{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-regulations-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-regulations-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3223",
  "legislation_title": "The Lotteries Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lotteries-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES\nMade 18th December 1993\nLaid before Parliament 10th January 1994\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nIn pursuance of section 12 of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976, and having consulted the Gaming Board for Great Britain and such associations of local authorities as appear to me to be concerned, I hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3223/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:52.856533+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."
}