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competitions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/24_%26_25_Geo._5" class="mw-redirect" title="24 & 25 Geo. 5">24 & 25 Geo. 5</a>. c. 58</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 November 1934</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Repealed</th><td class="infobox-data dtend">22 July 2004</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Repeals/revokes</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suppression_of_Lotteries_Act_1698&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suppression of Lotteries Act 1698 (page does not exist)">Suppression of Lotteries Act 1698</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lotteries_Act_1710" title="Lotteries Act 1710">Lotteries Act 1710</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotteries_Act_1721&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotteries Act 1721 (page does not exist)">Lotteries Act 1721</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lotteries_Act_1732" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotteries Act 1732">Lotteries Act 1732</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaming_Act_1802&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaming Act 1802 (page does not exist)">Gaming Act 1802</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotteries_Act_1806&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotteries Act 1806 (page does not exist)">Lotteries Act 1806</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotteries_Act_1823&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotteries Act 1823 (page does not exist)">Lotteries Act 1823</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotteries_Act_1836&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotteries Act 1836 (page does not exist)">Lotteries Act 1836</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lotteries_Act_1845&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lotteries Act 1845 (page does not exist)">Lotteries Act 1845</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repealed by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_2004" title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffcccc;">Status: Repealed</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/24-25/58/enacted">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Betting and Lotteries Act 1934</b> (<a href="/wiki/24_%26_25_Geo._5" class="mw-redirect" title="24 & 25 Geo. 5">24 & 25 Geo. 5</a>. c. 58) was an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> and had three sections: Betting, Lotteries and Prize Competitions, and General.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The draft bill was presented to Parliament on 7 March<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the provisions passed on 27 March.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Betting">Betting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Betting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Horse racing courses and greyhound tracks were forced to limit their race days to a maximum 104 per annum whereas previously they were able to race on an unlimited basis. On course bookmakers and <a href="/wiki/Tote_board" title="Tote board">totalisators</a> were also restricted to betting on a maximum of 104 days per annum. </p><p>Power was given to local councils to issue (and revoke or refuse) the betting licences required and the 104 appointed days of trading must be published in advance. The racecourse and tracks were to charge on course bookmakers a specified admission price and it was illegal for under 18 to be involved in any betting organisation. </p><p>The issue of street bookmaking was not addressed which the press felt should have been. The restriction to 104 days was primarily brought in due to rapid growth of greyhound tracks after 1927 and the associated gambling implications that had followed.<sup id="cite_ref-NGRC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NGRC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lotteries_and_prize_competitions">Lotteries and prize competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lotteries and prize competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All lotteries were made unlawful with the exemption of small lotteries incidental to certain entertainment and private lotteries. Restrictions were made on certain prize competitions (i.e. in newspapers) and warrant rights were given to any constable to investigate premises that are suspected of breaking the restrictions. </p><p>This was primarily directed to combat the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Hospitals%27_Sweepstake" title="Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake">Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_official_Act_sections">The official Act sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The official Act sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Part_1_-_Betting">Part 1 - Betting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Part 1 - Betting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1. Restriction of betting on tracks.</li> <li>2. Restriction of bookmaking on tracks.</li> <li>3. Restriction of pari mutuel or pool betting.</li> <li>4. Restriction of betting on dog racecourses.</li> <li>5. Licensing authorities.</li> <li>6. Notices of, and procedure with respect to, applications for licences.</li> <li>7. Discretion of licensing authority as to, grant of licences.</li> <li>8. Special provisions as to first licences for certain existing tracks.</li> <li>9. Duration and transfer of licences and fees in respect of licences and transfers.</li> <li>10. Fixing of days on which betting facilities may be provided.</li> <li>11. Establishment of totalisators on dog racecourses.</li> <li>12. Facilities for bookmaking on tracks.</li> <li>13. Charges to bookmakers on tracks 'where betting facilities are lawfully provided.</li> <li>14. Occupiers of tracks not to have an interest in bookmaking thereon.</li> <li>15. Betting with young persons, and employment of young persons in betting businesses, prohibited on tracks.</li> <li>16. Revocation of licences.</li> <li>17. Saving for right of occupier of track to prohibit betting.</li> <li>18. Amendment and interpretation of Racecourse Betting Act, 1928.</li> <li>19. Power of entry on tracks.</li> <li>20. Interpretation of Part I.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Part_2_-_Lotteries_and_Prize_Competitions">Part 2 - Lotteries and Prize Competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Part 2 - Lotteries and Prize Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>21. Illegality of lotteries.</li> <li>22. Offences in connection with lotteries.</li> <li>23. Exemption of small lotteries incidental to certain entertainments.</li> <li>24. Exemption of private lotteries.</li> <li>25. Amendment of the law with respect to, and saving for, lotteries of Art Unions.</li> <li>26. Restriction on certain prize competitions.</li> <li>27. Power to issue search warrant.</li> <li>28. Interpretation of Part II.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Part_3_-_General">Part 3 - General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Part 3 - General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>29. Offences by bodies corporate.</li> <li>30. Penalties for offences under this Act, and forfeitures.</li> <li>31. Application to Scotland.</li> <li>32. Repeal.</li> <li>33. Short title, commencement and extent.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_gambling_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of gambling in the United Kingdom">History of gambling in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betting_and_Lotteries_Act_1934&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1934/58/pdfs/ukpga_19340058_en.pdf?timeline=true&view=extent">"Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Legislation.gov.uk" title="Legislation.gov.uk">legislation.gov.uk</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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