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Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 5 · Gambling Venue and Games Approval

63. Application for approval of gambling venue

(1)

An application for approval of any place or premises as an approved gambling venue for a licensee or an applicant for a licence to provide a gambling service must —

(a)

be made to the Authority in the form and manner that the Authority may determine; and (b)be accompanied by an application fee, if prescribed.

(2)

An application for approval of any place or premises as an approved gambling venue must state —

(a)

the name, the residential or business address of each proprietor of the place or premises; (b)the name (if any) and the address of the premises;

(c)

whether the person applying for approval is a licensee or an applicant for a licence; (d)whether the written permission or authorisation required by the Planning Act 1998 for the development of the premises has been granted or deemed granted; (e)where any part of the gambling service to be provided at the place or premises involves gaming machines —

(i)

the location of the gaming machine room within the place or premises; and

(ii)

the number of gaming machines intended to be installed in the gaming machine room; (f)the hours of gambling proposed at the place or premises; (g)the prescribed particulars and information; and (h)such other additional information that the Authority requires to decide on the application in the particular case.

(3)

If the Authority receives an application for approval of any place or premises as an approved gambling venue for a licensee to provide a gambling service, the Authority may carry out, or arrange to be carried out by authorised officers, such investigations and inquiries in relation to the application as the Authority considers necessary for a proper consideration of the application for approval.

(4)

An authorised officer may, for the purpose of making an investigation or inquiry under subsection (3) relating to any place or premises —

(a)

at any reasonable time; (b)after declaring his or her office and after producing his or her identification card on demand being made; and

(c)

with such assistants as may reasonably be required,enter the place or premises and exercise any powers referred to in subsection (5).

(5)

The powers for the purposes of an investigation or inquiry under subsection (4) are —

(a)

to inspect the place or premises and any plant, equipment, conveyance or other thing at the place or premises; (b)to photograph or film, or make audio recordings or make sketches of, any part of the place or premises or anything at the place or premises; (c)to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from (without fee or reward) any document kept at the place or premises; (d)to take any document or any other thing at the place or premises; and

(e)

to ask any individual at the place or premises —

(i)

to answer a question to the best of that individual’s knowledge, information and belief; or

(ii)

to take reasonable steps to provide information or produce a document.

(6)

A power under subsection (5)(a), (b), (c) or (d) is limited to a document or thing that is used or likely to be used in the management or operation of the place or premises as a gambling venue.

(7)

Without limiting subsection (5), an authorised officer exercising functions under that subsection may —

(a)

be accompanied by one or more police officers; and

(b)

open any ground or wall and remove any flooring or wall covering, and take such measures as may be necessary to ascertain the character and condition of the place or premises and of any pipe, sewer, drain, wire or fitting.

(8)

The Authority may refuse to consider an application for or to renew an approval of any gambling venue —

(a)

that is incomplete or not made in accordance with this section; or

(b)

where an investigation or inquiry mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to the application is refused by the applicant.

Terms defined in s 3

applicant
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“applicant” means an applicant for or to renew a licence;
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approved gambling venue
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“approved gambling venue”, for a licensee, means any place or premises approved under section 64 as an approved gambling venue for the licensee to use in connection with providing a gambling service authorised by the licence thereof;
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authorised officer
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“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 122 to perform any function or exercise any power under that provision;
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Authority
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“Authority” means the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, which is the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore continued and renamed under section 3 of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022;
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business
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“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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conveyance
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“conveyance” means any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport, whether of passengers or goods or both;
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document
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“document” means any thing in which information or material of any description is recorded;
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gambling
Defined · s 3
“gambling” has the meaning given by section 4;
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gambling service
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“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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gambling venue
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“gambling venue” means any place or premises in Singapore used or to be used in connection with conducting a betting operation, gaming or a lottery, but excludes the following:(a)any casino;(b)any place or premises in Singapore that is used exclusively to contain a computer server used for conducting a betting operation, gaming or a lottery;
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granted
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“granted” or “grant”, for a licence or gambling venue approval, includes —(a)granted or grant on renewal; or (b)treated as granted under the Second Schedule;
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licence
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“licence” means a licence that is granted under section 54 and is in force;
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licensee
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“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
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place
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“place” includes any premises and any conveyance, and any part of any premises or conveyance;
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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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