Gambling Control (Sponsorship of Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix — Exemption) Order 2025

No. S 664

Gambling Control Act 2022

Gambling Control
(Sponsorship of Formula 1
Singapore Grand Prix — Exemption)
Order 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Gambling Control Act 2022, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and period in force

1.—(1)  This Order is the Gambling Control (Sponsorship of Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix — Exemption) Order 2025.

(2)  This Order is in force for the period between 3 October 2025 and 31 December 2028 (both dates inclusive).

Definitions

2.  In this Order —

“organiser”, in relation to a specified event, means any of the following persons:

(a) Formula One World Championship Limited;

(b) Formula One Marketing Limited;

(c) Singapore GP Pte. Ltd.;

(d) any agent of a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

“race car driver” means a driver of a race car who is a member of a racing team;

“racing team” means a team that participates in a competition at a specified sporting event;

“relevant advertisement” means any advertisement that gives publicity to, or promotes, an unauthorised gambling service provided, or to be provided, by a sponsor;

“specified event” means any of the following:

(a) a specified sporting event;

(b) an activity for the purpose of marketing or promoting a specified sporting event;

(c) an activity in connection with a specified sporting event that involves the public or any section of the public;

“specified person” means any of the following persons:

(a) an organiser of a specified event;

(b) a person who is granted the rights by an organiser of a specified event to broadcast the specified event;

(c) a member of a racing team, including a member of the pit crew or any other personnel supporting the racing team for the purposes of a specified event;

(d) any person who is otherwise involved in the organisation or conduct of, or participation in, a specified event;

“specified sporting event” means any Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix that takes place in Singapore between 2025 and 2028 (both years inclusive);

“sponsor” means any person who provides —

(a) an unauthorised gambling service; and

(b) any sponsorship, brand‑sharing or any other kind of financial support for one or more of the following:

(i) a specified sporting event;

(ii) a racing team;

(iii) a race car driver;

“unauthorised gambling service” means a gambling service that is not authorised under the Act.

Exemptions from sections 34(1) and 85(1) of Act for specified person

3.—(1)  A specified person who sends, or causes to be sent, any relevant advertisement to an underaged individual is exempt from section 34(1) of the Act if the advertisement conforms to all of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule.

(2)  A specified person who publishes, or causes to be published, any relevant advertisement is exempt from section 85(1) of the Act if the advertisement conforms to all of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule.

(3)  If any advertisement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) fails to conform to any of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule, the exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) ceases to apply as from the date that the non‑conforming advertisement is sent or published, as the case may be.

Exemptions from sections 34(1) and 85(1) of Act for sponsor

4.—(1)  A sponsor who causes any relevant advertisement to be sent to an underaged individual is exempt from section 34(1) of the Act if the advertisement conforms to all of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule.

(2)  A sponsor who causes any relevant advertisement to be published is exempt from section 85(1) of the Act if the advertisement conforms to all of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule.

(3)  If any advertisement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) fails to conform to any of the conditions of exemption specified in the Schedule, the exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) ceases to apply as from the date that the non‑conforming advertisement is sent or published, as the case may be.

THE SCHEDULE

Paragraphs 3 and 4

Conditions of exemption

Definitions

1.  In this Schedule —

“event venue”, in relation to a specified sporting event, means any place in Singapore on or within which the specified sporting event is to be held or is held;

“sponsor’s name” has the meaning given by paragraph 2.

Restrictions on representation of sponsor

2.  The advertisement may only contain a representation of the sponsor in the form of the name, brand name, logo, service mark or trademark of the sponsor or any pictorial representation commonly associated with the name of the sponsor, or any combination thereof (each called the sponsor’s name).

Restrictions on publicity or promotion

3.—(1)  The advertisement must not contain any express invitation to gamble using an unauthorised gambling service provided, or to be provided, by the sponsor.

(2)  The advertisement may only give publicity to, or promote, the sponsor by using the sponsor’s name in all or any of the following ways:

(a) by displaying the sponsor’s name on any attire or protective gear worn by a specified person during a specified event;

Illustrations

(a) An image of a race car driver on a digital display panel for a promotional activity related to a Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix shows the race car driver wearing a driver suit with the sponsor’s name.

(b) The sponsor’s name is displayed on the driver suit and helmet worn by a race car driver during a Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

(b) by displaying the sponsor’s name on any vehicle, equipment or other thing that is necessary for the organisation or conduct of, or participation in, a specified event;

Illustrations

(a) The sponsor’s name is displayed on a race car.

(b) The sponsor’s name is displayed on a garage used to store a race car.

(c) by displaying the sponsor’s name on any accessory, device or other thing that is used for an incidental purpose in a specified event (excluding any merchandise for sale or given free-of-charge in connection with the specified event) and is not necessary for the organisation or conduct of, or participation in, the specified event;

Illustration

  The sponsor’s name is displayed on the lanyard of a card holder issued to a mechanic of the pit crew for a racing team.

(d) by naming a racing team by reference to any word or combination of words, used in, or associated with, the sponsor’s name;

Illustration

  The name of a racing team that is sponsored by the sponsor consists of a word used in the sponsor’s name that is commonly associated with gambling, along with other words used in the name of the race car manufacturer.

(e) by displaying the sponsor’s name on any signage for the purpose of providing directions to a corporate hospitality suite located within an event venue for a specified sporting event;

Illustration

  The sponsor’s name is displayed on a signage placed within the racing circuit for a Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix that provides directions to a corporate hospitality suite.

(f) by any audio transmission of the sponsor’s name.

Illustration

  The sponsor’s name is read by a person during a radio programme.

Restrictions on electronic or digital advertisement

4.—(1)  This paragraph applies if the advertisement is published by the broadcast of a film, video or television programme or is otherwise made available, distributed or communicated in electronic or digital form.

(2)  The advertisement must not show the sponsor’s name in the form of an animated image or any other moving visual image that changes in different ways at different intervals.

(3)  The contents of the advertisement must not change to include any call‑to‑action to use an unauthorised gambling service provided, or to be provided, by the sponsor.

Illustrations

(a) The sponsor’s name is not animated.

(b) The colour used to depict the sponsor’s name does not change in brightness or contrast, or change to a different colour, when the advertisement showing that sponsor’s name is viewed by a person.

(c) The advertisement only displays the sponsor’s name on the driver suit worn by a race car driver, and that sponsor’s name does not change upon being viewed by a person to show the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Internet website for an online gambling service provided by that sponsor.

Made on 1 October 2025.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/00107; AG/LEGIS/SL/116C/2020/9]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 129 of the Gambling Control Act 2022).