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Club gaming permit

A club gaming permit (CGP) is available to members’ clubs or miners’ welfare institutes, but not commercial clubs.

It allows the club to offer:

  • equal chance gaming, such as poker and bingo
  • games of chance (pontoon and chemin de fer only)
  • up to 3 gaming machines in total of categories B3A, B4, C or D, but by agreement, only one machine can be of category B3A.

Restrictions on the gaming

These are:

  • no limits on stakes and prizes, except bingo where there is a stakes and prizes limit of £2,000 in any seven day period
  • limit on participation fees per person per day - £20 for bridge and or whist (if played on a day on which no facilities of any kinds of gaming (other than bridge or whist) are provided by the relevant club on that day), £3 for other gaming (including poker) in any other circumstances.
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Last updated: 15 November 2022

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