Singapore

News & Analysis

Personnel Moves – April 2022

Changes on the compliance committees for Flutter, a new CEO for 888's U.S. operations and Genting Singapore promotes a new CEO from within.

Personnel Moves - March 2022

Former MGA staffer Yanica Sant joins William Hill, Trinidad and Tobago appoints its first regulators and Malawi appoints a new gaming board head.

News In Brief: March 14-March 18, 2022

The UK government is to scrutinise Allywn's lottery victory, Swedish pandemic measures of uncertain effectiveness and Ontario's regulator issues a reminder.

Singapore Bills Unify Regulation, Prohibit Proxy Betting

Singapore has released draft legislation streamlining gambling regulation under one authority, while also criminalising proxy gambling, introducing “class licensing” for low-risk products and toughening existing penalties.

Singapore Confirms Casino Duopoly To 2030, Raises Taxes

The Singaporean parliament has codified a 2019 announcement that Las Vegas Sands and Genting Singapore will control the city-state’s casino market until at least 2030 while paying higher gaming taxes.

Research & Reports

Market Insight: Asia-Pacific Lotteries & Betting

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of eight key lottery and betting markets in the Asia-Pacific region, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and macro developments.

Market Insight: Asia-Pacific Land-Based Gaming

This in-depth report provides insight into the size, structure and growth of eight land-based gaming markets in the Asia-Pacific region, containing analysis, updated as new information becomes available, of sector themes and key jurisdictional and macro developments including the impact of COVID-19 and the increasing reach and influence of China on the Asia-Pacific sector at large.

Q&A: Gambling Regulation in Singapore

All the main forms of land-based gambling are regulated in Singapore, including casinos, lotteries and sports betting. Although the Remote Gambling Act prohibits online gambling, exemptions are available and have been granted to both Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club.

Singapore: Data Protection Commission Fines Tech Mahindra S$10,000

The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has fined Tech Mahindra S$10,000 for breach of its data intermediary obligation under Section 24 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA). Tech Mahindra failed to make reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorised access and unauthorised modifications of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) customers’ personal data via MyBill and MyAccount webpages.

Singapore: Data Protection Commission Improves Guidance on Data Security

The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has published changes to three guides on data protection and a new guide on preventing accidental disclosure when sending personal data. The guides have been amended to enhance security on personal data and to prevent unauthorised access to data.

The PDPC general guides can be found here.

Data & Forecasts

Genting Singapore Report - 2004 to 2021

Latest quarterly data from Singapore-listed Genting Singapore. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Group revenues, cost of sales, gross profit and net profit, and revenues, EBITDA and hotel & visitor metrics for the Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort. There are approximately 660 data points in this document.

Las Vegas Sands Report - 2001 to 2021

Latest quarterly data from US-listed Las Vegas Sands. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Casino revenue, rooms revenue, other revenue, promotional allowances and net revenue, adjusted EBITDA, hotel metrics and casino metrics by property. There are approximately 9,635 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: Asia-Pacific Integrated Resort Gaming

This quarterly report benchmarks drop/handle, revenue & win rates from VIP tables, mass tables & slot machines across integrated resorts in five Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. Quarterly gaming trends by operator and property are supplemented by segmental market share estimates for Macau and the Philippines.

Singapore - Singapore Totalisator Board Report - FY2008 to FY2021

Latest annual data from the Singapore Totalisator Board. The data released by the operator contains the following information: Group income statement and turnover, prize payouts, revenue & operating surplus from Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club. There are approximately 265 data points in this document.

Market Monitor: International Gaming Machine Count

This report displays the most recent tallies of gaming machines, split between casino and non-casino units, across over 100 jurisdictions globally. Visual cross-jurisdictional comparisons of gaming machines by category and population-adjusted machine density are facilitated by an interactive dashboard.