Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 6 · Harm Minimisation and Integrity Protection Measures
84. Licensee may refuse to pay winnings to underaged individual or excluded person
Last amended by an amending law of 2024.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
If a licensee or gambling service agent has reasonable grounds to suspect that an underaged individual or excluded person is engaging in conduct that is an offence under section 31 or 32, or an excluded person is gambling in contravention of his or her self‑exclusion under section 165AA of the Casino Control Act 2006, on an approved gambling venue of the licensee or using remote communication with the licensee or gambling service agent, the licensee or gambling service agent, as the case may be —
licensee
“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
is entitled to and must refuse to pay any money or other prize won by the underaged individual or excluded person; and
must surrender the money or other prize mentioned in paragraph (a) to the Authority on demand.
If any money or prize is withheld under subsection (1), the licensee or gambling service agent concerned —
prize
“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;
must keep a record of —
the name and address (if available) of the individual who is suspected of being an underaged individual or excluded person;
the amount of money or the prize won by the individual; and (iii)the date on which the money or prize was withheld; and
must advise the individual that if he or she provided satisfactory evidence verifying his or her age or his or her not being an excluded person (as the case may be) within 7 days after the date in paragraph (a)(iii), the individual may claim the money or prize withheld.
This section does not apply to any money or prize won in a betting operation, game of chance or lottery if the bet, stake or wager was made or the lottery ticket was purchased before the date of commencement of this section.
To avoid doubt, this section does not confer any right or impose any duty on a class licensee.
class licensee
“class licensee” means a person to which a class licence applies;
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;
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;
casino
Defined · s 3“casino” means any premises in Singapore that is covered by a casino licence granted under section 49 of the Casino Control Act 2006;
class licensee
Defined · s 3“class licensee” means a person to which a class licence applies;
excluded person
Defined · s 3“excluded person” means an individual who is subject to —(a)a family exclusion order, provisional family exclusion order or third party exclusion order made under Part 10 of the Casino Control Act 2006 against the individual;(b)section 165A of the Casino Control Act 2006;(c)self-exclusion under section 165AA of the Casino Control Act 2006; or(d)an entry ban made against the individual;
gambling service agent
Defined · s 3“gambling service agent”, in relation to a licensee or class licensee, means a person who is, under a gambling agency agreement, appointed as an agent of the licensee or class licensee in relation to any gambling service that —(a)is provided by the licensee or class licensee; and (b)is specified in that agreement;
licensee
Defined · s 3“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under this Act but does not include a class licensee;
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;
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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