betting exchange, a reference to a bet made through the betting operator using the betting exchange.
(9) However, a person does not conduct betting operations, and is not an agent of another person who conducts betting operations, merely because the person—
- (a) provides, or operates facilities for network access; or
- (b) provides services relating to, or provides connections for, the transmission or routing of data by remote communication.
Meaning of “lottery” and associated expressions
4.—(1) In this Act, “lottery” means an arrangement or a scheme, competition or device for the distribution of prizes where—
- (a) entitlement to participation in the arrangement, scheme, competition or device depends on the payment of money, the purchase of a ticket or the giving of any thing of value by the participant; and
- (b) the distribution depends, at any stage of the arrangement, scheme, competition or device, on an element of chance (even if the arrangement, scheme, competition or device, in some other respects, involves a genuine or purported exercise of skill),
and includes lucky draws, raffles and sweepstakes.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference to paying includes a reference to any of the following:
- (a) paying money;
- (b) transferring money’s worth;
- (c) paying for goods or services at a price or rate which reflects the opportunity to participate in an arrangement or a scheme, competition or device.
(3) For the purposes of this section, it does not matter whether the lottery is held, drawn, exercised or managed wholly in Singapore or partly inside and partly outside Singapore.
