“enforcement official”, in relation to any provision of this Act or the Regulations, means an individual who is appointed as an enforcement official under section 33(1) for the purposes of that provision;
“exercise of skill” includes a display of knowledge;
“game of chance” includes a game that is partly a game of chance and partly a game requiring the exercise of skill;
“gaming machine” means a device, whether wholly or partly mechanically or electronically operated, that—
- (a) is adapted, or designed and constructed, for betting, participating in a lottery or playing a game of chance;
- (b) is played or confers a right to participate (wholly or in part) by—
- (i) the insertion of money or money’s worth into it; or
- (ii) the direct or indirect payment of money or money’s worth or any thing of value by any other means; and
- (c) pays out money or money’s worth or any thing of value, or registers a right to an amount of money or money’s worth or any thing of value,
such as (but not limited to) a jackpot machine or fruit machine;
“gaming service” means the provision of a service for the conduct of a game of chance where—
- (a) the game may be played for money or money’s worth or any thing else of value; and
- (b) a customer of the service gives or agrees to give money or money’s worth or any thing else of value to play or enter the game;
“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;
