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No. S 53

Casino Control Act

(Chapter 33A)

Casino Control (Credit) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 108 and 200 of the Casino Control Act, the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Home Affairs, hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Casino Control (Credit) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 2010.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“cash” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Casino Control (Conduct of Gaming) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 594/2009);

“casino cheque” means a cheque issued by any casino operator or operator of a casino outside Singapore;

“cheque-cashing facility” means a facility provided by a casino operator where chips or chip purchase vouchers are issued by the casino operator to a patron in exchange for a cheque payable to the casino operator which has not been deposited with and cleared by an authorised bank;

“permanent resident of Singapore” has the same meaning as in section 116(9) of the Act.

When patron qualifies as premium player

3.—(1) A patron of a casino qualifies as a premium player of the casino when, before the commencement of play by him in the casino —

(a)

the total amount of money, chips or any cheque or traveller’s cheque credited to the patron’s deposit account in accordance with paragraph (2) is not less than $100,000; or

(b)

where the patron is not a Singapore citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, an amount on credit under regulation 5(1)(c) or (d) granted by the casino operator or under regulation 5(2) granted by a licensed junket promoter to the patron is credited to the patron’s deposit account which, by itself or together with any amount of money, chips or any cheque or traveller’s cheque referred to in sub-paragraph (a), is not less than $100,000.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), only the following types of payments into a patron’s deposit account may be reckoned for the purpose of satisfying the minimum credit balance of $100,000:

(a)	money received by the casino operator from the patron in the form of cash, a cashier’s order or a bank draft payable to the casino operator or an electronic funds transfer to the casino operator’s bank account;
(b)	chips or any traveller’s cheque received by the casino operator from the patron;
(c)	any casino cheque payable to the patron, which is accepted by the casino operator;
(d)	any personal cheque issued by the patron made payable to the casino operator, after the cheque has been deposited with and cleared by an authorised bank.

Period when patron remains qualified as premium player

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a patron remains qualified as a premium player of a casino if, upon the expiry of a period of play and before subsequent commencement of a period of play by him in the casino, there is a credit balance of not less than $100,000 in his deposit account with the casino operator of that casino.

(2) The maximum period of play by a patron in a casino shall be a continuous period of one year.

(3) A patron ceases to be a premium player if he is no longer qualified as a premium player in accordance with paragraph (1) or upon the closure of the patron’s deposit account with the casino operator.

Made this 2nd day of February 2010.

RICHARD MAGNUS

Chairman,
Casino Regulatory Authority of
Singapore.

[CRA 25/4/5C Vol. 1; AG/LEG/SL/33A/2006/16 Vol. 1]