GAMBLING DUTIES
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(4) Without limiting subsections (1), (2) and (3), a bet includes—
- (a) a free bet, which is a bet made wholly or partly using an amount that is provided to the person making the bet by the authorised betting operator with whom the bet is made and is not immediately redeemable by the person for cash; and
- (b) a bet made using a totalisator.
(5) An authorised betting operator is a person who —
- (a) is authorised, under a licence, permit or other authority granted under any written law, to conduct betting operations in or from a place in Singapore; or
- (b) is, under any written law, exempt from the licence, permit or authorisation requirements that would otherwise apply for conducting betting operations in or from a place in Singapore,
but excludes a holder of a casino licence granted under section 49 of the Casino Control Act 2006 with regard to any betting operations covered by the casino licence.
(6) Subject to subsection (9), a person conducts betting operations if the person, whether in person or through an agent, by remote communication or otherwise—
- (a) receives bets;
- (b) pays, negotiates or settles bets; or
- (c) operates a betting exchange.
(7) A reference in this Act to a bet made with, or received by, a betting operator includes a reference to a bet made with the betting operator —
- (a) through an agent;
- (b) wholly or partly by means of remote communication; or
- (c) partly inside and partly outside Singapore.
(8) Also, a reference in this Act to a bet made with, or received by, a betting operator includes, for a betting operator who operates a
