The Lotteries Act 1710 (9 Ann. c. 6) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. As enacted, it specified duties on exports of certain commodities, coal, and candles and regulated the state lottery. Section 57, the last to be repealed, reinforced the Suppression of Lotteries Act 1698 (10 Will. 3. c. 23) and specified a £100 fine for offenders, to be distributed one third each to the Crown, the parish poor, and the informant.
Section 14 in Ruffhead's Edition corresponds to sections 14 and 15 in The Statutes of the Realm, 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.British act 29 Geo. 2. c. 7. s. 26
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 actsStamp Act 1712; Lotteries Acts 1721, 1722, 1732, 1806; Gaming Acts 1738, 1802 until it was finally abolished under the Lotteries Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 60).
Subsequent developments The whole act, except section 57, was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59), which came into force on 15 July 1867.
The portions of the long title describing the provisions repealed in 1867 were deleted by the Statute Law Revision Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59) .
In section 57, the words from " to be recovered by information " to the end of the section were repealed for Northern Ireland by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 5), which came into force on 18 December 1953.
The whole act was repealed for Great Britain by section 32 of, and the second schedule to, the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 58, which came into force on 1 January 1935),Betting and Lotteries Act 1934, section 32 and schedule 2, for Northern Ireland by section 35 of, and part II of the schedule to, the Betting and Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957 (1957 c. 19 (N.I.)), which came into force on 1 August 1957,Betting and Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957 [1957 c. 19 (N.I.)] section 35 and part II of the schedule and for the Republic of Ireland by section 3 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, which came into force on 1 March 1956.Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, s.3 and part I of schedule
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