Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 5 · Gambling Venue and Games Approval
69. Application for game or game rules, etc., approval
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A licensee authorised under a licence to provide a gambling service involving the conduct of betting operations, must apply to the Authority for approval under section 70 of every race, competition, sporting event or other event or process the outcome of which bets are or are likely to be received, accepted or negotiated on in the course of the betting operation.
licensee
“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
A licensee authorised under a licence to provide a gambling service involving any of the following activities:
licence
“licence” means a licence that is granted under section 54 and is in force;
placing, making, receiving, accepting or negotiating of any bets;
operating a betting exchange or betting information centre; (c)operating a totalisator;
organising pool betting,must apply to the Authority for approval under section 70 of the contents of the rules of betting for any of those activities.
A licensee authorised under a licence to provide a gambling service involving conducting gaming must apply to the Authority for approval under section 70 of —
gambling service
“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;
the game of chance conducted; and
the content of rules of that game of chance.
A licensee authorised under a licence to provide a gambling service involving conducting any lottery must apply to the Authority for approval under section 70 of —
the lottery; and
the content of the rules of that lottery.
An application under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) must —
be in the form and manner the Authority specifies;
be accompanied by an application fee, if prescribed; and
be accompanied by the prescribed information and any other additional information that the Authority requires to decide on the application.
Terms defined in s 3
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;
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;
licence
Defined · s 3“licence” means a licence that is granted under section 54 and is in force;
licensee
Defined · s 3“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
sporting event
Defined · s 3“sporting event” means a sport or competition, or an exhibition, entertainment or activity, involving primarily the exercise of physical prowess or dexterity, physical strength, physical stamina or mental stamina and to the extent that —(a)human beings are the only contestants or participants who take part in or play the sport, competition, exhibition, entertainment or activity; or(b)it is a sport or competition, or an exhibition, entertainment or activity in which human beings take part in —(i)by riding animals or exercise of other skill in relation to animals;(ii)by driving, piloting, crewing any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other form of transport;(iii)by competing with natural obstacles or natural forces, or by overcoming them; or(iv)by using a computer on a computer monitor, television screen, mobile device or similar medium with electronically recorded data installed in to support an interactive computer game or computer‑generated images,and includes a match, a series of matches, a race, a series of races, a time trial, a qualification session, a tournament and a round, but does not include the following:(c)any game of chance; (d)any fitness activity or recreational activity that is not organised in the course of any business;
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