Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 2 · Offences
30. Gambling with underaged individuals
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person commits an offence if the person —
engages in gambling (that is not social gambling) with an underaged individual; or
engages in gambling (that is not social gambling) with another person on behalf of an underaged individual.IllustrationsAccepting a bet from, or giving or sending an acknowledgment of a bet to, an underaged individual.Allowing an underaged individual to play a gaming machine in any gaming machine room.Selling a ticket in a lottery to an underaged individual.Accepting an entry in a lottery from an underaged individual.Opening a betting account for betting, or registering an underaged individual as a player in a game of chance, conducted by remote communication.
However, an accused is not guilty of an offence under this section if the accused proves, on a balance of probabilities, that the accused —
had reasonable grounds to believe and did make reasonable inquiries to ascertain that the individual who is gambling (called in this section the gambler) was not an underaged individual; or
had received from the gambler evidence purporting to show that the gambler was not an underaged individual, and that it was reasonable to and the accused did accept that evidence as correct.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 years or to both.
Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in respect of the playing of a gaming machine that is played by —
inserting a coin or gaming token into the machine;
causing gaming machine credits to be registered by the machine; (c)making a bet on the machine; or
causing the activation of any process relating to the gaming machine game of the machine,such as but not limited to a jackpot machine.
Strict liability applies to an offence under subsection (1).
Terms defined in s 3
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;
underaged individual
Defined · s 3“underaged individual” has the meaning given by section 13;
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