# Gambling Act 2005, Section 253: Lottery ticket


(1) For the purposes of this Act a document or article is a lottery ticket if it confers, or can be used to prove, membership of a class for the purpose of the allocation of prizes in a lottery.
(2) A reference in this Act to the sale or supply of a lottery ticket by a person includes a reference to a person doing anything as a result of which another person becomes a member of the class among whom prizes in a lottery are to be allocated.
(3) A reference in this Act to purchase of a lottery ticket includes a reference to any action by a person as a result of which he becomes a member of the class among whom prizes in a lottery are to be allocated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/253 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-253
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