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IAG MAR 2022年3月 亞博匯 11 請登錄asgam.com訂閱《亞博匯早報》 Sign up to receive IAG Breakfast Briefing at asgam.com SINGAPORE TO ESTABLISH NEW GAMBLING REGULATOR BY MID-2022 新加坡將於2022年年中建立新的賭博監管機構 SINGAPORE’S MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (MHA) says it plans to officially establish the state’s new gambling regulator, the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), by mid-2022, after two key bills were introduced for their first reading in parliament on 14 February. The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore (GRA) Bill reconstitutes the Casino Regulatory Authority to establish the GRA as the single regulator for all forms of gambling. The GRA Bill will consolidate gambling regulatory expertise, which currently resides in different segments of government agencies, within a single agency. These government agencies include the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), which regulates Singapore’s two casinos, the Gambling Regulatory Unit in the Ministry of Home Affairs, which regulates online gambling services and fruit machines, the Singapore Totalisator Board, which governs physical gambling services operated by Singapore Pools, and the Singapore Police Force, which takes enforcement action against unlawful gambling activities. “To stay ahead of technological and global trends, respond more adequately to emerging gambling products and take a more holistic and coherent approach to gambling policies and issues, we should rationalise and consolidate,” the MHA said. “The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill will establish the GRA as the single regulator for all forms of gambling. We aim to establish the GRA in mid-2022.” Also introduced to parliament for first reading was the Gambling Control Bill, which updates gambling laws and regulatory approaches in order to keep pace with the “evolving gambling landscape.” Among the key changes under the Gambling Control Bill will be an exemption for “social gambling” among friends and family, establishment of a licensing regime for products such as fruit machines, Singapore Pools’ products and gambling at private establishments, and the introduction of a class licensing regime for lower-risk gambling practices whereby products do not need to be individually licensed. 新加坡內政部(MHA) 表示，在兩項關鍵法案 提交議會初審後，計劃於2022年年中正式成 立該國新的博彩監管機構GRA（Gambling Regulatory Authority）。 《Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill》是新加坡內政部改革博彩業 監管的新舉措，將現有的四個機構合併為一 個機構。這些機構包括監管新加坡兩家賭場 的賭場監管機構(Casino Regulatory Author- ity)、負責監管網絡博彩和「水果機」且隸屬 內政部的博彩監察單位(Gambling Regulato- ry Unit)、負責管理由Singapore Pools營運的 實體博彩服務的新加坡投注委員會（Singa- pore Totalisator Board）、以及負責對非法 賭博活動採取執法行動的新加坡警察部隊。 新加坡內政部表示：「為了走在科技及 全球趨勢的前沿，更充分地應對新型博彩產 品，並對博彩政策及問題採取更全面及更連 貫的做法，我們應該進行合理化整合。」 「《Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill》將設立GRA作為對所有形式 博彩的單一監管機構。我們的目標是在2022 年年中建立GRA。」 同時經過議會初審的還包括《Gambling Control Bill》，該法案調整了博彩法律及監 管方式，以跟上「不斷發展的博彩形式」。 《Gambling Control Bill》的主要改動 包括對博彩的定義進行重新修訂，以涵蓋現 有和新興的博彩產品，但不會涵蓋MHA未認 定為博彩產品的產品，譬如對金融產品的投 資。