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Table 2

Presentation components

Equipment which contains Act ref Brief description
Virtual Event and game “Pages” Section 36 (4)b Software that serves ‘pages’ or other media that present virtual events on which people may gamble, including:
  • internet web pages (web server)
  • digital television (dTV server) ‘pages’ mobile ‘pages’ (WAP / mobile server)
‘Client applications’ that present virtual events for gambling which are downloaded, where these applications are used in the provision of facilities for gambling (see paragraphs 14 to 18 on Client application download servers)

Application components

Equipment which contains Act ref Brief description
Virtual Event Controller Section 36 (4)c Software that determines the result of a virtual event based on an RNG output
Settling Section 36 (4)c Software that marks up (as winner or loser) and settles (determines) the amount to be paid of gambles
Random Number Generator Section 36 (4)c Software or hardware that generates random data to be used by games / events

Data

Equipment which contains Act ref Brief description
Gambling Transaction Records Section 36 (4)a and d Stored information about: An individual’s gambling transactions (e.g. £10 single on Trap 3 in the 4.37 at Monmore, 01/12/06), bet logs, game logs. The results of an individual’s gamble, e.g. win/loss amounts, including summarised information about an individual’s wins or losses, where this is used in the provision of facilities for gambling (see paragraphs 8 to 10 on Facilities for gambling and remote gambling equipment)
Virtual Event State Section 36 (4)a and d Information stored in order to keep track of the last known state of a virtual event or virtual game that an individual participated in

Any equipment on which any of the above components or data reside is considered to be remote gambling equipment.

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Last updated: 8 April 2021

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