Family entertainment centre (FEC) operating licence

This licence allows you to offer an unlimited number of category C and D gaming machines in a premises which is open to all ages. Category C machines must, however, be in a segregated part of the premises that is supervised to prevent children and young people accessing those machines.

If you apply for one of these licences you can also apply for linked licences if you intend to maintain the gaming machines on the FEC premises yourself.

If you just want to make category D gaming machines or bingo prize gaming machines available to play in your arcade you don’t need a licence from us, but you do need a permit from your local licensing authority.

You do not need a licence from us if you have machines that do not offer a prize, or the prize is worth the same or less than the money paid to play the machine. 

Application fee family entertainment centre (FEC) operating licence 

Application fees

Fee category	A1	A2	A3	B1	B2	B3	C1	D1
Annual gross gambling yield	Less than £200,000	£200,000 or   greater, up to but excluding £750,000	£750,000 or   greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million	£1.25 million   or greater, up to but excluding £2 million	£2 million   or greater, up to but excluding £4 million	£4 million   or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million	£7.5 million   or greater, up to but excluding £14 million	£14 million   or greater, up to but excluding £30 million
Application Fee	£879	£879	£879	£879	£879	£879	£1,464	£4,394
Fee category	E1
Gross gambling yield	£30 million   or greater, up to but excluding £125 million
Application Fee	£14,647

Annual fees family entertainment centre (FEC) operating licence

Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued to you. Subsequent annual fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.

For the first year, the annual fees below will be reduced by 25% (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction). 

If you apply for a combination of different kinds of licence, you will get a discount on your annual fee.

Annual fees

Fee category	A1	A2	A3	B1	B2	B3	C1	D1
Annual gross gambling yield	Less than £200,000	£200,000 or   greater, up to but excluding £750,000	£750,000 or   greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million	£1.25 million   or greater, up to but excluding £2 million	£2 million   or greater, up to but excluding £4 million	£4 million   or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million	£7.5 million   or greater, up to but excluding £14 million	£14 million   or greater, up to but excluding £30 million
Annual Fee	£1,000	£1,020	£1,675	£2,680	£2,922	£3,333	£9,770	£19,193
Fee category	E1
Gross gambling yield	£30 million   or greater, up to but excluding £125 million
Annual Fee	£36,383

 

 

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