Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act

28. Betting with young persons an offence

Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed

28. Betting with young persons an offence

(1)A person who—

(a)bets with a young person; or

(b)employs a young person on licensed betting premises or in connection with a pool betting scheme or in the effecting of any betting other than—

(i)the effecting of betting by post; or

(ii)the carriage of a communication relating to betting for the purpose of its conveyance by post; or

(c)receives or negotiates a bet through a young person; or

(d)sends to a young person any circular, notice, advertisement, letter or other document relating to betting,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

(2)In this section, "young person" means a person—

(a)who is under the age of eighteen years and whom the person committing an offence in relation to him under this section knows, or ought to know, to be under that age; or

(b)who is apparently under that age.

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Source: Kenya Law