What operating licences do I need - casinos?
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The following types of licence apply to casinos
and remote casino businesses. Please read the details below to see
which licence you need:
Activities you undertake in relation to the above licences
may bring with them other licensing requirements in relation to
gaming machines or gambling software.
1968 Act casino operating licence
If you are running a casino that was originally licensed under
the Gaming Act 1968, you should already have an operating licence
from us.
If you wish to take over a casino business which operates
under a 1968 Act casino operating licence, you should contact us to
find out what you need to do.
Non-remote 2005 Act casino operating licence
This licence allows you to run either a small casino or a
large casino.
Non-remote 2005 Act small casino
If you would like to run a small casino under the 2005 Act, you
should have a minimum table gaming area of 500 square metres and a
minimum non-gambling area of 250 square metres.
You are allowed a maximum of 80 gaming machines from category B1 to D but not
category B3A. The number of category B1 machines you
are allowed depends on the table ratio of the gambling area.
You can offer any of the games listed in our types and rules of
casino games at a
small casino.
You can only run a small casino in the following local licensing
authority areas:
- Bath and North East Somerset District Council
- East Lindsey District Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Scarborough Borough Council
- Swansea City and County Council
- Torbay Borough Council
- Wigtown Divisional Licensing Board in the area of Dumfries and
Galloway Council
- Wolverhampton City Council.
Non-remote 2005 Act large casino
If you would like to run a large casino under the 2005 Act, you
should have a minimum table gaming area of 1,000 square metres
and a minimum non-gambling area of 500 square metres.
You are allowed a maximum of 150 gaming machines from category B1 to D but
not categroy B3A. The number of category B1 machines you are
allowed depends on the table ratio of the gambling area.
You can offer any of the games listed in our types and rules of
casino games at a
large casino.
You can only run a large casino in the following local licensing
authority areas:
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Kingston upon Hull City Council
- Leeds City Council
- Middlesbrough Borough Council
- Milton Keynes Borough Council
- Newham London Borough Council
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- Southampton City Council.
Apply for an operating licence.
The large casino licence allows you to operate both large and
small casinos. The casinos must be in the local licensing authority
areas as noted above.
Ancillary remote
If you are applying for non-remote licence types, but still want
to offer some casino gaming in a single premises (not linked with
gaming that takes place on another set of premises) by
remote means, such as hand
held terminals, you must add an ancillary remote licence to
your main licence type.
The Gambling Commission considers an activity to be ancillary to
the specified licensed activity when an activity
is only an additional or secondary activity to the
specified licensed activity.
Remote casino operating licence
You will need a remote casino operating licence if you want to
offer casino games via an online casino, mobile phone, TV or other
online service that offers casino games. This includes poker,
roulette, blackjack and other casino games from our types and rules
of casino
games.
Apply
for an operating licence.
Page last reviewed: June
2012