Singapore Plans Regulation for Blind Boxes Over Gambling Risks

A blind box vending machine at a Pop Mart store in Beijing.Photographer: Na Bian/Bloomberg

As mania about “mystery” shopping sweeps through the world, Singapore is moving to tackle gambling risks raised by products which conceal their specific contents from shoppers.

Singapore’s gambling authorities and home affairs ministry have decided to regulate how such “blind boxes” are offered to the public, according to a written reply to a parliamentary question on Feb. 12.