Guidance
Regulatory returns guidance
Guidance for information collected in the Regulatory Returns service by licensing sector.
Contents
- Overview and feedback
- Common terms and definitions
- General guidance on submitting regulatory returns
- Reporting gross gambling yield (GGY) on regulatory returns
- Certification statement
- Late or inaccurate regulatory returns
- How we handle your data
- Adult Gaming Centre
- Bingo
- Betting
- - Betting (standard) - non-remote
- - Betting (limited) - non-remote
- - Betting intermediary - non-remote
- - Pool betting - non-remote
- Casino 1968
- Casino 2005
- External Lottery Manager
- Family Entertainment Centre
- Gaming machines and software
- - Gambling software – ancillary, non-remote, remote and linked
- - Gaming machine technical - supplier and full - non-remote, remote and linked
- Remote Casino, Betting and Bingo (RCBB)
- - Betting host (real and virtual) and general betting (limited) - remote
- - Betting intermediary - remote
- - Betting intermediary (trading rooms only) - remote
- - Bingo (operating) - remote
- - Bingo (game host) - remote
- - Casino (operating) - remote
- - Casino (game host) - remote
- - General betting standard (real and virtual events) - remote
- - Pool betting - remote
- Society Lottery
2 - Financial information
| Group | Question | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - B3 (Number of EBTs) | State the average number (over the period covered by the return) of electronic bingo terminals with the indicated category of content. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - B4 (Number of EBTs) | State the average number (over the period covered by the return) of electronic bingo terminals with the indicated category of content. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - C (Number of EBTs) | State the average number (over the period covered by the return) of electronic bingo terminals with the indicated category of content. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - D (Number of EBTs) | State the average number (over the period covered by the return) of electronic bingo terminals with the indicated category of content. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - Total (Number of EBTs) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category – B3 (GGY of each category) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category – B4 (GGY of each category) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category – C (GGY of each category) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category – D (GGY of each category) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals (EBT) | Category - Total (GGY of each category) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals with Video Bingo | Number of EBT terminals with Video Bingo content | Enter the number of EBT terminals with video bingo content. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals with Video Bingo | Total GGY for EBT terminals with Video Bingo content | Enter the GGY for video bingo played via EBT terminals. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Main stage bingo games (Total Gross Sales) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Prize Gaming (Total Gross Sales) | Enter the gross sales value for bingo prize gaming. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Mechanised cash bingo (Total Gross Sales) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Main stage bingo games (Total Gross Sales) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Prize bingo (Total Gross Sales) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Mechanised cash bingo (Total Gross Sales) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Total (Total Gross Sales) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Video Bingo Terminals (VBTs) | Details of video bingo terminals for the period applying to this return - Average number of terminals | Provide the average number of video bingo terminals (VBTs) over the period covered by this return. |
| Video Bingo Terminals (VBTs) | Details of video bingo terminals for the period applying to this return – Gross profit | Enter the gross profit value for video bingo terminals (VBTs) over the period covered by this return. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Main stage bingo games (Total Participation Fees) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Prize Gaming (Total Participation Fees) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Mechanised cash bingo (Total Participation Fees) | Enter the participation fees for mechanised cash bingo. |
| Electronic Bingo Terminals - Bingo Games | Category - Total (Total Participation Fees) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Main stage bingo games (Total Fees) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Prize bingo (Total Fees) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Mechanised cash bingo (Total Fees) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Bingo Games | Category - Total (Total Fees) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category – B2 (Number of cabinets) | Where a cabinet contains games of more than one category, please report that as one cabinet at the highest category of game available on it. For example, where a cabinet offers both category B3 and category C games, this should be reported as one cabinet only at category B3, under Number of Cabinets. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - B3 (Number of cabinets) | Cabinets refer to the individual physical machine whether it contains one game or multiple games (of any category).
Where a cabinet contains games of more than one category, please report that as one cabinet at the highest category of game available on it. For example, where a cabinet offers both category B3 and category C games, this should be reported as one cabinet only at category B3, under Number of Cabinets. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - B4 (Number of cabinets) | Cabinets refer to the individual physical machine whether it contains one game or multiple games (of any category).
Where a cabinet contains games of more than one category, please report that as one cabinet at the highest category of game available on it. For example, where a cabinet offers both category B3 and category C games, this should be reported as one cabinet only at category B3, under Number of Cabinets. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - C (Number of cabinets) | Cabinets refer to the individual physical machine whether it contains one game or multiple games (of any category).
Where a cabinet contains games of more than one category, please report that as one cabinet at the highest category of game available on it. For example, where a cabinet offers both category B3 and category C games, this should be reported as one cabinet only at category B3, under Number of Cabinets. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - Total number of cabinets (Number of cabinets) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - B2 (Gross Gambling Yield) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - B3 (Gross Gambling Yield) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - B4 (Gross Gambling Yield) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - C (Gross Gambling Yield) | The Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) attributable to this activity. |
| Cabinets | Cabinet category - Total Gross Gambling Yield (Gross Gambling Yield) | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Total Revenue | GGY total for the return | Calculated field - no user entry required. |
| Total Revenue | Is the calculated gross gambling yield above correct? | Enter 'no' if the auto-calculated GGY is incorrect. |
| Total Revenue | Actual GGY for the period | State the user-calculated GGY for the period covered by this return. |
| Total Revenue | Reason for the difference | Provide an explanation for the difference in auto- and user-calculated GGY figures. |
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Last updated: 7 June 2021
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