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LAWS OF KENYA
BETTING, LOTTERIES AND GAMING ACT
THE BETTING, LOTTERIES AND GAMING REGULATIONS
LEGAL NOTICE 309 OF 1966
- Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXVIII—No. 52 on 1 November 1966
- Commenced on 1 November 1966
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1968 (Legal Notice 108 of 1968) on 1 January 1967]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1970 (Legal Notice 84 of 1970) on 1 June 1970]
- [Amended by The Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 (Legal Notice 73 of 1971) on 16 April 1971]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 (Legal Notice 67 of 1973) on 1 April 1973]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 (Legal Notice 114 of 1979) on 8 June 1979]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Regulations, 1979 (Legal Notice 131 of 1979) on 29 June 1979]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulation, 1982 (Legal Notice 84 of 1982) on 18 June 1982]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 (Legal Notice 134 of 1987) on 19 June 1987]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 (Legal Notice 331 of 1989) on 6 October 1989]
- [Amended by The Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Regulations, 1999 (Legal Notice 69 of 1999) on 1 October 1999]
- [Amended by The Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Regulations, 1999 (Legal Notice 69 of 1999) on 1 October 1999]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (Legal Notice 57 of 2003) on 30 May 2003]
- [Amended by Betting, Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (Legal Notice 154 of 2007) on 17 August 2007]
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Regulations.2. Applications and licences to be in prescribed form
3. Fees
There shall be paid to the Board for every licence and permit issued by it the fees specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.4. Books to be kept by bookmakers
A bookmaker shall keep a full and accurate record of all betting transactions entered into by him so as to show in respect of each period of fourteen days—5. Betting tickets
5A. [Repealed by LN 67 of 1973, r. 3.]
6. Bookmakers' returns
A bookmaker shall, within seven days following each period of fourteen days, submit to the Principal Secretary, in the appropriate form in the Third Schedule, a fortnightly certified statement in duplicate together with the duplicate of all tickets issued by him and a remittance for the amount of the tax due under section 30 of the Act.[L.N. 69/1999, r. 3.]7. Accounts in respect of totalisators
The holder of a totalisator licence shall keep a full and accurate record of all betting transactions effected by means of that totalisator in such manner as to show in respect of each race on which that totalisator was used—8. Totalisator returns
The holder of a totalisator licence shall, within twenty-one days after each race on which that totalisator was operated submit to the Collector, in the appropriate form in the Third Schedule, a certified statement in duplicate together with a remittance for the amount of the tax due under section 31 of the Act.[LN 69 of 1999, r. 4.]9. Revocation of appointments of totalisator agents to be notified to Board
10. Accounts in respect of pool betting
The holder of a promoter’s licence or a principal agent’s licence shall keep a full and accurate record of all bets made by way of pool betting so as to show in respect of each period of seven days—11. Pool betting returns
The holder of a promoter’s licence or a principal agent’s licence shall, within seven days following the weekly closure of the account of a pool betting scheme, submit to the Collector, in the appropriate form in the Third Schedule, a certified statement in duplicate together with a remittance for the amount of the tax due under section 32 of the Act.[LN 69 of 1999, r. 5.]12. Appointments, etc., of pool betting agents to be notified to Board
13. Returns in respect of lotteries relating to racing
The holder of a permit authorizing a lottery relating to racing shall, within twenty-one days after each race to which the lottery relates, submit to the Collector, in the appropriate form in the Third Schedule, a certified statement in duplicate together with a remittance for the amount of the tax due under section 39(3) and 31 of the Act.[LN 69 of 1999, r. 6.]13A. Returns in respect of other lotteries
14. Returns in respect of gaming
The holder of a licence issued under section 46 of the Act shall, within seven days following each period of fourteen days, submit to the Collector, in the appropriate form in the Third Schedule, a fortnightly certified statement in duplicate together with a remittance for the amount of tax due under section 49 of the Act.[L.N. 69/1999, r. 7.]15. Accounts in respect of public gaming
The holder of a licence issued under section 46 of the Act shall keep a full and accurate record of all gaming organized and managed by him so as to show in respect of each period of fourteen days and in respect of each game organized and managed by him—15A. No credit, markers or discounts
15B. Employee gaming card
15C. Complaints
A person aggrieved by the action of a licensee or a permit holder under these Regulations may make a complaint in that respect to the Board.[LN 57 of 2003, r. 4.]16. Licences to notify Board of changes in address, etc.
16A. Amount of commission to collector
The proportion of the sum remitted by a collector which is to be prescribed under section 34(2) of the Act shall be—16B. Draws
All draws for competitions and lotteries licensed under these Regulations shall be—17. Penalty
A person who is guilty of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement
17 August 2007
30 May 2003
01 October 1999
06 October 1989
19 June 1987
18 June 1982
29 June 1979
08 June 1979
01 April 1973
16 April 1971
01 June 1970
01 January 1967
01 November 1966
Published in Kenya Gazette 52
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