{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Pool betting",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act betting is pool betting if made on terms that all or part of winnings—\n(a) shall be determined by reference to the aggregate of stakes paid or agreed to be paid by the persons betting,\n(b) shall be divided among the winners, or\n(c) shall or may be something other than money.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act pool betting is horse-race pool betting if it relates to horse-racing in Great Britain.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 1.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2455, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:15:42.684927+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."
}