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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/19",
  "legislation_title": "Gambling Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Gambling",
  "text": "In this Act “gambling” means—\n(a) gaming (within the meaning of section 6),\n(b) betting (within the meaning of section 9), and\n(c) participating in a lottery (within the meaning of section 14 and subject to section 15).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 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/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:07:21.579568+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}