| 词条 | Betting and Gaming Act 1960 |
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|short_title = Betting and Gaming Act 1960 |type = Act |long_title = |year = 1960 |citation = {{Plainlist}}
|introduced_by = |territorial_extent = |royal_assent = |commencement = 1 January 1961 |repeal_date = |replaces = {{Plainlist}}
|amends = |amendments = |related_legislation = Gaming Act 1968 |repealing_legislation= Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 |status = Repealed |original_text = |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = no |UK-LEG_title = |revised_text = |theyworkforyou = |millbankhansard = betting-and-gaming-act-1960 }} The Betting and Gaming Act 1960 was a British Act of Parliament that legalised additional forms of gambling in the United Kingdom. It was passed on 1 September 1960 and came into effect on 1 January 1967.[1] The ActBased on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Betting, Lotteries and Gaming, 1949–51,[2] the act came into force on 1 January 1961 and first allowed gambling for small sums in games of skill such as bridge.[3] From May 1961 betting shops were allowed to open.[4] Until 1965 about 16,000 licences were granted by local magistrates.[5] AimThe aim was to take gambling off the street and end the practice of runners (employed by bookmakers) collecting from punters, a move welcomed by the clergy. Fines would be imposed at a later date to any street gambling.[1] ConsequencesThe opening of betting shops affected the greyhound racing industry in the United Kingdom with attendances suffering throughout Britain. From 1961-1969 there were 21 National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) registered track closures[6] and many independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) track closures. The act is regarded as one of the primary reasons for the decline of greyhound racing with 91 NGRC track closures alone recorded from 1960-2010.[7] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_2969000/2969846.stm|title=1960: Game on for British betting shops|publisher=BBC News}} 2. ^{{cite journal |url=http://clj.sagepub.com/content/25/2/149.extract |title=The Betting and Gaming Act, 1960 |journal=Journal of Criminal Law |volume=25 |number=2 |pages=149–55 |year=1961 |doi=10.1177/002201836102500209 }} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_2969000/2969846.stm |title=On this day: 1 September 1960 Game on for British betting shops |work=BBC News Online |date=1 September 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2014 }} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/our-national-love-affair-a-history-of-the-betting-shop-804966.html |title=Our national love affair: a history of the betting shop |author=Stan Hey |work=The Independent |date=5 April 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2014 }} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/apr/29/comment.theobserver|title=Past, present and future of legal betting|last=Rock|first=Graham|date=2001-04-29|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-07-14}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Genders|first=Roy|title=The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing|year=1981|publisher=Pelham Books Ltd|isbn=07207-1106-1}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Hobbs|first=Jonathan|title=Greyhound Annual 2008|year=2007|publisher=Raceform|isbn=978-1-905153-53-4}} External links
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