Gambling
Our responsibilities are:
- the licensing of gambling premises
- issuing provisional statements for premises
- considering temporary use of premises notices
- granting permits for gaming and gaming machines in clubs and miners’ welfare institutes
- regulating gaming and gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises
- granting permits to family entertainment centres for category D machines
- granting permits for prize gaming
- considering occasional use notices for betting tracks
- granting small society lottery permits
All other gambling responsibilities are with the Gambling Commission.
You can read our statement of gambling licensing principles [docx] 1MB which is reviewed at least every 3 years.
Premises licences
You must have a premises licence if you want to have any of the following types of gambling business:
- adult gaming centre (AGC)
- betting (apart from track)
- betting at a track
- bingo
- casino
- family entertainment centre (FEC)
To apply for a gambling premises licence, you must be:
- over 18
- authorised to make a gambling application on behalf of a company or partnership
- hold an operators’ licence from the Gambling Commission
The category of gaming machine allowed differs between the types of premises.
Machine category |
Maximum stake |
Maximum prize |
Allowed premises |
---|---|---|---|
A |
unlimited |
unlimited |
currently not allowed |
£5 |
£10,000 (with the option of a maximum £20,000 linked progressive jackpot on a premises basis only) |
|
|
£2 |
£500 |
|
|
£2 |
£500 |
|
|
£2 |
£500 |
|
|
£2 |
£400 |
|
|
£1 |
£100 |
|
|
10p |
£5 |
|
|
30p |
£8 |
|
|
£1 |
£50 |
|
|
D combined money and non-money prize (other than coin pusher or penny falls machines) |
10p |
£8 (of which no more than £5 may be a cash prize) |
|
D combined money and non-money prize (coin pusher or penny falls machine) |
20p |
£20 (of which no more than £10 can be a cash prize) |
|