8. Meanings of “conducts gaming” and associated terms

Terms defined in s 3

• business

  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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• computer server

  computer server

  Defined · s 3

  “computer server” means a computer that is capable of —(a)communicating with another computer; and(b)providing to that other computer —(i)access to a database;(ii)transaction‑based services; or(iii)software applications;

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• conducts gaming

  conducts gaming

  Defined · s 3

  “conducts gaming” has the meaning given by section 8;

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• contractor

  contractor

  Defined · s 3

  “contractor”, in relation to any person, means —(a)a person engaged by another person (P) otherwise than under a contract of service to engage in any conduct; or (b)a direct or an indirect subcontractor engaged by a contractor mentioned in paragraph (a) when the subcontractor is working under the direct or indirect direction of P as to the manner in which the work is carried out;

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• gambling

  gambling

  Defined · s 3

  “gambling” has the meaning given by section 4;

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• gambling article

  gambling article

  Defined · s 3

  “gambling article” means —(a)any machine, apparatus, appliance, equipment, instrument, communication device or other device, accessory or any other thing (whether or not of a similar kind), that —(i)is used, apparently used, likely to be used or capable of being used in conducting, or in connection with conducting, a betting operation, gaming or a lottery; or(ii)is evidence of, or signifies participation in, gambling or a right to participate in gambling that is not social gambling; or(b)any list, card, ticket, voucher, accounts or other document that —(i)is used, apparently used, likely to be used or capable of being used, in conducting, or in connection with conducting, a betting operation, gaming or a lottery; or(ii)is evidence of, or signifies participation in, gambling or a right to participate in gambling that is not social gambling,whether or not it is ordinarily used for some other purpose;

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• information or material

  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

  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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• place

  place

  Defined · s 3

  “place” includes any premises and any conveyance, and any part of any premises or conveyance;

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• prize

  prize

  Defined · s 3

  “prize”, in relation to any gambling, includes any money or money equivalent or any thing else of value that may be won under the arrangements for that gambling —(a)whether or not described as a prize; and(b)whether or not consisting wholly or partly of any money or money equivalent or any thing else of value paid or provided by the persons of the class among whom the prize is allocated;

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• provision of this Act

  provision of this Act

  Defined · s 3

  “provision of this Act” includes a provision of any Regulations;

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• relevant electronic service

  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

  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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• telecommunication service

  telecommunication service

  Defined · s 3

  “telecommunication service” has the meaning given by the Telecommunications Act 1999;

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