SINGAPORE: Singapore does not intend to require sellers to open blind boxes or trading card packs before selling them, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said on Thursday (May 7), as regulations on such items are being developed to address gambling-related risks.
In a written response to parliamentary questions from MP Kenneth Tiong (WP-Aljunied), Mr Shanmugam said regulations will aim to “mitigate the gambling inducement risk of blind boxes”, rather than impose measures that would effectively ban them.
Mr Tiong wanted to know if retailers, under the proposed regulations, would be required to open sealed trading card packs and sell cards as individual items.
“We do not intend to require the sellers of blind boxes, of trading cards or otherwise, to open the sealed boxes and sell the contents as individual items. This would effectively ban blind boxes,” Mr Shanmugam said.
