{"id":25317,"date":"2021-12-08T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25317"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:08:36","slug":"singapore-25-people-under-investigation-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-25-people-under-investigation-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 25 people under investigation for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 25 suspects are among 136 people identified in a week of operations against crimes ranging from drug possession to financial crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- Police in Singapore have revealed that<strong> 136 people have been placed under investigation<\/strong> for a range of crimes ranging from illegal gambling to drug possession following a week of raids. Other crimes being investigated include loan shark operations and loan fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of those arrested, 25 men and 3 women, aged between 30 and 77, are under investigation for crimes under the Gaming Act and the Joint Gaming Company Act, the Straits Times has reported. During one of the raids, police seized gambling-related utensils, vaporizers, unpaid cigarettes and at least $950 in cash were seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police are also investigating 20 men and two women for breaching the Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shee Tek Tze, commander of Jurong Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shee<\/strong>, stated: &#8220;The police will take tough enforcement action against those involved in criminal activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week ago, authorities arrested\u00a0<strong>seven people<\/strong>\u00a0on accusations of illegal gambling following\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-at-least-7-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\">a series of raids in Singapore<\/a>. Another 49 people are under investigation. Officers carried out three riads, the first resulting in seven arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-7-arrested-for-illegal-horse-race-betting\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police arrested seven people<\/a>&nbsp;for alleged gambling activities related to horse race betting. Officers said that&nbsp;<strong>one of those arrested was a bookmaker&nbsp;<\/strong>while a 49-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of having supplied unlawful remote betting services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 25 suspects are among 136 people identified in a week of operations against crimes ranging from drug possession to financial crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Singaporean police have investigated 136 individuals for various crimes, including illegal gambling, following a week of raids. Among these, 28 individuals are specifically under investigation for breaches of the Gaming Act and the Joint Gaming Company Act, with seizures including gambling paraphernalia and cash. This operation underscores the authorities' commitment to stringent enforcement against illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Shee Tek Tze, Jurong Police Division, Singapore Police","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage from the regulated iGaming market in Singapore due to these identified illegal gambling operations, and what further measures are anticipated to mitigate this?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do these recent enforcement actions align with Singapore's broader governance frameworks for gaming, and what specific enhancements to B2B\/B2C licensing or regulatory compliance are being considered to prevent future illicit activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-25317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25334,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25317\/revisions\/25334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}