4 Restriction of pool betting.E+W+S
(1)No pool betting business shall be carried on on any track except—
(a)on an approved horse racecourse on a day on which horse races but no other races take place thereon, by the Totalisator Board or, with the authority of that Board, by the persons having the management of that racecourse; or
(b)on a dog racecourse which is a licensed track, by means of a totalisator operated in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of this Act by, or by a person authorised in that behalf in writing by, the occupier of the track;
and every person who contravenes the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person from receiving or negotiating bets on an approved horse racecourse with a view to those bets being made by way of sponsored pool betting.
(2)No person shall carry on any pool betting business otherwise than on a track unless he is a registered pool promoter, that is to say, a person who is registered for the purpose and whose registration is for the time being in force; and any person who carries on any business in contravention of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to sponsored pool betting business [F1or to the operation of a licensed inter-track betting scheme].
(3)Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for the purposes of the registration of a person as, and the conduct of his pool betting business by, a registered pool promoter.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(2) inserted (7.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3231, art. 5(1)