Singapore Home Affairs Second Minister Mr. S Iswaran added to the 23/2014 Remote Gaming Bill during the second reading before Parliament on Tuesday.
Ten members of Parliament debated the bill for three hours.
The proposal includes a closely regulated exemption regime including safeguards that Iswaran believes will stop punters from accessing black market sites.
"A complete ban on remote gambling might appear straightforward but would likely drive these activities underground, and exacerbate the associated law and order and social concerns," Iswaran said. "The provision of a strictly regulated exempt operator can help to mitigate these concerns. This has been our experience with, and approach to, terrestrial gambling."
Readers may access the proposal in its entirety here: http://www.parliament.gov.sg/sites/default/files/Remote%20Gambling%20Bill%2023-2014.pdf
jade
9 years ago
Is sounds like the person that wrote this has a colorful style of thinking. Terrestrial gambling, is that the type of land gambling titled in a way to get ET to come back to earth to gamble because he is probably going remote. Remote gambling is easier on everybody.
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SassyGirlMe
9 years ago
Well, it sounds like they know what will happen if they completely ban gambling. They are correct it will go underground and once it goes underground they will not see any money from it at all. Having a regime appointed to mandating it is a good start but it should be more than one person otherwise your going to see that...
Well, it sounds like they know what will happen if they completely ban gambling. They are correct it will go underground and once it goes underground they will not see any money from it at all. Having a regime appointed to mandating it is a good start but it should be more than one person otherwise your going to see that regime get rich quick.....and people that are gambling at these sites will feel the disappointment. Banning it completely is not good and having one person mandate it is not a good idea...maybe a panel of people that over see the gaming would be something they should be looking at. One this is good at least they are taking their time and debating about it. This is a great way to over see beyond one opinion. We will see what happens.
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