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Article 52 Consumer information relating to remote gambling services

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(1)

This article applies to a merchant who provides a remote gambling service to a consumer.

(2)

The merchant must make available to the consumer—

(a)

a record of the consumer’s use of the remote gambling service (including information about wins and losses), and

(b)

the consumer’s account information (including the latest balance).

(3)

The information in paragraph (2) must be made available at all times while the consumer is using the service.

(4)

In this article—

  • “remote gambling service” means a threshold service that includes the making available of a facility for—

    1. (a)

      gaming (within the meaning of section 6 of the 2005 Act), or

    2. (b)

      betting (within the meaning of sections 9 to 11 of the 2005 Act),

    but does not include a betting tipster service or a society lottery service;

  • “betting tipster service” means a threshold service solely making available a facility for offering information to consumers for the purposes of facilitating the making or accepting of a bet in relation to—

    1. (a)

      the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process,

    2. (b)

      the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring, or

    3. (c)

      whether anything is or is not true;

  • “society lottery service” has the meaning given in article 53(4).