Definitions

In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context— [(i) " backer " includes any person who bets at a totalisator or with a licensed bookmaker [on a horse-race [or dog race] held on a race-course, being a race-course which is situated in this State or outside it ;]

1. (ii) " bet " includes " wager ", and " betting " includes " wagering " ;
2. (iii) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules under this Act ;
3. (iv) " licensee " means a person to whom a licence has been granted for horse-racing on a race-course under section 4 of the Bombay Race-courses Licensing Act, 1912 ; [(v) " licensed bookmaker " means any person who carries on the business or vocation of or acts as a bookmaker or turf commission agent under a licence or permit issued by a licensee to enable him to carry on his business or vocation under the Bombay Race-courses Licensing Act, 1912, [or of the Maharashtra Dog Race-courses Licensing Act, 1976,] as specified in the licence or permit ;] [(vi)] [totalisator " means a totalisator in an enclosure which the licensees have set apart in accordance with the Bombay Race-courses Licensing Act, 1912 [or of the Maharashtra Dog Race-courses Licensing Act, 1976,] [or a totalisator which the licensees have set up in any other place approved by the State Government in this behalf,] 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 [or on a horse-race [or dog -race] held on a race-course, being a race-course which is situated in this State or outside it ; [(vii) the words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Bombay Race-courses Licensing Act, 1912] [or, as the case may be, the Maharashtra Dog Race-courses Licensing Act, 1976.].