Gambling Control Act 2022 · Updated to 21 Sep 2026 · Part 7 · Regulatory Sanctions
93. Suspension or cancellation, etc., of approved gambling venue
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subject to section 95, the Authority may cancel (without any compensation) any approval granted under section 64 to a licensee in respect of any place or premises as an approved gambling venue if the Authority is satisfied that —
Authority
“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;
the licensee is contravening or not complying with, or has contravened or failed to comply with any of the following:
any condition of the approval granted to the licensee for the place or those premises as an approved gambling venue; (ii)any provision of a standard applicable to the licensee and relating to the place or those premises as an approved gambling venue; (b)the licensee does not or has ceased to provide a gambling service authorised by its licence at the place or those premises for a period of more than 6 continuous months;
the licensee is not providing a gambling service at that place or those premises in a safe and crime‑free manner;
the level of criminal activity in the vicinity of the place or those premises no longer make it suitable for that place or those premises to continue as an approved gambling venue; (e)the cultural interest and social wellbeing of the community in the vicinity of the place or those premises no longer make it suitable for that place or those premises to continue as an approved gambling venue; or
the approval had been obtained by the licensee by fraud or misrepresentation.
However, the Authority may, in lieu of cancelling under subsection (1) any approval granted under section 64 to a licensee in respect of any place or premises as an approved gambling venue, do (without compensation) any one or more of the following:
granted
“granted” or “grant”, for a licence or gambling venue approval, includes —(a)granted or grant on renewal; or (b)treated as granted under the Second Schedule;
censure the licensee in writing;
direct the licensee or class licensee to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in a direction to rectify any contravention or non‑compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or that constitutes the ground for regulatory action under this section;
suspend the approval granted under section 64 to the licensee in respect of the particular place or premises for not more than 6 months;
modify any condition of the approval, and section 67 is disapplied.
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;
class licensee
Defined · s 3“class licensee” means a person to which a class licence applies;
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;
granted
Defined · s 3“granted” or “grant”, for a licence or gambling venue approval, includes —(a)granted or grant on renewal; or (b)treated as granted under the Second Schedule;
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;
modify
Defined · s 3“modification” or “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence or gambling venue approval, includes deleting, or varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;
place
Defined · s 3“place” includes any premises and any conveyance, and any part of any premises or conveyance;
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;
regulatory action
Defined · s 3“regulatory action” means any action that may be taken by the Authority under Part 7 against —(a)a licensee or class licensee; (b)a former licensee or former class licensee; or(c)a supplier of any gaming machine,and includes a confirmed interim order under section 91 and a directive under section 92;
standard
Defined · s 3“standard” means a standard issued or approved by the Authority under section 125, and includes any such standard as amended from time to time under that section;
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