{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-racecourse-totalisator-regulations-1995/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-racecourse-totalisator-regulations-1995/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3232",
  "legislation_title": "The Dog Racecourse Totalisator Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-racecourse-totalisator-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prescribed Conditions for Totalisators",
  "text": "(1) A terminal shall be so designed and maintained as to record:\n(a) each bet made through it, in accordance with paragraph (2) below; and\n(b) the total number of betting units taken by the terminal in respect of each pool in respect of which bets are accepted by it (which shall be recorded in a manner which allows the retrieval of the information in legible form at any time).\n(2) A terminal must record each bet made through it either:\n(a) by means of a ticket, supplied to the person placing the bet, which sets out, in the manner required by paragraph (3) below, the information referred to in paragraph (4) below; or\n(b) by such other means as may have been agreed in writing with the person placing the bet and which records the information referred to in paragraph (4) below.\n(3) The information required by paragraph (2)(a) above to be set out on a ticket shall be either:\n(i) printed in conspicuous and legible characters on the ticket; or\n(ii) given by means of a code printed on the ticket which is decipherable in conjunction with a key which has been made available to the person placing the bet.\n(4) The information required by paragraph (2) is as follows:\n(a) the date on which the bet was made;\n(b) the number or other means of identification of the machine recording the bet;\n(c) the amount of the stake in respect of which the bet is recorded;\n(d) the identity of the track on which the race or races concerned are to be run;\n(e) in the case of a bet recorded in respect of a single race:\n(i) a word clearly identifying the pool in respect of which the bet is made;\n(ii) the number of the race in respect of which the bet is recorded; and\n(iii) an indication of the dog or of each dog in a combination of dogs, as the case may be, nominated by the person placing the bet to secure the place or those places chosen by the operator for the purposes of the pool; and\n(f) in the case of a bet recorded in respect of more than one race, a word which clearly identifies the pool in respect of which the bet is made and:\n(i) if a single record is made of the bet, the numbers of all the races concerned together with the number of the dog or of each dog in a combination of dogs, as the case may be, nominated by the person placing the bet to secure in each race the place or those places chosen for the purposes of the pool by the operator; or\n(ii) if a separate record of the bet is made against each such race, the number of that one of those races in respect of which the record is made together with the number of the dog or each dog in a combination of dogs, as the case may be, nominated by the person placing the bet to secure the place or those places chosen for the purposes of the pool by the operator.\n(5) Subject to the next paragraph, a terminal shall be so designed and maintained as not to be capable of recording:\n(i) any transaction other than a bet of either a single betting unit or a multiple thereof;\n(ii) any bet before every betting unit in respect of which the bet is to be recorded has been recorded by the central recording system; or\n(iii) any bet if the terminal is malfunctioning or is incapable of providing a record in accordance with paragraph (2) above.\n(6) A terminal may be so set up as to be capable of being operated so as to effect a test transaction, provided that it is not possible for such a test transaction to be recorded either by the terminal or by the central recording system as being a bet placed in respect of an actual race or races.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3232/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:55:51.044150+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}