The Lotteries Act 1710 (

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c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. As enacted, it specified

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on exports of certain commodities,

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, and

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s and regulated the state lottery. Section 57, the last to be repealed, reinforced the Suppression of Lotteries Act 1698 and specified a £100 fine for offenders, to be distributed one third each to

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, the parish poor, and the

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. Section 14 in Ruffhead's Edition corresponds to sections 14 and 15 in ''

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'', and later section numbers are consequently one less in Ruffhead. The penalties specified in the act for unauthorised lotteries were extended to the Kingdom of Ireland in 1756. Some of the duties ceased automatically after 32 years; others were ceased by various acts from 1784 onwards. The 1710 act's provisions regulating the state lottery were amended by later acts until it was finally abolished under the Lotteries Act 1823. All sections of the act except section 57 were repealed by the

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describing the provisions repealed in 1867 were deleted by the

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. The whole Act was repealed in Great Britain by the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934, in Northern Ireland by the Betting and Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957, and in the Republic of Ireland by the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956.Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, s.3 an
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* Halsbury's Statutes Candles Coal in the United Kingdom Customs duties Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1710 Lotteries in the United Kingdom Repealed Great Britain Acts of Parliament Tax legislation in the United Kingdom Gambling legislation in the United Kingdom {{GB-statute-stub