The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994

Roulette

4.—(1) Section 13(1) of the Act (which prohibits bankers' games) shall not have effect in relation to a game of roulette which is played on premises in respect of which a licence under the Act is for the time being in force, if the game is so played as to comply with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker and the bank shall be held by the holder of the licence, or by a person acting on his behalf in pursuance of a contract of service between the holder of the licence and that person.

(3) No person other than the holder of the licence shall have any share or interest in the bank.

(4) The game shall be played with a single ball and with a roulette wheel having thirty-seven equal compartments, and no more, which shall be numbered (in any order) from 0 to 36.

(5) Any wager in relation to the game shall be payable, if won, at the appropriate odds indicated below, and shall be a wager that the score in the game will be—

(a)one specific number (35 to 1);

(b)one of two specific numbers (17 to 1);

(c)one of three specific numbers (11 to 1);

(d)one of four specific numbers (8 to 1);

(e)one of six specific numbers (5 to 1);

(f)one of twelve specific numbers (2 to 1);

(g)one of eighteen specific numbers not including 0 (1 to 1); or

(h)one of twenty-four specific numbers (1 to 2).

(6) Any wager that the score in the game will be one of eighteen specific numbers not including 0 shall be subject to the limitation that, if the score should be 0, the stake will be divided equally between the bank and the person wagering.

(7) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in this regulation.