Betting and Gaming Act 1960

Betting and Gaming Act 1960
Dates
Act of Parliament

Citation	8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 60 1960 c. 60
Commencement	1 January 1961
Other legislation
Replaces	Betting Act 1853 Betting Act 1874
Repealed by	Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963
Relates to	Gaming Act 1968
Status: Repealed
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from hansard.millbanksystems.com

The Betting and Gaming Act 1960 was a British Act of Parliament that legalised additional forms of gambling in the United Kingdom.

The Act

Based on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Betting, Lotteries and Gaming, 1949–51,^[1] the act came into force on 1 January 1961 and first allowed gambling for small sums in games of skill such as bridge.^[2] From May 1961 betting shops were allowed to open.^[3]

Until 1965 about 16,000 licences were granted by local magistrates.^[4]

Consequences

The opening of betting shops affected the greyhound racing industry in the United Kingdom with attendances suffering throughout Britain. From 1961-1969 there were 21 National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) registered track closures^[5] and many independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) track closures. The act is regarded as one of the primary reasons for the decline of greyhound racing with 91 NGRC track closures alone recorded from 1960-2010.^[6]

References

↑ "The Betting and Gaming Act, 1960". Journal of Criminal Law. 25 (2): 149–55. 1961. doi:10.1177/002201836102500209.
↑ "On this day: 1 September 1960 Game on for British betting shops". BBC News Online. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ Stan Hey (5 April 2008). "Our national love affair: a history of the betting shop". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ Rock, Graham (2001-04-29). "Past, present and future of legal betting". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
↑ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
↑ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.

External links

Mentions of the Betting and Gaming Act 1960 in Hansard.
Mark Griffiths. "Great Britain". In Gerhard Meyer; Tobias Hayer; Mark Griffiths. Problem Gambling in Europe: Challenges, Prevention, and Interventions. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 103–22. ISBN 978-0-3870-9486-1.

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