Licence activities
Non-remote general betting standard operating licence
This licence allows you to provide betting facilities at betting shops and at tracks and or courses.
In addition to an operating licence, you will also need to apply to the relevant local licensing authorities for a betting premises licence for each shop.
The operating licence allows you to offer up to four gaming machines in each betting premises. The machines have to be in category B2 or lower, but not category B3A. If you choose not to offer gaming machines your annual fee under this licence may be lower.
Activities
This page details fees for the following:
Application fees
- Non-remote general betting standard
- Non-remote general betting standard (no gaming machines)
Annual fees
- Non-remote general betting standard
- Non-remote general betting standard (no gaming machines)
Current application fees - General betting standard
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £200,000 | £1,406 |
| A2 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £750,000 | £1,406 |
| A3 | £750,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million | £1,406 |
| B1 | £1.25 million or greater, up to but excluding £2 million | £1,406 |
| B2 | £2 million or greater, up to but excluding £4 million | £1,406 |
| B3 | £4 million or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million | £1,406 |
| C1 | £7.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £14 million | £4,920 |
| D1 | £14 million or greater, up to but excluding £30 million | £24,605 |
| E1 | £30 million or greater, up to but excluding £125 million | £27,485 |
| E2 | £125 million or greater, up to but excluding £325 million | £31,805 |
| E3 | £325 million or greater, up to but excluding £550 million | £44,686 |
| E4 | £550 million or greater, up to but excluding £750 million | £57,646 |
| E5 | £750 million or greater, up to but excluding £1 billion | £57,646 |
| E6 | £1 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 billion | £57,646 |
| E7 | £1.25 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.5 billion | £57,646 |
| E8 | £1.5 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.75 billion | £57,646 |
| E9 | £1.75 billion or greater | £57,646 |
Non-remote general betting standard - no gaming machines
This licence is for where there are no gaming machines on a betting premises.
Current application fees
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £200,000 | £1,406 |
| A2 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £750,000 | £1,406 |
| A3 | £750,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million | £1,406 |
| B1 | £1.25 million or greater, up to but excluding £2 million | £1,406 |
| B2 | £2 million or greater, up to but excluding £4 million | £1,406 |
| B3 | £4 million or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million | £1,406 |
| C1 | £7.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £14 million | £4,920 |
Current annual fees - General betting standard
Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).
After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £200,000 | £1,523 |
| A2 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £750,000 | £1,699 |
| A3 | £750,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million | £2,873 |
| B1 | £1.25 million or greater, up to but excluding £2 million | £4,183 |
| B2 | £2 million or greater, up to but excluding £4 million | £4,945 |
| B3 | £4 million or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million | £6,235 |
| C1 | £7.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £14 million | £14,672 |
| D1 | £14 million or greater, up to but excluding £30 million | £34,730 |
| E1 | £30 million or greater, up to but excluding £125 million | £53,628 |
| E2 | £125 million or greater, up to but excluding £325 million | £122,904 |
| E3 | £325 million or greater, up to but excluding £550 million | £222,609 |
| E4 | £550 million or greater, up to but excluding £750 million | £322,354 |
| E5 | £750 million or greater, up to but excluding £1 billion | £427,967 |
| E6 | £1 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 billion | £545,315 |
| E7 | £1.25 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.5 billion | £662,662 |
| E8 | £1.5 billion or greater, up to but excluding £1.75 billion | £780,011 |
| E9 | £1.75 billion or greater | £895,011 plus £100,000 for each complete additional £250 million of annual gross gambling yield above £1.75 billion |
Non-remote general betting standard - no gaming machines
This licence is for where there are no gaming machines on a betting premises.
Current annual fees
If you intend to provide betting at licensed premises but will not make any gaming machines available for use on those premises, the annual fees for your general betting (standard) operating licence will be as shown in the following table. The application fee for your licence will be the same as shown in the table at the top of this page.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £200,000 | £1,408 |
| A2 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £750,000 | £1,584 |
| A3 | £750,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1.25 million | £2,758 |
| B1 | £1.25 million or greater, up to but excluding £2 million | £4,068 |
| B2 | £2 million or greater, up to but excluding £4 million | £4,830 |
| B3 | £4 million or greater, up to but excluding £7.5 million | £6,120 |
| C1 | £7.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £14 million | £14,557 |
Ancillary activities
If you are applying for a non-remote general betting (standard) operating licence and want to offer facilities for betting by telephone or by email (where you would be manually processing the bet), you should apply for an ancillary remote licence in addition to your main licence.
You may be able to apply for an ancillary remote licence if:
- the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your ancillary licence will be less than the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your non-remote operating licence
And
- the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your ancillary licence will be less than £550,000 per annum.
You will also need to apply for an operating licence if you intend to provide self-service betting terminals (bet receipt terminals) in any of your betting premises.
With the exception of the previous restricted circumstances, set out in detail in regulation 16 of the current Fees Regulations (SI 2017 No.303), any other provision of facilities for remote gambling will require a full remote betting operating licence.
We do not consider that providing software to customers in licensed betting premises, which the customers download onto their own devices to participate in remote gambling falls within the scope of any of the ancillary licences provided for by the Fees Regulations.
Ancillary remote application fee: £100
There is no annual fee for this ancillary licence.
Activities you undertake in relation to these licences may bring with them other licensing requirements in relation to gaming machines or gambling software.
If you apply for one of these licences you can also apply for linked licences if you intend to maintain the gaming machines on your betting premises yourself.
Related activities
- Non-remote general betting limited operating licence
- Non-remote betting intermediary licence
- Non-remote pool betting operating licence
- Remote general betting standard real events licence
- Remote general betting standard virtual events licence
- Remote betting host real events licence
- Remote betting host virtual events licence
- Remote general betting limited licence
- Remote betting intermediary operating licence
- Remote betting intermediary trading rooms only licence
- Remote pool betting licence
Last updated: 9 February 2023
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