(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes miscellaneous amendments to the law relating to betting and lotteries. The principal amendments—
(a)enable tickets or chances in a private lottery promoted by a society to be sold to non-members of the society if they are on the society’s premises;
(b)remove the prohibition on the use of premises for the collection of football pools coupons and stakes;
(c)reduce the minimum age for football pool betting from 18 to 16 years; and
(d)in relation to lotteries—
(i)increase the maximum prize in a society’s lottery;
(ii)remove the restriction on the minimum amount of the proceeds of such a lottery which must be appropriated for prizes;
(iii)amend existing controls on advertising and the donation of expenses; and
(iv)prevent multiple registration of societies.