8. Presumption against person accepting or receiving stakes, etc.
Feedback & supportAny person accepting or receiving bets, stakes or wagers or found in possession of any books, accounts, documents, telegrams, writings, circulars, cards or other articles which are used or appear to have been used or intended to be used in connection with or which relate or appear to relate to the business of a bookmaker shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be acting as a bookmaker.
bookmaker
“bookmaker” means any person who, whether on his own account or as penciller, runner, employee or agent for any other person, receives or negotiates bets or wagers whether on a cash or on a credit basis and whether for money or money’s worth, or who in any manner holds himself out or permits himself to be held out in any manner as a person who receives or negotiates those bets or wagers; but does not include a club, its officers or employees or any other person or organisation operating or conducting a totalisator or pari‑mutuel or any other system or method of cash or credit betting authorised under section 22;
Any person who settles or pays money or money’s worth in respect of bets or wagers relating to a horse‑race or any other kind of race shall also be presumed until the contrary is proved to be acting as a bookmaker.