Section 3: Gambling

Gambling Act 2005 · 2005 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Interpretation of Key Concepts

In this Act "gambling" means—

gaming (within the meaning of section 6),
betting (within the meaning of section 9), and
participating in a lottery (within the meaning of section 14 and subject to section 15).

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