Clause 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ––

“appointed day” means —

“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(6);

“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 in any order published 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 operator” means a person who is the holder of a casino licence;

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

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

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority appointed under section 13 and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“chips” means any tokens used instead of money for the purpose of gaming;

“corporation” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50);

“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;

“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;

“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 ––

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 13(5);

“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;

“junket” means an arrangement whereby a person or a group of people is introduced to a casino operator by a junket promoter who receives a commission or other payment from the casino operator or the person for the time being in charge of the casino;

“junket player” means a person who participates in a junket, whether or not the person is also a premium player;

“junket promoter” means a person who organises or promotes a junket;

“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;

“member” means a member of the Authority;

“Minister”, except in Parts IX and X, 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 (Cap. 157) as the purchaser of a leasehold interest in the designated site;

“premium player” means a patron of a casino who maintains a deposit account with the casino operator with a credit balance of not less than $100,000 before the commencement of play by him in the casino;

“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 who —

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

“voting share” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50).

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

In this Act —