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CurrentMeaning of unlawful game
Part 2Important concepts
7 Meaning of unlawful game
(1)
In this Act:
unlawful game—
(a)
means—
(i)
a game of chance, or of mixed chance and skill, in which money or any other valuable thing is offered as a prize or is staked or risked (by a participant or someone else) on an event or contingency; or
(ii)
a game declared by the commission under subsection (2); but
(b)
does not include an exempt game.
(2)
The commission may declare a game to be an unlawful game.
(3)
A declaration is a disallowable instrument.
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