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The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

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Prohibition of certain gamingN.I.

55.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no gaming shall take place where any one or more than one of the following conditions is fulfilled—

(a)the game involves playing or staking against a bank, whether the bank is held by one of the players or not;

(b)the nature of the game is such that the chances in the game are not equally favourable to all the players;

(c)the nature of the game is such that the chances in it lie between the player and some other person, or (if there are 2 or more players) lie wholly or partly between the players and some other person, and those chances are not as favourable to the player or players as they are to that other person.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—

(a)gaming which takes place on a domestic occasion in premises used only as a private residence;

(b)any gaming where the gaming takes place in a hostel, hall of residence or similar establishment which is not carried on by way of a trade or business and the players consist exclusively or mainly of persons who are residents or inmates in that establishment.

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