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

66. Conditions of gambling venue approval

(1)

In granting a gambling venue approval to any licensee, the Authority may impose such conditions as the Authority considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purposes of this Act.

(2)

In particular, in granting a licensee a gambling venue approval, the Authority may impose conditions that are necessary, expedient or conducive to the attainment or furtherance of the licensing objectives, such as —

(a)

conditions requiring a layout or design of the place or premises that ensures that no customer or member of the public can see the gambling taking place in the approved gambling venue from outside the gambling venue;

(b)

conditions requiring that any requisite surveillance system for monitoring and surveillance of operations in the approved gambling venue must conform to standards; (c)conditions requiring that the location and orientation of facilities and equipment for that requisite surveillance system must be as approved by the Authority; and

(d)

conditions requiring access control measures for underaged individuals and excluded persons.

Terms defined in s 3

approved gambling venue
Defined · s 3
“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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Authority
Defined · s 3
“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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gambling
Defined · s 3
“gambling” has the meaning given by section 4;
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gambling venue
Defined · s 3
“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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gambling venue approval
Defined · s 3
“gambling venue approval” means an approval that —(a)is granted under section 64 to a licensee in respect of a place or premises as an approved gambling venue for the licensee to use in connection with providing a gambling service authorised by the licence thereof; and(b)is in force;
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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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licensing objectives
Defined · s 3
“licensing objectives” means the objectives of —(a)preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, or being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime;(b)ensuring that gambling is conducted honestly; and(c)minimising the adverse social effects of lawful gambling;
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place
Defined · s 3
“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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public
Defined · s 3
“public” includes a section of the public;
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requisite surveillance system
Defined · s 3
“requisite surveillance system”, for an approved gambling venue, means any equipment or device (including any software) or a collection of such equipment and devices (including any software) that —(a)is capable of monitoring and recording visual images of activities (with or without recording any sound) occurring within the approved gambling venue and in any place in the immediate vicinity of that approved gambling venue; and (b)is required by Regulations to be installed in that approved gambling venue for the approved gambling venue to operate in compliance with the provisions of this Act;
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Regulatory Sanctions

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Reconsideration and Appeals

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Enforcement

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Administration

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Amendments to Casino Control Act 2006

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Repeals, Amendments to Other Acts and Final Provisions

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