How much are operating licence application fees - betting?
You will need to pay a fee to apply for a betting operating
licence.
You should pay your operating licence application
fee at the same time as you submit your operating licence
application.
Operating licence - application fees
General betting (standard) operating licence - application
fee
If you run a betting shop, we work out your application fee,
based on the number of shops you run:
| |
Number of
shops |
| |
A
Up to 4 |
B
5 - 15 |
C
16 - 50 |
D
51 - 99 |
E1
100-199 |
E2
200-349 |
| General betting
(standard) - application fee |
£977 |
£977 |
£3,417 |
£17,087 |
£19,087 |
£22,087 |
| |
E3
350 - 499 |
E4
500 - 999 |
E5
1000 - 1499 |
E6
1500 - 1999 |
E7
2000 or more |
|
| General betting (standard) - application fee |
£31,032 |
£40,032 |
£40,032 |
£40,032 |
£40,032 |
|
If you run an internet betting site, we work out
your application fee by your annual gross gambling yield:
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
Less than
£0.5m |
G
£0.5m or
greater, up to but excluding £5m |
H
£5m or
greater, up to but excluding £25m |
I
£25m or
greater, up to but excluding £100m |
J
£100m or
greater, up to but excluding £250m |
K
£250m or
greater, up to but excluding - £500m |
L
£500m or
greater |
| Remote general betting
standard virtual events - application fee |
£2,933 |
£7,169 |
£11,274 |
£16,551 |
£26,641 |
£37,591 |
£63,671 |
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
less than £5.5 million |
G
£5.5m - £55m |
H
£55m - £110m |
I
£110m - £220m |
J
£220m-£550m |
K
£550m+ |
| Remote general betting
standard real events - application fee |
£3,259 |
£7,169 |
£9,474 |
£16,274 |
£19,551 |
£28,641 |
Remote general betting (standard) (remote platform)
operating licence
The application fee for a general betting (standard) (remote
platform) operating licence is £198. There is no application fee if
you are also applying for a non-remote general betting (standard)
or non-remote general betting (limited) operating licence, or a
remote general betting (limited) operating licence.
General betting (limited) operating licence - application
fee
If you run a betting service on a track, we work out
your application fee and your annual fee by the number of
track days you attend:
| |
Track
days |
| |
A
Up to 75 |
B
76 - 199 |
C
200+ |
| General betting (limited)
- application fee |
£178 |
£355 |
£979 |
Pool betting and betting intermediaries operating licence -
application fee
If you run a betting exchange, or pool betting, we work out your
application fee by your annual gross gambling yield:
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
A
Less than £0.55m |
B
£0.55m - £2.5m |
C
£2.5m-£5.5m |
D
£5.5m-£10m |
E
£10m+ |
| Pool betting -
application fee |
£651 |
£977 |
£1,274 |
£1,627 |
£4,882 |
| Betting intermediary -
application fee |
£198 |
£198 |
£198 |
|
|
If you run a betting exchange or pool betting website,
the application fee is:
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
Less than £1.5m |
G
£1.5m - £5.5m |
H
£5.5m - £55m |
I
£55m - £110m |
J
£110m-£220m |
K
£220m-£550m |
L
£550m+ |
| Remote pool betting - application fee |
£651 |
£982 |
£1,627 |
£2.027 |
£4,882 |
£4,882 |
£4,882 |
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
Less than £5.5m |
G
£5.5m - £55m |
H
£55m - £110m |
I
£110m - £220m |
J
£220m-£550m |
K
£550m+ |
| Remote betting intermediary - application fee |
£6,346 |
£13,018 |
£14,784 |
£16,274 |
£19,551 |
£28,641 |
Betting intermediary (trading rooms) operating licence -
application fee
Trading rooms need a type of remote betting intermediary
licence, and the application fee is:
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
Less than £550k |
G
£550k-£6.6m |
H
£6.6m+ |
| Remote betting
intermediary (trading rooms) - application fee |
£593 |
£977 |
£1,627 |
Remote general betting (limited) operating licence fee
This licence allows you to provide facilities for betting only
by means of a telephone or by email (in circumstances where bets
taken are manually processed by the licence holder) up to a maximum
annual gross gambling yield of £550,000. If bets are automatically
processed by gambling software, or where any other means of remote
communication is used to provide facilities for betting, or if your
annual gross gambling yield exceeds £550,000, a remote general
betting (standard) operating licence will be required.
| |
Gross
gambling yield |
| |
F
Up to £550,000 |
More than
£550,000 |
| Remote general betting
(limited) - application fee |
£593 |
See remote general betting
(standard) real events |
Ancillary and linked licences - application fee
You may also need to add the fees of an ancillary or one of our
linked licences to your total application fee.
| |
Cost |
| Remote ancillary licence
- application fee |
£100 |
| |
Cost |
| Linked gaming machine
technical |
£165 |
| Linked remote gaming
machine technical |
£165 |
| Linked gambling
software |
£165 |
| Linked remote gambling
software |
£165 |
Page last reviewed: September
2012