{"id":34565,"date":"2022-10-19T07:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34565"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:49:17","slug":"singapore-30-arrested-over-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-30-arrested-over-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 30 arrested over illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have arrested 29 men and one woman for alleged involvement in illegal gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- Police have arrested 29 men and one woman, all aged between 20 and 34, for suspected involvement in illegal gambling. According to officers,<strong> three men provided gambling services to other 27 people<\/strong> at industrial premises on Senoko Crescent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police say they <strong>seized cash amounting to S$16,345 (US$11,507)<\/strong> along with gaming-related paraphernalia. A conviction for operating an illegal betting business can result in fines between S$200,000 and S$1m, along with up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Singapore Gambling Regulatory Authority to continue CRA\u2019s work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teo Chun Ching, chief executive of the new&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-legalises-social-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore (GRA)<\/a>, has confirmed that the GRA has absorbed work previously carried out by the former Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA). He said the new body will continue the CRA\u2019s work to ensure that \u201cthe harms of casino gambling are kept at bay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new regulator, which will oversee&nbsp;<strong>the entire gambling landscape<\/strong>&nbsp;in Singapore,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-launches-new-gambling-regulatory-authority\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was launched in August<\/a>. It has the authority to issue operator licences for gambling services such as betting and lottery businesses, gaming machine rooms and gambling in private establishments, provided the licensees are considered \u201cfit and proper\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested 29 men and one woman for alleged involvement in illegal gambling.<\/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 have arrested 30 individuals for alleged involvement in an illegal gambling operation, seizing S$16,345 and gaming paraphernalia. Concurrently, the newly established Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) has confirmed its expanded mandate, absorbing the former Casino Regulatory Authority's functions to oversee the entire gambling landscape, including issuing operator licenses and ensuring robust governance frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore (GRA), Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), Teo Chun Ching","focusai_location":"Singapore, Senoko Crescent","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.98)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GRA's Enforcement Strategy?","query":"What specific enforcement strategies and technological capabilities will the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) deploy to effectively combat sophisticated illegal online gambling operations, beyond traditional premises-based raids?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensing?","query":"How will the GRA's consolidated licensing framework, including the 'fit and proper' criteria, impact the market entry and operational compliance burden for new and existing B2C operators across various gaming verticals in Singapore?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-34565","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\/34565","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=34565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34589,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34565\/revisions\/34589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}