Betting Act, 1931

Certain restrictions on the use of registered premises.

20.—(1) The registered proprietor of registered premises shall not set up or maintain in or outside such premises any attraction (other than the mere carrying on of his business of bookmaking) which causes or encourages or is likely to cause or encourage persons to congregate in or outside such premises.

(2) The registered proprietor of registered premises shall not permit overcrowding or loitering in such premises.

(3) The registered proprietor of registered premises shall not proclaim or announce or permit any other person to proclaim or announce in such premises to the persons there present the terms or odds on or at which he is willing to take bets in relation to any particular race, match, or other contest, or in respect of any competitor in any such contest.

(4) The registered proprietor of registered premises shall not exhibit or permit to be exhibited in or outside such premises so as to be seen from the street any lists or statements of the terms or odds on or at which he is willing to take bets in relation to any particular race, match, or other contest, or in respect of any competitor in any such contest, or lists or statements of the competitors entered for or withdrawn from or taking or likely to take part in any such contest, or statements of facts, news, or forecasts in respect of any such contest, or any other incitement or inducement to bet.

(5) On any day on which a horse race-meeting is held in Saorstát Eireann, Northern Ireland, or Great Britain, the registered proprietor of registered premises shall not, during the period between the time fixed for the starting of the first race on that day at such race-meeting and the expiration of one-quarter of an hour after the time fixed for the starting of the last race on that day at such race-meeting, make or permit to be made in such premises any payment in respect of moneys won on any bet made with such registered proprietor in relation to a race run on that day at such race-meeting.

(6) Every registered proprietor who does any act (whether of commission or omission) which is a contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.