Casino Control (Casino Marketing Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

These Regulations are the Casino Control (Casino Marketing Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into operation on 21 September 2026.

In the Casino Control (Casino Marketing Arrangements) Regulations 2013 (G.N. No. S 65/2013) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “international player”, replace “games in a casino” with “participates in casino gambling”.

In the principal Regulations, delete regulation 5.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 9 —

in paragraph (1)(a), replace sub‑paragraphs (ii) and (iii) with —“(ii)he is banned from entering or remaining on, or taking part in any casino gambling or promotional game on, any casino premises pursuant to —

an exclusion order under section 121 or 122 of the Act;

a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order under Part 10 of the Act; or

self‑exclusion under section 165AA of the Act; or”; and

in paragraph (3), delete “and shall return the licence to the Authority”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 10 —

in paragraph (2)(a)(iv), insert “and” at the end;

in paragraph (2)(b)(ii), replace the semi‑colon at the end with a full‑stop;

in paragraph (2), delete sub‑paragraphs (c) and (d); and

replace paragraph (4) with —“(4) The Authority may refuse to consider an application for a licence if the applicant or any other person refuses to allow the investigation or fails to comply with any requirement of the Authority under this regulation in respect of that application.”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11, replace paragraph (3) with —“(3) Any person (not being an international market licensee) who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished on conviction with a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Any international market licensee who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable to disciplinary action under regulation 42.”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 17, delete paragraphs (2) and (3).

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 18, delete paragraphs (3) and (4).

In the principal Regulations, delete regulation 21.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 22(1), delete “and returning the licence”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 31 —

in paragraph (2), after “public accountant”, insert “or other suitably qualified person”;

after paragraph (2), insert —“(2A) The Authority may, in a case where the matter to be reviewed or investigated is of a confidential, commercially sensitive or security sensitive nature, appoint a special auditor to undertake the special audit mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and recover the cost of the special audit from the licensed international market agent.”; and

in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (2)”, insert “or (2A)”.

In the principal Regulations, delete regulation 32.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 37 —

delete paragraphs (3) and (7);

replace paragraph (9) with —“(9) If the Authority determines that an associate of a licensed international market agent has engaged or is engaging in conduct that, in the Authority’s opinion, is unacceptable for a person who is concerned in or associated with the ownership, management or operation of the business of the licensed international market agent, the Authority may do one or both of the following:

issue a written notice to the associate that the conduct is unacceptable;

give written notice to the associate requiring the associate to give a written undertaking to the Authority, within the period specified in the notice, regarding the future conduct of the associate.”;

in paragraph (10)(a), before “matters”, insert “relevant”;

in paragraph (10)(b), after “paragraph (9)”, insert “or refuses to give the undertaking mentioned in paragraph (9)(b)”; and

in paragraph (11), delete “(3) or”.

In the principal Regulations, after regulation 37, insert —“Change in situation of associate37A. Where a change of a kind specified by the Authority in writing given to a licensed international market agent takes place in a situation existing in relation to an associate of the licensed international market agent, the licensed international market agent must notify the Authority in writing of the change within 14 days after the licensed international market agent becomes aware of the change or such longer period as the Authority may allow in any particular case.”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 42, after paragraph (7), insert —“(8) Any proceedings started under this regulation against a licensed international market agent or licensed international market agent representative may continue, and the Authority may take disciplinary action against the former licensed international market agent or the former licensed international market agent representative under paragraph (4), despite the cancellation or expiry of the international market agent’s licence or the international market agent representative’s licence.”.

In the principal Regulations, delete regulation 44.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 46 —

delete paragraph (4); and

in paragraph (6), replace “gaming in the casino” with “casino gambling”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 47, replace paragraphs (1) and (2) with —“(1) A casino operator must give an arrival report to the Authority in writing in a form approved by the Authority within such period as the Authority may require by notice in writing to the casino operator, in relation to any particular casino marketing arrangement.

The arrival report under paragraph (1) must contain —

the full name of each international player on the casino marketing arrangement; and

any other information that the Authority may require by written notice to the casino operator.”.

In the principal Regulations, in regulation 53(a), delete “5,”.

In the principal Regulations, in the First Schedule, in paragraph 1, replace “the playing of any game in a casino” with “any casino gambling”.

In the principal Regulations, in the Second Schedule —

in the Schedule reference, replace “, 20(2)(b) and (3) and 21” with “and 20(2)(b) and (3)”; and

delete item 4.