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2025 No. 503

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made

22nd April 2025

Laid before Parliament

24th April 2025

Coming into force

22nd July 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 172(6) of the Gambling Act 2005(1).

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 22nd July 2025.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Amendment of the Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) Regulations 2009

2.—(1)The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) Regulations 2009(2) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit paragraph (2) of regulation 1 (interpretation).

(3) For regulation 2 (gaming table: definition) (but not the heading), substitute—

“2.For the purposes of section 172(3) to (5) of the Act, a gaming table is an apparatus that is designed or adapted to enable individuals to play a real game of chance(3) where the design or adaptation is such that the apparatus is required to be controlled or operated by an individual employed or concerned in arranging for others to play the game.”.

Twycross

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

22nd April 2025

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

(3)

“Game of chance” is defined in section 6 of the Gambling Act 2005. By section 353(1) of that Act, “real”, in relation to a game, event or process, is defined as “non-virtual”; the meaning of “virtual” is explained in section 353(3) of that Act.

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The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (2025/503)

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