3A

Where any such machine on the premises is able to accept payment of the charge for play in any form other than cash, any object capable of being inserted into the machine to pay for a game or games must be redeemable in accordance with subsection (3B) of this section.

3B

Any such object is redeemable in accordance with this subsection if—

a

it is redeemable on demand at the premises where the machine is used for gaming at any time when a machine to which this Part of this Act applies is available for use for gaming at those premises;

b

a payment for redeeming it must be made in cash or by cheque (or partly in cash and partly by cheque);

c

any such payment must be of the appropriate amount.

3C

The appropriate amount is—

$\left(\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}\right)-\mathrm{C}$

where—

• A is the amount paid by or on behalf of the player for the use of the object;

• B is the amount of any prize credited to the object in accordance with subsection (5B) of this section;

• C is the amount charged for one or more services, where the object has been used to pay for the services.

3D

Subsections (3E) to (3H) of this section apply if—

a

a player inserts into any such machine on the premises something which is recognised by the machine as having a value exceeding the highest coin value;

b

the machine immediately holds to the player’s credit an amount in respect of the thing (“the initial amount”) for the purpose of paying the charge for play for playing games by means of the machine.

3E

The initial amount must not exceed the highest coin value.

3F

The machine must not hold any further amount to the player’s credit for the purpose of paying the charge for play for playing games by means of the machine unless the player takes action in respect of the machine to indicate that he wishes to play, or continue to play, games by means of the machine.

3G

The further amount held to the player’s credit by virtue of subsection (3F) of this section must not exceed the highest coin value.

3H

The highest coin value is the value of the highest denomination coin which, when the games are played—

a

is legal tender in the part of the United Kingdom in which the premises are situated, and

b

is in general circulation in that part of the United Kingdom.

4

In respect of any one game played by means of such a machine on the premises no player or person claiming under a player shall receive, or shall be entitled to receive, any article, benefit or advantage other than—

a

a prize delivered in the form of cash, or

b

a prize delivered in a form specified in subsection (4A) of this section.

4A

The form referred to in subsection (4) of this section is one which enables the person entitled to it to obtain its value—

a

in the form of cash or a cheque drawn in his favour (or partly in the form of cash and partly in the form of a cheque drawn in his favour), and

b

on demand at the premises where the machine is used for gaming at any time when a machine to which this Part of this Act applies is available for use for gaming at those premises.

5A

Subsections (5B) and (5C) of this section apply where a player or person claiming under a player is entitled to receive a prize in respect of a game played by means of such a machine.

5B

The prize may be delivered by crediting any object which is permitted to be inserted into the machine to pay for a game or games by subsection (3A) of this section.

5C

Despite subsection (4) of this section, the person entitled to the prize may choose to use all or part of its value to pay for one or more services at the premises at which the machine is used for gaming.

9

In this section “services” includes a game or games on a machine to which this Part of this Act applies.

5BA

Payment of the charge for play shall be made in cash.

5BB

Subsections (5BC) to (5BF) of this section apply if—

a

a player inserts into the machine something which is recognised by the machine as having a value exceeding the highest coin value;

b

the machine immediately holds to the player’s credit an amount in respect of the thing (“the initial amount”) for the purpose of paying the charge for play for playing games by means of the machine.

5BC

The initial amount must not exceed the highest coin value.

5BD

The machine must not hold any further amount to the player’s credit for the purpose of paying the charge for play for playing games by means of the machine unless the player takes action in respect of the machine to indicate that he wishes to play, or continue to play, games by means of the machine.

5BE

The further amount held to the player’s credit by virtue of subsection (5BD) of this section must not exceed the highest coin value.

5BF

The highest coin value is the value of the highest denomination coin which, when the games are played—

a

is legal tender in the part of the United Kingdom in which the premises are situated, and

b

is in general circulation in that part of the United Kingdom.