cover products that MHA has no intention of treating as gambling products<\/strong> (e.g. financial products already regulated by Monetary Authority of Singapore). <\/p>\n\n\n\n“We will carve out these products from the definition of gambling. This approach has also been adopted in other jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, and Denmark.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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