Service Description: The Licensing Authority will issue a premises licence for: Casinos, Betting Offices and Race Tracks, Bingo Clubs, Adult Gaming Centres, Family Entertainment Centres. They will issue permits for: Gaming machines in members' clubs and licensed premises, prize gaming and Unlicensed Family Entertainment Centres.
Answer: The Gambling Act 2005 allows equal chance gaming (including poker), but introduces strict conditions for any gaming, including limits on stakes and prizes, and provides licensing authorities with powers to take action against individual premises in a range of circumstances. In a members club which holds a club gaming permit, there are no limits on the stakes and prizes provided that the club meets the requirements set out in the Act. In a commercial club, or a members club with a club gaming machine permit, the regulations set a fixed limit of £10 per person per game on the amount that may be staked by a player in any type of equal chance gaming. There is also a limit on prizes of £250 per day and £1000 per week.