{"id":777014978,"date":"2024-04-24T09:16:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014978"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:53:07","slug":"singapore-21-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-21-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling-2","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 21 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The police arrested alleged organisers and betters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Police in Singapore have arrested three men who were allegedly taking bets on the game bola golek in Gelang Patah.\u00a0Some 18 foreign men were also detained for allegedly placing bets. The suspects, aged between 22 and 45, were remanded for investigation under the Open Gaming House Act 1953 for accepting bets without a licence. The gamblers were referred to the Immigration Department for overstaying.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-implements-casino-ban-for-criminal-legal-aid-recipients\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Singapore&nbsp;implements casino ban&nbsp;for&nbsp;criminal legal aid recipients<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police arrested alleged organisers and betters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17040,"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 arrested three individuals for allegedly operating an unlicensed bola golek betting house and detained eighteen foreign nationals for placing bets. The organizers face charges under the Open Gaming House Act 1953 for illegal bookmaking, while the gamblers were referred to immigration authorities for overstaying.","focusai_entities":"Police, Immigration Department","focusai_location":"Singapore, Gelang Patah","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of this enforcement action on the licensed iGaming market's integrity and the ongoing efforts to curb illegal gambling operations in Singapore?"},{"label":"Unlicensed Market Scale","query":"How does the scale of this illegal operation compare to the estimated size of the unlicensed gambling market in Singapore, and what are the economic impacts on legitimate GGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777014978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014978","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=777014978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014987,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014978\/revisions\/777014987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}