Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 6 · Harm Minimisation and Integrity Protection Measures
87. Corrective measures relating to unlawful gambling advertisements
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where any person has advertised or caused advertising of any unlawful gambling (whether or not an offence under section 85 is committed by the person), the Authority may order that person to do all or any of the following:
unlawful gambling
“unlawful gambling” means gambling that —(a)is not social gambling; but(b)is any of the following:(i)unlawful betting;(ii)unlawful gaming activity; (iii)unlawful participation in a lottery; (iv)an offence under section 31;
to stop the advertising with immediate effect;
to take such measures as may be reasonable and necessary in the circumstances to remove the advertisements that have already been published in Singapore;
to publish a corrective advertisement in such manner and containing such information or material as may be specified by the Authority.
The person to whom an order under subsection (1) is directed has to bear the costs and expenses arising from the taking of any measure that is required of the person under the order.
If a person to whom an order under subsection (1) is directed fails to comply with the order —
the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
the Authority may take such steps as it thinks reasonable and necessary to implement the requirements of the order and recover any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by it in so doing from that person.
This section does not affect the liability of any person for an offence under this Part.
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;
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;
unlawful gambling
Defined · s 3“unlawful gambling” means gambling that —(a)is not social gambling; but(b)is any of the following:(i)unlawful betting;(ii)unlawful gaming activity; (iii)unlawful participation in a lottery; (iv)an offence under section 31;
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