ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act
58. Amusement machines
Edition: 2025-06-20 · Repealed
58. Amusement machines
(1)The Board may, subject to any regulations made under this Act, issue a permit authorizing the use of an amusement machine or amusement machines on premises approved by it.(2)A permit issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the Board may impose and in every case to the condition that no person under the age of eighteen years shall play an amusement machine unless in the presence of, and with the permission of, his parent or guardian.(3)Any person who—(a)uses or permits the use of an amusement machine in respect of which a permit has not been issued under subsection (1); or(b)contravenes or allows the contravention of any condition provided for or imposed by the Board under subsection (2),shall be guilty of an offence and liable, in the case of an offence under paragraph (a), to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both and, in the case of an offence under paragraph (b), to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or to both.(4)In this section, "amusement machine" means a machine, other than a gaming machine—(a)which is operated by the insertion of a coin or coins into the machine; and(b)whereby a successful player neither receives not is offered any benefit other than—(i)the opportunity afforded by the automatic action of the machine to play the game again without insertion of a coin; or(ii)the delivery by the machine of a coin or coins of a value not exceeding that required in order to play the game once.