Simplified technical standards documents available online

Press release

Date: 12 June 2012

The Gambling Commission has published five consolidated gaming machine technical standards documents at www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk.  There have been no recent changes to the standards but the new publications are simpler to use than in the past.

The consolidated publications include single documents for Category C and Category D machines along with easier to use documents for Categories A, B1, B2, B3 and B4. Each of the publications contains the most up to date version of the relevant technical standard for the relevant gaming machines and incorporate all changes made since the standards were introduced in September 2007.

The Commission’s National Compliance Manager for Gaming Machines, Stuart McPhee said:

“These publications will make life easier for anyone in gaming machine design and manufacture using the Commission’s gaming machine technical standards.”

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Notes to editors

The Gambling Commission

  1. 1. The Gambling Commission (the Commission) regulates gambling in the public interest alongside its co-regulators local licensing authorities. It does so by keeping crime out of gambling, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling. The Commission also provides independent advice to government on gambling in Britain.
  2. 2. The Commission and local licensing authorities are responsible for licensing and regulating all gambling in Great Britain other than the National Lottery and spread betting, which are the responsibility of the National Lottery Commission and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) respectively.
  3. 3. The gaming machine technical standards can be found on the Commission’s website.  

Further information

  1. Further information is available from the Commission's website. Gambling Commission: John Travers on (0121) 230 6700 or communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk.