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any place kept or used for gaming, to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access;

any place kept for habitual gaming, whether the public or any class of the public has or may have access to it or not;

any place kept or used for the purpose of a public lottery;

any place (including a place which is owned, occupied, possessed, kept, used or maintained by any society or any other organisation, body or group of persons, whether or not that society, organisation, body or group is established by or under any written law) —

where four or more persons are gaming;

playing any game specified in the Schedule; and

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playing or operating any gaming machine;

“gaming machine” means any mechanical, electrical or electronic machine or device (including any computer program used in such machine or device), whether wholly or partly mechanically, electrically or electronically operated, that is so designed or that has been so adapted that —

it may be used for the purpose of playing any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill; and

as a result of playing or operating the machine or device, winnings in money or money’s worth may become payable;

“instrument or appliances for gaming” includes all articles which are used in, or for the purpose of, gaming or a lottery;

“lottery” includes any game, method or device whereby money or money’s worth is distributed or allotted in any manner depending upon or to be determined by chance or lot whether the game, method or device is held, drawn, exercised or managed within or outside Brunei Darussalam;

“lottery ticket” includes any paper, figure, writing, symbol or other article whatsoever which either expressly or tacitly entitles or purports to entitle the holder or any other person to receive any money or money’s worth on the happening of any event or contingency connected with any public lottery;

“place” means any house, office, room or building and any place or spot whether open or enclosed and includes a ship, boat or other vessel whether afloat or not and any vehicle;

“public lottery” means a lottery to which the public or any class of the public has or may have access and every lottery is deemed, until the contrary be proved, to be a public lottery;

“a senior police officer” means any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent and includes any police officer by name or office specially authorised by His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to exercise the powers of a senior police officer under this Act.

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