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Bingo question removal

Guidance for the Bingo regulatory return type can be found within the Regulatory returns guidance: Bingo.

Within the operational section the following questions will be removed for reporting periods with a start date on or after 1 July 2024:

  • Workforce information: Total number of employees
  • Operational events: Of which, disputes logged by the operator
  • Operational events: Self-excluded individuals opting to return to gambling
  • Operational events: Customer incidents on gambling premises (directly related to gambling activity) requiring police assistance
  • Premises Overview: Total number of inactive (but still licensed by local authority) premises
  • Premises Overview: Total number of acquired premises
  • Premises Overview: Total number of disposed premises.

Within the financial section the following questions will be removed for reporting periods with a start date on or after 1 July 2024:

  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category B3 (Number of EBTs)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category B4 (Number of EBTs)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category C (Number of EBTs)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category D (Number of EBTs)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category – Total (Number of EBTs)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category B3 (GGY (gross gambling yield) of each category)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category B4 (GGY of each category)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category C (GGY of each category)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category D (GGY of each category)
  • Electric Bingo Terminals (EBT): Category – Total (GGY of each category
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals with Video Bingo: Number of EBT terminals with Video Bingo content
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals with Video Bingo: Total GGY for EBT terminal with Video Bingo content
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games: Category – Main stage bingo games (Total Gross Sales)
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games: Category – Prize Gaming (Total Gross Sales)
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals – Bingo Games: Category – Mechanised cash bingo (Total Gross Sales)
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games: Category – Main stage bingo games (Total Participation Fees)
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games: Category – Prize Gaming (Total Participation Fees)
  • Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games: Category – Mechanised cash bingo (Total Participation Fees)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Main stage bingo games (Total Sales)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Mechanised cash bingo (Total Sales)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Total (Total Sales)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Prize gaming (Total participation fees)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Main stage bingo games (Total participation fees)
  • Bingo games played on Electronic Bingo Terminals: Category – Mechanised cash bingo (Total participation fees)
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B2 (Number of cabinets)1
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B3 (Number of cabinets)1
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B4 (Number of cabinets)1
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B2 (Gross Gambling Yield)1
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B3 (Gross Gambling Yield)1
  • Cabinets: Cabinet category – B4 (Gross Gambling Yield).1

Within the other information section the following questions will be removed for reporting periods with a start date on or after 1 July 2024: Other information:

  • Any other information to support this return.

Notes

Please note we are consolidating fields in relation to EBTs. You will still be required to report GGY for these products, but they will need to be reported within other fields. For example all activity relating to EBT machines will be recorded alongside traditional machines data under ‘Cabinets’, all activity relating to EBT bingo will be recorded under the relevant bingo categories (main stage etc) and all VBT activity on EBTs will be recorded under the main Video Bingo section More information will be published in the regulatory returns guidance before 1 July 2024.

1 Questions related to Cabinet category – B2, B3 and B4 have been amalgamated into single questions. These questions are ‘Cabinets: Cabinet category - B (Number of cabinets)’ and ‘Cabinets: Cabinet category- B (Gross Gambling Yield)’.

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Last updated: 3 June 2024

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