Part I Betting Duties
Pool betting duty
7B Net pool betting receipts: meaning of “dutiable pool bet”
1
For the purposes of a calculation under section 7A of the amount of a person’s net pool betting receipts for any accounting period, a bet (wherever made) is a “dutiable pool bet” if—
a
the bet is made by way of pool betting, and
b
the following conditions are satisfied.
2
The first condition is that—
a
the bet is made by means of a totalisator situated in the United Kingdom and that person is the operator, or
b
the bet is made otherwise than by means of a totalisator and that person is the promoter and is in the United Kingdom.
3
The second condition is that the bet is not—
a
made by way of sponsored pool betting,
b
made as mentioned in section 4(3), or
c
made for community benefit.
4
The third condition is that if the bet was made before 31st March 2002, at least one event to which it relates takes place on or after that date.