The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t delayed the schedule for establishing a new centralised body for gambling regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Singapore.- The Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed the country remains on track to establish a new centralised authority to oversee the gaming industry by 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry says the Covid-19 pandemic had not affected the timetable set for the creation of the new Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), which will derivate from the current Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will also take on responsibilities for other forms of gambling, such as gaming machines in clubs, which are currently overseen by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Gambling Regulatory Unit and the Singapore Totalisator Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities say they will also complete a review of new gambling regulations<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for 2021. It’s expected that they could tighten rules for casinos<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Singapore currently has two casino complexes, Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t delayed the schedule for establishing a new centralised body for gambling regulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Singapore is proceeding with the establishment of a new centralized Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) by 2021, consolidating oversight from various bodies despite the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative includes a review of existing gambling regulations, with an expectation of potentially tightening rules for casino operators. The move signifies a significant shift in the nation's gaming governance framework.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Home Affairs, Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), Gambling Regulatory Unit, Singapore Totalisator Board, Resorts World Sentosa, Marina Bay Sands","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Casino Regulation Changes?","query":"What specific changes to casino operational requirements and GGR\/NGR implications are anticipated under the new Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) in Singapore?"},{"label":"B2B Licensing Impact?","query":"How will the GRA's consolidated oversight impact the B2B licensing framework and compliance obligations for gaming technology suppliers operating within or serving the Singaporean market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,156,158,16333],"tags":[229,337,169],"class_list":["post-10318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-regulation","tag-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19792,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10318\/revisions\/19792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}