Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 72 FEATURES more efficiently and effectively, where the operation of these machines presents similar risks. The GC Act and the GRA Act were passed in Parliament on 11 March 2022 and took effect on 1 August 2022. On top of regulating the casinos, GRA, which has about 180 officers currently, now oversees the licensing regime for non-casino gambling services in Singapore such as Lotteries and Betting, Gaming Machine Rooms in private clubs, Tombola in private clubs and Gambling in private bodies. In addition, a new class license regime was introduced under the GC Act to regulate lower-risk gambling activities such as remote games of chance designed as part of interactive games that are primarily for entertainment, as well as trade promotion lotteries and games of chance. A class license regime differs from a licensing regime in that an operator does 此外，根據《賭博管制法案》引 入新的執照制度，以規管低風險的博彩 行為，譬如以娛樂為目的之遠程互動遊 戲，或者促銷性的彩票遊戲。符合經營 這些低風險博彩活動條件的業者毋須向 賭博管制局專門申請經營者執照，而僅 需要符合相關類別的牌照即可。 《賭博管制法案》豁免家人朋友之 間的「社交賭博」。不過由於難以確定 參與者是否彼此熟識，親友們在網上的 社交賭博仍是違法。新加坡警方會對嘗 試利用這一豁免而進行非法賭博活動的 犯罪集團採取執法行動。 如上所述，一個新興的技術趨勢 正令賭博和遊戲之間的界限變得模糊，