The Gambling Regulatory Authority has no intention of allowing cryptocurrency to be used as chips for casino gambling as it presents money laundering risk, Sun said.
The tweak is the latest change to casino rules in the city-state, which earlier lowered the threshold for cheques on cash deposits received by casinos to prevent exploitation by terrorist and criminal organisations.
Singapore has also transferred the power to approve the main shareholders of casino operators to Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam, from the GRA, Sun said.
Shanmugam will continue to align the integrated resorts — Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa — with the government’s objectives, she added.
