The Gambling Act 2005 (Mandatory and Default Conditions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

PART 3 Mandatory conditions attaching to large casino premises licences

1.  A notice stating that no person under the age of 18 years is permitted to enter the premises shall be displayed in a prominent place at every entrance to the premises.

2.—(1) The premises shall contain a table gaming area, the floor area of which is no less than 1000m².

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), in determining the floor area of the table gaming area, any number of separate areas within the premises may be taken into account.

(3) Any separate area that comprises less than 12.5% of the minimum required table gaming area shall not be taken into account in determining the table gaming area.

3.  No gambling shall be permitted in the table gaming area of the premises other than gambling by way of table gaming.

4.—(1) The premises shall contain a non-gambling area which comprises no less than 500m².

(2) The non-gambling area may consist of one or more areas within the premises.

(3) Lobby areas and toilet facilities may be taken into account in calculating the non-gambling area; but the non-gambling area shall not consist exclusively of lobby areas and toilet facilities.

(4) Facilities for gambling shall not be provided in the non-gambling area.

(5) At any time during which facilities for gambling are being provided on the premises, each separate area comprising of the non-gambling area, other than the lobby areas and toilet facilities referred to in sub-paragraph (3), shall contain recreational facilities that are available for use by customers on the premises.

5.  A notice shall be displayed in a prominent place in each part of the premises used for providing facilities for betting, setting out the terms on which persons are invited to bet on the premises.

6.—(1) A notice setting out the information in sub-paragraph (2) shall be displayed in a prominent place at the main point on the premises where payment for the charge is to be made for a game card (or set of game cards) in respect of a game of bingo.

(2) The notice in sub-paragraph (1) shall include the following information—

(a) the cost (in money) of each game card (or set of game cards) payable by an individual in respect of a game of bingo;

(b) in respect of each game card (or set of game cards) referred to in paragraph (a) the maximum amount that will be charged by way of a participation fee for entitlement to participate in that game; and

(c) a statement to the effect that all or part of the participation fee may be waived at the discretion of the person charging it.

(3) The notice may be displayed in electronic form.

(4) A reference in this paragraph to a charge in respect of gaming does not include an amount paid for an opportunity to win one or more prizes in gaming to which section 288 of the 2005 Act (meaning of “prize gaming”) applies.

(5) The rules of each type of bingo game that is available to be played on the premises shall be made available to customers in each part of the premises used for providing facilities for bingo.

(6) The condition in sub-paragraph (5) may be satisfied by—

(a) displaying a sign setting out the rules,

(b) making available leaflets or other written material containing the rules, or

(c) running an audio-visual guide to the rules prior to any bingo game being commenced.

7.  No more than 40 separate betting positions may be made available for use in relation to betting machines at any time.