SINGAPORE - Social gambling in the form of playing mahjong and poker with family and friends at homes will be legalised from Monday (Aug 1). While not currently illegal, social gambling is not clearly defined in current laws.

Home games with friends are surprisingly not illegal in Singapore, as long as they are not turned into common gambling houses.  As a result, there are many poker games hosted in the many condominiums of the city that are safe, basically as long as they are not advertised.