ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act
54. Board may authorize use of gaming machine
Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed
54. Board may authorize use of gaming machine
(1)The Board may, subject to any regulations made under this Act, issue a permit authorizing the use of a gaming machine on premises approved by it.(2)A permit issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the Board may impose and to the following conditions—(a)not more than two gaming machines are made available for play in any one building or, where different parts of a building are occupied by two or more different persons, in the part or parts of the building occupied by any one of those persons; and(b)the stake hazarded in order to play the game once does not exceed one shilling; and(c)all stakes hazarded are applied either in the payment of winnings to a player of the game or for purposes other than private gain; and(d)the premises on which the gaming machine is used are not wholly or mainly used by persons under the age of eighteen years.(3)A person who contravenes any conditions provided for in subsection (2) or imposed by the Board 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.(4)In this section—(a)in construing subsection (2)(c), stakes hazarded shall not be held to be applied for purposes of private gain by reason only that their application for purposes other than private gain resulted in benefit to any person as an individual:Provided that, where a payment falls to be made by way of hiring, maintenance or other charge in respect of a gaming machine and the amount of that charge falls to be determined wholly or partly by reference to the extent to which that gaming machine is used for the purposes of gaming, then that payment shall be held to be an application of the stakes hazarded for purposes of private gain;(b)"building" includes the curtilage of the building.