{"id":26582,"date":"2022-01-25T11:14:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26582"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:56:22","slug":"singapore-15-investigated-for-illegal-gambling-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-15-investigated-for-illegal-gambling-activities","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 15 investigated for illegal gambling activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three men are accused of bookmaking and 11 of betting, while a woman is also being investigated for breaching the Remote Gambling Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- Officers from Woodlands Police Division are investigating 15 people for alleged illegal gambling activities following a series of raids. Police say three men are suspected of being bookmakers and eleven of betting. A woman who is being investigated for an offence under the Remote Gambling Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those being investigated are aged between 38 and 86 years old. Police seized two mobile phones, cash and gambling-related paraphernalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago, police in Singapore<\/a> reported that 43 people between the ages of 22 and 81 were arrested<\/strong> on suspicion of engaging in illegal gambling activities in a series of raids conducted between November 20 and January 4. Those arrested were 30 men and 13 women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 15 2021, officers also carried out a raid<\/a> and found 21 people at a residential unit in Toh Crescent in Loyang. Police arrested 13 people for violating the \u201cForeign Workers Employment Law\u201d<\/strong> and for conducting illegal gambling activities. Police seized a poker table and other gambling equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore’s gaming laws establish\u00a0anyone caught gambling can be fined a minimum of S$20,000<\/strong>\u00a0and jailed for up to five years. Anyone who bets with a bookmaker can be fined up to S$5,000, jailed up to six months, or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three men are accused of bookmaking and 11 of betting, while a woman is also being investigated for breaching the Remote Gambling Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"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 authorities are investigating 15 individuals for alleged illegal gambling activities, including bookmaking and betting, with one woman also under scrutiny for breaching the Remote Gambling Act. This follows previous raids where 43 people were arrested for similar offenses, underscoring ongoing regulatory enforcement against illicit gaming operations. Penalties for illegal gambling in Singapore include substantial fines and imprisonment.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage from the regulated market in Singapore due to these persistent illegal gambling operations, and how does this impact potential NGR for future licensed entities?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"Given the repeated raids and arrests, what further measures are Singaporean regulators considering to enhance the efficacy of enforcement against illegal bookmaking and remote gambling activities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-26582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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\/26582","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=26582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26606,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26582\/revisions\/26606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}