Is AK is part of a gambling game?

"Heard from Straits Times online news that AK is part of gambling game, is that true? I also heard few people says it’s like gambling, slot machines appeared, inserting coin/money/swipe cards which costs money for play $2 or lower a game, play and then sometimes we get gold or normal or other foil cards. In there also people wanted to “ban” this game.

People always go hanging out @ arcade and play with their real money, get cards, just like other card-based arcade games. I don’t too believe that this game is a part of gambling when I started AK, then what next? At real gambling we pay to buy some chips or other things, AK for cards. Not only AK but other arcade games like Dinosaur King, etc.

This is a part of children game and I think it contains little gambling with the slot machines and cards.
What u think? "
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Comments

"you must read Singapore Law what’s gambling .... not you said ... I said .... your granny or aunty, uncle said ....

put it in simple words .... you paid monie get tokens ........ get cards okay ..... if tokens/cards can exhange monie ... GAMBLING ....

same as those Japanese fishing games ..... TimeZone winning ticket points ....... only can exchange prizes ... cannot exchange monie ...... in casino .... tokens can exchange monie .... GAMBLING .... understand?

this type of thing no need to argue one ..... it’s very simple .... Straits Times and many so call got study ones .... make it so complex .... kan see lan bo liao ..... ha ha lols."
~ spaceshuttle


"My notion that AK per se is not gambling,rather a leisure game that is legalized in an amusement park. However, it will be a different story if :
A) Money or money worth as a form of winning stakes between 2 players
B) Side betting by by-standers on the players with money of money worth as the winning stakes.

Let further study the definition of gambling, in the eyes of Singapore Statutes. Chapter 49 of the Common Gaming House Sec 2(1) says : “gaming” , with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the playing of any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill for money or money’s worth; "
~ 无间道