ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Gambling Control Act
100. Sale or distribution of unauthorized tickets
Edition: 2025-08-12 · In force
100. Sale or distribution of unauthorized tickets
A person who promotes or proposes an unauthorized lottery be promoted either in Kenya or elsewhere or—(a)prints a ticket to be used in an unauthorized lottery;(b)sells or distributes, or offers or advertises for sale or distribution, or has in his or her possession for the purpose of sale or distribution, tickets or chances in a lottery;(c)distributes, or has in his or her possession for the purpose of distribution—(i)an advertisement of an unauthorized lottery;(ii)a list of prize winners or winning tickets in an unauthorized lottery; or(iii)any matter descriptive of the drawing or intended drawing of a lottery relating to an unauthorized lottery, which is intended to act as an inducement to persons to participate in the lottery or in other lottery;(d)brings, or invites any person to send, into Kenya for the purpose of sale or distribution of a ticket or advertisement of unauthorized lottery; or(e)sends or attempts to send out of Kenya any valuable thing received in respect of the sale or distribution, or a document recording the sale or distribution, or the identity of the holder, of a ticket or chance in the lottery,commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.