{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-249",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-249.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/249",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "249",
  "heading": "Limited prize",
  "text": "(1) A person does not commit an offence under section 37 or 242 if—\n(a) he makes a gaming machine available for use by an individual, and\n(b) the individual does not, by using the machine, acquire an opportunity to win a prize of a value in excess of the amount that he pays for or in connection with his use of the machine.\n(2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(b)—\n(a) the reference to paying includes a reference to—\n(i) paying money by way of an entrance charge,\n(ii) using a coin to activate a gaming machine where the coin will not or may not be returned,\n(iii) transferring money's worth, and\n(iv) paying for goods or services at a price or rate which reflects the opportunity to use a gaming machine, and\n(b) it is immaterial—\n(i) to whom payment is made, and\n(ii) who receives benefit from the payment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 249 in force at 1.9.2007 by S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)(5), Sch. 3B (with arts. 7-11, 7-12, Sch. 4) (as inserted by S.I. 2007/2169, arts. 3, 6, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/249",
    "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."
}