Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“authorised bank” means any bank authorised by the Authority for the purposes of this Act;

“authorised person” means any person authorised to perform any function or duty or to exercise any power under section 13(4);

“Authority” means the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore established under section 5;

“casino” means any premises, or part of premises, within a designated site where persons may participate in one or more games approved by the Authority under section 100;

“casino employee” means an employee having functions in or in relation to a casino;

“casino licence” means a casino licence granted under section 49 that is in force;

“casino marketing arrangement” means an arrangement whereby a person organises, promotes or facilitates the playing of any game in a casino by one or more patrons, for which the first-mentioned person receives from the casino operator or from the person for the time being in charge of the casino —

“casino operator” means a person who is the holder of a casino licence;

“casino premises” means the casino premises referred to in section 51;

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority and includes any temporary Chairperson of the Authority;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“chip purchase voucher” means a voucher issued by a casino operator to a patron named in the voucher entitling the patron to be issued with chips of an equivalent value to that specified in the voucher;

“chips” means any tokens used instead of money for the purpose of gaming and includes any voucher or other instrument that has a fixed dollar wagering value;

“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of Income Tax appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947 and includes, for all purposes of this Act except the exercise of the powers conferred on the Comptroller by sections 146A(2) and 152, a Deputy Comptroller or an Assistant Comptroller appointed under section 3(1) of the Income Tax Act 1947;

“corporation” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;

“Council” means the National Council on Problem Gambling established under section 154;

“deposit account” means an account established under section 108(2);

“designated site” means any parcel or parcels of land designated by the Minister under subsection (2) as a site on which a casino may be located;

“Development Agreement” means an agreement in writing by a statutory body to lease a designated site to a person (referred to hereinafter as the lessee) for the development of an integrated resort thereon by the lessee on the terms and conditions stated in the agreement, and includes any supplemental agreement or other document amplifying or modifying those terms and conditions;

“electronic monitoring system” means any electronic or computer or communications system or device that is so designed that it may be used, or adapted, to send or receive data from gaming equipment in relation to the security, accounting or operation of gaming equipment;

“electronic table game” means a gaming machine used for the purpose of playing a game traditionally played at tables, and includes any electronic device through which bets may be placed on a game played at a table;

“employ” includes engage under a contract for services;

“excluded person” means a person barred from entering or remaining on any casino premises by —

“game” means a game of chance or a game that is partly a game of chance and partly a game requiring skill;

“gaming equipment” means any device or thing (including chips) used, or capable of being used, for or in connection with gaming and includes —

“gaming machine” means any device, whether wholly or partly mechanically or electronically operated, that is so designed that —

“Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 13(3);

“integrated resort” means a development comprising hotel, retail, dining, entertainment, recreation and other facilities, and of which a casino may be a part;

“international market agent” means a person, other than an employee of a casino operator, who performs any of the functions specified in section 110A(2) in relation to one or more casino marketing arrangements;

“international market agent licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent under section 110B;

“international market agent representative” means an individual who is employed by an international market agent to organise, promote or conduct a casino marketing arrangement on behalf of the international market agent;

“international market agent representative licence” means a licence issued by the Authority to an international market agent representative under section 110B;

“jackpot” means the combination of letters, numbers, symbols or representations required to be displayed on the reels or video screen of a gaming machine so that the winnings in accordance with the prize payout scale displayed on the machine are payable from money which accumulates as contributions are made to a special prize pool;

“linked jackpot arrangement” means an arrangement whereby 2 or more gaming machines are linked to a device that —

“linked jackpot equipment” means any jackpot meter, payout display, linking equipment, computer equipment, programming or other device (other than a gaming machine) forming, or capable of forming, part of a linked jackpot arrangement;

“match play coupon” means a coupon issued by a casino operator to a patron which, when presented by the patron together with chips in any wager, augments the patron’s wager according to a ratio, percentage or value specified in the coupon;

“member” means a member of the Authority;

“Minister”, except in section 45A and Parts 9 and 10, means the Minister for Home Affairs;

“operations”, in relation to a casino, means —

“owner”, in relation to a designated site, means the person who is registered in the land‑register under the Land Titles Act 1993 as the purchaser of a leasehold interest in the designated site or, if no one has been registered in the land‑register, the person who has entered into a Development Agreement to lease the designated site;

“premium player” means a patron of a casino who opens a deposit account with the casino operator with a credit balance of not less than $100,000, where —

“record” includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of information compiled, recorded or stored in written form, or on microfilm, or by electronic process, or in any other matter or by any other means;

“share” includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is express or implied;

“special employee” means a person, whether or not an employee of a casino operator, who —

“special employee licence” means a special employee licence issued by the Authority under Part 5;

“voting share” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967.

For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, by order in the Gazette —

In this Act —