{"id":31873,"date":"2022-07-19T02:39:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T05:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31873"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:45:54","slug":"singapore-24-investigated-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-24-investigated-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 24 investigated for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Singapore have carried out a series of raids in six locations across the city-state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- Police officers in\u00a0<strong>Singapore\u00a0<\/strong>carried out a series of enforcement actions on Sunday, arresting 24 people aged between 32 and 74.\u00a0During the raids, police seized SGD730,000 (US$522,600) in cash and electronic equipment, including computers and portable phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a release on Monday, police also said they were investigating six men, between the ages of 62 and 78, for their alleged involvement in illegal gambling. Two 74-year-old men were suspected of working as bookmakers for four other people between the ages of 62 and 78. Police seized cash totalling more than S$2,200, two mobile phones and gaming gadgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-parliament-passes-new-gambling-legislation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Singapore parliament<\/a>&nbsp;approved the&nbsp;<strong>Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Gambling Control Bill&nbsp;<\/strong>in order to strengthen actions against illegal gambling activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Singapore have carried out a series of raids in six locations across the city-state.<\/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 authorities conducted enforcement actions, arresting 24 individuals and seizing over SGD730,000 in cash and electronic equipment in connection with illegal gambling operations. These raids follow the recent parliamentary approval of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill and the Gambling Control Bill, signaling a heightened regulatory stance against illicit gaming activities within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore, Singapore Police","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What specific provisions within the new Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill and Gambling Control Bill are enabling these enhanced enforcement actions, and what are the projected long-term impacts on the regulated iGaming sector's GGR and NGR?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Implications","query":"How will the sustained crackdown on illegal gambling operations in Singapore influence the competitive landscape for licensed B2C operators, particularly regarding player acquisition costs and responsible gambling initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-31873","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\/31873","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=31873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31909,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31873\/revisions\/31909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}