{"id":30658,"date":"2022-06-10T03:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T06:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30658"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:55:08","slug":"singapore-19-investigated-for-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-19-investigated-for-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 19 investigated for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Singapore are investigating 19 people for alleged involvement in illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- Police officers in Singapore <\/strong>carried out a series of enforcement actions between May 25 and 29 and are currently investigating 35 people for various crimes.\u00a0Of those being investigated,\u00a016 men and three women <\/strong>are accused of breaching the General Gaming Act 1961\u00a0and the Gaming Act 1960. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police seized more than $6,000 in cash and gambling-related paraphernalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanglin Police Station raided seven business units and two private residential units and found five unlicensed massage parlours. A total of 16 women were arrested for violating the 1961 Women’s Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commander of Tanglin Police Division, senior assistant commissioner of police Cheong Chee Ming, said: \u201cThe Police will continue to take tough enforcement action against those involved in criminal activities. Those found engaging in illicit activities will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago,\u00a0officers carried out two separate raids<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to dismantle alleged illegal gambling operations in Bedok and Changi. The first raid ended with the arrest of\u00a0nine men who were allegedly taking bets\u00a0<\/strong>physically and online. Those arrested were aged between 52 and 76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second raid was carried out on Changi Road. Police arrested eight men and a woman<\/strong> who were allegedly involved in illegal gambling activities. During the raid, police seized gambling paraphernalia and mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the Singapore parliament<\/a> approved the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill<\/strong> and the Gambling Control Bill <\/strong>in order to strengthen actions against illegal gambling activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Singapore are investigating 19 people for alleged involvement in illegal gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25863,"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 actively investigating 19 individuals for alleged illegal gambling, following multiple raids that seized over $6,000 and gambling paraphernalia. These enforcement actions coincide with the recent parliamentary approval of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill and the Gambling Control Bill, signaling a strengthened legislative framework against illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Cheong Chee Ming, Tanglin Police Station, Tanglin Police Division, Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, Singapore parliament","focusai_location":"Singapore, Bedok, Changi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact of New Legislation","query":"What specific provisions within the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill and the Gambling Control Bill are expected to most significantly enhance the efficacy of enforcement actions against illegal gambling operations, and what is the projected timeline for their full implementation and impact assessment?"},{"label":"Market Formalization Outlook","query":"How might the sustained enforcement against illegal gambling, coupled with the new legislative framework, influence the GGR trajectory and market share distribution for licensed iGaming operators in Singapore over the next 12-24 months?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30658","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\/30658","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=30658"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30684,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30658\/revisions\/30684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}