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Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 1 · Preliminary

11. Meanings of “remote gambling” and associated terms

(1)

For the purpose of any provision of this Act —

“engaging in general remote gambling” includes opening or re‑opening an account with a licensee to engage in general remote gambling;

“general remote gambling” means remote gambling that is none of the following:

(a)

on‑course betting; (b)off‑course betting; (c)gambling using a gambling service authorised by a class licence; (d)gambling using remote communication at premises as a customer of a place‑based gambling service provided at those premises on the basis described in paragraph (c) of the definition of “place‑based gambling service” in section 3(1);

“remote gambling” means gambling by the use of remote communication, even if the gambling is done only partly by means of remote communication;

“remote gambling service” means a gambling service that —

(a)

is provided in the course of carrying on a business; and

(b)

makes facilities available for use by others to engage in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements by the provider of the facilities.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, a person provides facilities for use by customers to engage in remote gambling if —

(a)

the person makes facilities for remote communication available for use by others;

(b)

the facilities are adapted or presented in such a way as to facilitate, or to draw attention to the possibility of, their use for remote gambling; and (c)the nature, adaptation or presentation of the facilities is such that —

(i)

they cannot reasonably be expected to be used for purposes other than remote gambling; or

(ii)

they are intended to be used wholly or partly for remote gambling.

(3)

For the purposes of this Act, it does not matter whether facilities for remote gambling are provided —

(a)

only partly by means of remote communication; or

(b)

outside Singapore or partly inside and partly outside Singapore.

(4)

However, a person does not provide facilities for use by customers to engage in remote gambling, and is not an agent of another person who provides facilities for a remote gambling service, merely because the person —

(a)

is a provider of —

(i)

an internet access service; (ii)a telecommunication service; or

(iii)

a relevant electronic service other than a service that enables end‑users to play online games with other end‑users; and

(b)

makes available, in the course of business of providing a service mentioned in paragraph (a), information or material produced entirely by another person —

(i)

without altering the information or material; or

(ii)

only altering the information or material to the extent to fit time, space or format constraints.

(5)

For the purposes of any provision of this Act —

(a)

a remote gambling service has a foreign‑customer link if none of the customers is physically present in Singapore, whether or not an individual who is physically present in Singapore is capable of becoming a customer of that service; and

(b)

a remote gambling service has a Singapore‑customer link if any information or material included or otherwise provided using that service is accessible by, or delivered to, one or more end‑users of the service who are physically present in Singapore.

(6)

For the purposes of any provision of this Act, a remote gambling service is a Singapore‑based remote gambling service if —

(a)

the service is provided in the course of carrying on a business in Singapore;

(b)

the central management and control of the service is in Singapore; or

(c)

where the service is provided to customers using an internet access service, all or any of the relevant internet content is hosted in Singapore.

(7)

In subsection (6)(c), the relevant internet content, in relation to a remote gambling service, means internet content that is accessed, or available for access, by an end‑user in the capacity of customer of that remote gambling service.

(8)

For the purpose of any provision of this Act, “non‑remote gambling” means any gambling that is not remote gambling.

Terms defined in s 3

business
Defined · s 3
“business” includes —(a)a venture or concern in trade or commerce, whether or not conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis; and(b)any business, whether or not carried on for profit,and the fact that an unincorporated association provides services to its members does not prevent those services from being services provided in the course of business;
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class licence
Defined · s 3
“class licence” means a class licence determined under an order made under section 60(1) and as from time to time varied under section 61;
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gambling
Defined · s 3
“gambling” has the meaning given by section 4;
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gambling service
Defined · s 3
“gambling service” means any of the following services, including such a service provided through a gambling service agent:(a)a service comprising wholly or in part of —(i)the placing, making, receiving, accepting or negotiating of bets;(ii)operating a betting exchange or betting information centre; (iii)operating a totalisator;(iv)organising pool betting;(v)matching gamblers; (vi)laying or offering odds; or(vii)offering an opportunity to or otherwise facilitating others to bet in accordance with arrangements made by the service provider;(b)a service for the conduct of a lottery; (c)a service for the supply of lottery tickets; (d)a service —(i)for others to play a game of chance; or (ii)offering an opportunity to or otherwise facilitating others to play a game of chance, for a prize in accordance with arrangements made by the service provider;(e)a service of controlling or operating a computer server —(i)in Singapore that enables any game of chance to be played by others in Singapore or elsewhere by remote communication for a prize; or(ii)in Singapore or elsewhere that enables any game of chance to be played by others in Singapore by remote communication for a prize;(f)a service of making available to others any gaming machine for the purpose of gambling;
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information or material
Defined · s 3
“information or material” means information or material in any form, such as (but not limited to) —(a)oral, audible, written, electronic or digital form; (b)words or symbols, or visual, pictorial or graphic form (for example, an anthropomorphic or a humanlike depiction), and whether still or moving; and(c)3 or 2 dimensional form,and includes information or material in any combination of forms;
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internet access service
Defined · s 3
“internet access service” means a telecommunication service between a point in Singapore and another point in Singapore or between 2 points, one of which is in Singapore, that —(a)enables end‑users to access information or material on the Internet using that service; or (b)delivers information or material to persons having equipment appropriate for receiving that information or material on the Internet, where the delivery of the service is by a telecommunication service described in paragraph (a), but excludes a relevant electronic service, a social media service and any other telecommunication service excluded by the Regulations;
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licensee
Defined · s 3
“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
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off‑course betting
Defined · s 3
“on‑course betting” and “off‑course betting” have the meanings given by section 13(4);
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on‑course betting
Defined · s 3
“on‑course betting” and “off‑course betting” have the meanings given by section 13(4);
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place‑based gambling service
Defined · s 3
“place‑based gambling service” means a gambling service —(a)that is for —(i)the placing, making, receiving or accepting of bets, or the sole or dominant purpose of which is to introduce individuals who wish to make or place bets to others who are willing to receive or accept those bets; or(ii)the sale and purchase of lottery tickets or offering of an opportunity to or otherwise facilitating others to participate in a lottery;(b)that is provided only to customers who are attending at a particular premises;(c)if the placing, making, receiving or accepting of bets or purchasing of lottery tickets or participating in a lottery may be engaged in by a customer at the particular premises using remote communication, that is provided on the basis that — (i)dealings with such customers involve only the use of an approved automated electronic equipment or an approved electronic media application (or app); (ii)the approved automated electronic equipment is available for use, or the approved electronic media application (or app) is usable, only by any customer who is attending at the particular premises; and (iii)the approved automated electronic equipment is not available for use and the approved electronic media application (or app) is not usable by customers in connection with another gambling service unless the other gambling service is provided by the provider of the firstmentioned gambling service; and (d)that is provided by or on behalf of a licensee which is authorised to provide the gambling service at those particular premises;
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premises
Defined · s 3
“premises” means —(a)any space, whether built on or not and whether underground or underwater, or any part of such a space; or(b)any building or structure, whether situated underground or underwater, or any part of a building or structure or place, but does not include a conveyance;
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provision of this Act
Defined · s 3
“provision of this Act” includes a provision of any Regulations;
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relevant electronic service
Defined · s 3
“relevant electronic service” means any of the following electronic services that is supplied to the public:(a)an electronic service that enables end‑users to communicate, by means of email, with other end‑users; (b)an online instant messaging service that enables end‑users to communicate with other end‑users;(c)a service that enables end‑users to play online games with other end‑users;(d)a service that specialises in providing links or facilitating access to, or information or material about, online locations, such as (but not limited to) a search engine, directory service or web browser; (e)an electronic service which allows a person to transmit material to more than one end‑user simultaneously, also called a point‑to‑multipoint service;
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remote communication
Defined · s 3
“remote communication” means communication through —(a)the Internet;(b)the telephone or other communication device;(c)the television or radio; or(d)any other kind of electronic or other technology for facilitating communication,but excludes any specific system or method of communication that the Minister, by order in the Gazette, declares not to be treated as remote communication for the purposes of this Act;
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remote gambling
Defined · s 3
“remote gambling” has the meaning given by section 11;
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telecommunication service
Defined · s 3
“telecommunication service” has the meaning given by the Telecommunications Act 1999;
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