{"id":8302,"date":"2022-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/mahjon-and-poker-at-home-will-be-allowed\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:00:00","slug":"mahjon-and-poker-at-home-will-be-allowed","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/mahjon-and-poker-at-home-will-be-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahjon and poker at home will be allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The government of Singapore has finally established that social gambling in the form of mahjong and poker at home will be allowed under the new Gambling Control Act. The games must take place in one of the player&rsquo;s homes and must not be part of a business. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Online social gambling will remain banned as the Ministry of Home Affairs noted practical difficulties in determining whether individuals are familiar enough with each other for a game to qualify as social gambling. The law will come into effect today (August 1).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">In March, the Singapore parliament approved the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill and the Gambling Control Bill. The former creates the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) as a single regulator for all forms of gambling. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/mahjon-and-poker-at-home-will-be-allowed1.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">The second bill will make it a criminal offence for under-aged individuals to gamble, &ldquo;regardless whether with legal or unlawful operators&rdquo; and for under-aged individuals to enter gambling areas, &ldquo;except where entry checks are not required&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">Under the new bill, the legal age for gambling in Singapore will remain 21, except for gambling at Singapore Pools&rsquo; physical outlets which will remain at 18.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"background-color:white\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">No Copyright infringement intended. 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