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Substituted by the Act No.43 of 2020, S.2. (2) "gaming" means playing a game for winnings or prizes in money or otherwise and includes playing a game of mutka or satta, 1[or playing on line game for winning money or any other stakes] and lucky board and wagering or betting, except where such wagering or betting takes place upon a horse-race - (i) on the day on which the horse-race is to be run; (ii) in an enclosure which the stewards controlling the horse-race 2[or race meeting] have, with the sanction of the Government set apart for the purpose; and (iii) (a) with a licensed book maker; or (b) by means of a totalisator; but does not include a lottery; Explanation: - For the purpose of this clause - 3[(i) Wagering or betting shall includes,- (a) collection or soliciting of bets; (b) the receipt or distribution of winning or prizes in money or otherwise in respect of any wager or bet; (c) any act which is intended to aid, induce, solicit or facilitate wagering or betting or such collection, soliciting, receipt or distribution; (d) any act of risking money or playing stakes or otherwise on the result of a game or an event including on a game of skill. (e) any action specified in sub-clauses (a) to (d) carried out directly or indirectly by the players playing any game or by any third parties.”.] (ii) "totalisator" means a totalisator in an enclosure which the stewards controlling a race meeting have set apart in accordance with sub-clause (ii) and includes any instrument, machine or contrivance known as the totalisator or any other instrument, machine or contrivance of a like nature or any scheme for enabling any number of persons to make bets with one another on the like principles; 4[(iii) “race meeting‟ means a meeting held for the purpose of horse racing at a race course within the State of Andhra Pradesh and includes a meeting held at such race course for the purpose of betting on any horse race at any other race course outside the State.] (3) "Government" means the State Government; 5[(4) “Instruments of gaming” includes cards, dice, gaming, tables, or cloths boards or any other article used for intended to be used physically or in any virtual or intangible mode including electronically as a subject or means of gaming, any document, electronic form or record, digital form or record used or intended to be used as a register or record or evidence of any gaming, the proceeds of any gaming which includes online electronic transfer of funds or transactions and any winnings or prizes in money or otherwise, distributed or intended to be distributed in respect of any gaming.]