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Mystery prize vending machines open to fraudulent practices, may promote gambling among young: Police
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At least four operators set up dozens of machines in malls, arcades and retail stores in the past year, charging between $5 and $10 for a "mystery box" containing a prize.
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Tiffany Fumiko Tay
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SINGAPORE - Over the past year, visitors to shopping malls would have seen vending machines filled with plainly packaged boxes and the promise that there are expensive items to be won.
But contrary to their advertising, vending machines dispensing mystery prizes for a fee may not stock any items of "meaningful value", the police said on Monday (Aug 27).
