Consultation response
January 2025 Consultation on proposed changes to the GMTS, Testing Strategy and LCCP: Consultation Response
Our position in relation to the consultation covering the Gaming Machine Technical Standards, Gaming Machine Testing Strategy and LCCP published in January 2025.
Contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Summary of responses and our position
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- Proposal 1: Consolidation and update of the Gaming Machine Technical Standards
- Proposal 2: Update of the Gaming Machine Testing Strategy
- Proposal 3: Defining a ‘session’ for the purposes of the proposals in relation to limit setting functionality and the display of net position and elapsed time
- Proposal 4: Introduce a new Gaming Machine Technical Standard that would require the availability of limit setting functionality
- Proposal 5: Amend social responsibility code provision (SCRP) 3.3.3 to place specific requirements on licensees making category B gaming machines available for use
- Proposal 6: Introduce a new Gaming Machine Technical Standard that would require the provision of safer gambling messaging during breaks in play under limit setting functionality
- Proposal 7: Introduce a new Gaming Machine Technical Standard that would require the display of net position and elapsed time
- Proposal 8: Introduce a new Gaming Machine Technical Standard that would ensure awards below the stake size are not celebrated
- Proposal 9: Introduce a new Gaming Machine Technical Standard that would prohibit features that permit a customer to reduce the time until a result is known
- Industry proposals to improve consumer enjoyment and gameplay
- Proposal 10: Gaming Machine Technical Standard 5.14 Game links – adjusting the value and the number of repeats permissible on category C gaming machines
- Proposal 11: Gaming Machine Technical Standard 5.14 Game links – removing the need for a 50/50 chance following a losing game on category B gaming machines
- Proposal 12: Gaming Machine Technical Standard 5.9 Live jackpots – allowing a player to gamble a live jackpot win on all categories of gaming machine
- Guidance relating to testing requirements and the classification of gaming machines and/or games as ‘new’ or ‘existing’ for the purposes of Gaming Machine Technical Standard 15
- Impacts, evaluation and implementation of relevant changes
- Annexes
Annex 1 - List of organisations that responded and consented to the publication of their name
The following organisations consented to the publication of their name when responding to this consultation. These respondents answered questions related to the proposals (1 to 12) covered within this publication:
- Ashford Railway Club (Kent)
- Bacta
- Bally's
- Betknowmore UK
- Betting and Gaming Council
- Bexleyheath Working Men’s Club
- Bitterne Conservative Club
- Blueprint Operations
- BMM Spain Testlabs
- Boomerang Digital
- Bordon Working Men's Club
- Bournemouth University Gambling Research Group
- Bradshaw Conservative Club
- Brandhall Labour Club Ltd
- Buzz Group Limited
- Chandlers Ford Central Club & Institute Limited
- Chandos Sports Social Club Salford
- Christchurch Conservative Club
- Clacton Pier
- Clock Face Labour Club
- Club Mirror
- Coundon Social Club Ltd
- Cowells-Arrow Bingo
- Crewkerne Conservative Club
- Daventry Working Men’s Club
- Dransfield Novelty Company Limited trading as “Dransfields”
- Elton Fold Workmens Club
- Entain Group Plc
- Fairmile Sports and Social Club
- Flamingo Leisure Ltd
- Fleet Social & Bowling Club
- Francis Maher
- Free Enterprise Group
- Gambling with Lives
- Gavin Reader Limited
- Genting Casinos UK
- Glanrhyd Coronation Club
- Grangemoor WMC
- Graves (Cumberland) Ltd T/A Opera Bingo
- Greo Evidence Insights
- Grosvenor Casinos, part of the Rank Group
- Hayes & Harlington Conservative Club
- Hippodrome Casino
- IGT Austria GmbH
- Intervision Gaming UK
- J Holland and Sons ltd
- John Codonas Pleasure Fairs Ltd
- Jubilee Social Club Limited
- Langley Park WMC
- Leisure Electronics Ltd
- Llandrindod Wells Conservative Club
- Local Government Association – the official body representing local authorities
- Lower Kingswood Social Club
- Loxford Social (Non-Political) Club & Institute
- Mecca Bingo, part of the Rank Group
- Merkur Casino Entertainment UK Limited
- Merkur Slots UK Limited
- Milford Haven Conservative Club
- Mr P's Classic Amusements
- Novomatic Gaming UK Ltd
- R.A.O.B. Social Club
- Reflex Gaming Limited
- Stansted Mountfitchet Social Club
- Sundridge & Brasted Social Club
- Sweepmate
- The Bingo Association
- The Gambling Business Group (GBG)
- Tingley Working Men’s Club
- Treatview Limited
- Tyldesley Conservative Club
- University of Helsinki
- University of Warwick
- Vallini Limited
- Vic Farm (GSC Ltd)
- West Auckland Working Men’s Club
- West Wales Amusements
- Western Social Club
- Windmill Leisure
- Witnall Automatics trading as Real Fun Group Limited.
Annex 2 - Related documents
Last updated: 30 September 2026
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