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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/189",
  "legislation_title": "The National Lottery Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-lottery-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese regulations impose various prohibitions and restrictions in relation to the sales of tickets in lotteries forming part of the National Lottery.\nRegulation 3 provides that no National Lottery ticket shall be sold by or to a person who is aged under 16. Regulations 4 and 5 prohibit sales of or invitations to purchase National Lottery tickets in a street and on certain premises. Regulation 6 imposes restrictions on sales of National Lottery tickets by means of vending machines and regulation 7 imposes restrictions on sales of or invitations to purchase National Lottery tickets at a person’s home.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/189/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:42:04.317547+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."
}