Playing, Offering or Facilitating Online Poker in Singapore Illegal from February 2

Online poker goes underground in Singapore from next Monday.

Key Takeaways

Singapore’s Remote Gambling Act comes into force on February 2. It is one of the most draconian anti-gambling acts yet seen.
The Ministry of Home Affairs notice announcing the implementation date summarizes the total ban, stating that “it is an offence for a person to gamble remotely with unauthorised operators, facilitate others to do so, or to provide unauthorised remote gambling services.”

Singapore’s Remote Gambling Act goes into force on February 2. It is one of the most draconian anti-gambling acts yet seen.

21+ in OH. Please play responsibly. For help, call the Ohio Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-589-9966 or 1-800-GAMBLER.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on January 29, 2015.

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