Valid from 01/09/2007
(1)A person commits an offence if he advertises foreign gambling other than a lottery.
(2)In this section “foreign gambling” means—
(a)non-remote gambling which is to take place in a non-EEA State, and
(b)remote gambling none of the arrangements for which are subject to the law about gambling of an EEA State (whether by being regulated, exempted, prohibited or otherwise).
(3)Subsection (2) shall apply to Gibraltar as it applies to EEA States.
(4)The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a specified country or place is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as if it were an EEA State.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to—
(a)imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks,
(b)a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
(c)both.
(6)In the application of subsection (5) to Scotland or Northern Ireland the reference to 51 weeks shall have effect as a reference to six months.