ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I
 Preliminary

SECTION

1.        Short title

2.        Interpretation

PART II
Lotteries

3.        Lotteries deemed lawful

4.        Conditions to be observed in promotion of and conduct of lottery

5.        Penalties

6.        Returns to be made by promoters

PART III
Games of Chance

7.        Certain games of chance not unlawful

8.        Returns to be made by the promoters

PART IV
Totalizator Control

9.        Delegation

10.        Use of unlicensed totalizator an offence

11.        Lottery conducted on totalizator not unlawful

12.        Licensing of totalizator

13.        Totalizator transactions to be recorded

14.        Persons under 18 years may not use totalizator

15.        Limiting commission and prescribing tax

16.        Act does not validate betting transactions

17.        Police powers of entry and inspection

18.        Penalties

PART V
Gaming and Betting

19.        Gaming houses

20.        Gaming machines

21.        Betting houses

22.        Lotteries

23.        Keeper of premises defined

PART VI
Miscellaneous

24.        Regulations

25.        Declaration of a race

Law 28, 1961,
Law 2, 1963,
Law 3, 1963,
L.N. 55, 1965,
L.N. 84, 1966,
L.N. 94, 1966,
Act 5, 1967,
Act 1, 1980,
Act 25, 1980,
Act 6, 1981,
Act 6, 1983,
Act 15, 1983.

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to lotteries, betting and gaming and matters connected therewith.

[Date of Commencement: 8th May, 1962]

1.       Short title

            This Act may be cited as the Lotteries and Betting Act.

2.       Interpretation

            In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

            "horse" includes any pony, galloway or donkey;

            "race" means any foot-race, horse race, dog-race, cycle race, motor-race or boat-race and any other race declared under section 25 to be a race;

            "race-club" means any club or association of persons promoting and controlling racing;

            "race-course" means the place at which a race is or is to be held;

            "Registrar" has the meaning assigned to it in the Societies Act;

            "society" means any society registered or exempted under the Societies Act;

            "totalizator" means the contrivance for betting known as the totalizator or any other machine or instrument of betting of a like nature, whether mechanically operated or not.