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5 Gaming activities
> > (1) In this Act—
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> > gaming activity means—
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> > > (a) a game of chance or a game partly of skill and partly of chance, or
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> > > (b) without limiting paragraph (a), the award of any prize by lot or on the basis of a chance contingency related to a horse race, sporting event or competition, or
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> > > (c) any activity, event, scheme or other matter prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition as a gaming activity.
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> > participant in a gaming activity means—
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> > > (a) a person who enters or competes in, or otherwise participates in, a gaming activity, or
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> > > (b) a person on behalf of whom another person enters or competes, or otherwise participates, in a gaming activity.
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> > (2) This Act applies to a gaming activity only if it involves the sale or other disposal of property or services, or a promise to sell or otherwise dispose of property or services, to participants in the activity or at the direction of the participants.
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> > (3) This Act applies to a gaming activity whether or not consideration is paid by or on behalf of a person to become a participant.
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> > (4) The regulations may exempt a game, other activity, event, scheme or other matter from being a gaming activity to which this Act, or any provision of this Act, applies.
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> > (5) Any such exemption may be unconditional or subject to conditions.