ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Gambling Control Act
82. Provision of amusements with prize at a commercial entertainment
Edition: 2025-08-12 · In force
82. Provision of amusements with prize at a commercial entertainment
(1)A person may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), provide for amusement with a prize —(a)on a premise which a permit for the provision of an amusement has been granted by a county government under the relevant law; and(b)at a pleasure fair consisting wholly or mainly of an amusement provided by travelling showmen held on any day of the year on the premises not previously used in that year on more than twenty-seven days for the holding of a pleasure fair.(2)The following conditions shall be observed in connection with amusements under this section —(a)the amount paid by a person for any one chance to win a prize shall not exceed five thousand shillings;(b)the aggregate amount issued by way of sale of a chance in a determination of a winner of a prize shall not exceed five million shillings;(c)the sale of a chance and a declaration of a result shall take place on the same day and on the same premise on which the amusement took place;(d)money prize for distribution shall not exceed one million shillings;(e)the winning or the purchase of a chance to win a prize shall not entitle a person to any further opportunity to win money by taking part in any amusement with prize or in any gamble or lottery; and(f)in the case of a pleasure fair under subsection (1)(b), the opportunity to win a prize at an amusement to which this subsection applies shall not be the only inducement to a person to attend the fair.(3)Where an amusement with a prize takes the form of a game played by use of a machine played by insertion of a coin or a token into a machine, the following conditions shall apply—(a)a successful player may receive—(i)a money prize not exceeding one million shillings;(ii)a prize other than money of a value not exceeding five million shillings; or(iii)a token of a nominal value exchangeable for a prize other than money on the basis of a prize of a value or aggregate value not exceeding five million shillings or for a number of tokens equal to a maximum number of tokens which may be won by any one playing of the game; and(b)a player’s success at the game shall not entitle a person to exchange any prize or token for a benefit other than those provided for under paragraph (a).(4)A person who breaches the conditions specified in this section commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.