{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Betting and gaming",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to a transaction which satisfies—\n(a) the definition of betting in section 9, and\n(b) the definition of gaming in section 6.\n(2) A transaction to which this section applies which is pool betting (within the meaning of section 12) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as betting (and not as gaming).\n(3) Any other transaction to which this section applies shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as gaming (and not as betting).\n(4) This section is subject to regulations under section 6(6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 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/16",
    "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."
}