Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1940
BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
The Gambling Act 2005 (Exempt Gaming in Alcohol-Licensed Premises) Regulations 2007
Made
7th July 2007
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2007
Coming into force
1st September 2007
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 279(2), 280(1) and 355(1) of the Gambling Act 2005( 1 ):
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Exempt Gaming in Alcohol-Licensed Premises) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Gambling Act 2005 , and
“poker” includes any version of that game, whatever name it is called.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to a day is a reference to a period of 24 hours beginning at midday.
Requirements in relation to stakes
2. —(1) This regulation applies to the provision of facilities for equal chance gaming in accordance with section 279 of the Act, and prescribes, for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) of that section, requirements in relation to limiting amounts that may be staked.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the amount that may be staked by a person on any game of chance( 2 ), except dominoes and cribbage, must not exceed £5.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) the aggregate of the amounts that may be staked on games of poker in any one day must not exceed £100.
Requirements in relation to poker prize
3. —(1) For the purposes of section 279(2)(b) of the Act, the maximum amount or value of a prize that may be won in any game of poker is £100.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
7th July 2007
2005 c.19 ; for the meaning of “prescribed” in section 279(2) of the Act, see section 280(1) of the Act.
For the meaning of “game of chance” see section 6 of the Act.