offered by Singapore Pools and gaming machine rooms. A new class licence was also introduced under the GRA Act to regulate lower risk gambling activities such as remote games of chance designed as part of interactive games.
entertainment) and trade promotion lotteries and games of chance.
Previously the gambling regulation was overseen by various government agencies such as the CRA which regulated the casinos, the Gambling Regulatory Unit (GRU) which regulated remote gambling and slot machines whilst the Singapore Totalisator Board (STB) governed terrestrial gambling services operated by Singapore Pools. Te Singapore Police Force takes care of enforcement issues.
Tis worked fairly successfully over the years – according to the MHA illegal gambling decreased by 28 per cent between 2011 and 2019, whilst casino crimes contributed less than one per cent of overall crime – however, Singapore hadn’t
really kept up with the growth of gambling in non-traditional products whilst the line between gambling products and skill based gaming had become “blurred.”
Teo Chun Ching, Chief Executive of GRA said in the 2022 annual report: “One key tenet of our framework is to adopt a risk based approach towards gambling regulation. Tis means the GRA requires higher risk gambling services such as lottery, betting, and gaming machine rooms to be licensed, while lower risk gambling such as trade promotion games of chance and fundraiser lotteries are regulated under a class licence regime.”
Te GRA has been streamlining its process for licensing approvals and tightening up regulation
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