Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAN 2023年1月 亞博匯 74 FEATURES not need to apply for a license from GRA to provide such lower-risk gambling activities. The class-licensed operator can conduct the activity as long as all conditions specified in the class license order are met. The GC Act allows social gambling among family and friends in homes. However, this allowance for social gambling in homes will not be extended to online platforms, given the practical difficulties in establishing the relationship of individuals in the online context, whether an online gambling activity is really social gambling among family and friends. The SPFwill take enforcement action against criminal syndicates that seek to exploit this exemption to conduct illegal gambling activities. As explained earlier, an emerging technological trend is the blurring of the boundary between gambling and gaming, such as loot boxes in video games, which are increasingly popular. Singapore’s approach is to strike a balance between leisure and entertainment, and safeguard against gambling inducement. In this regard, the GC Act does not consider loot boxes as gambling as long as these loot boxes do not contain prizes that are money, money equivalent or anything else of real-world value. On the other hand, remote games of chance with loot boxes which give out money, money equivalent, or anything