Gambling In The United Kingdom

Legal Q & A: Entry requirements and gaming permits

26-Jan-2017 By Poppleston Allen

This week's legal Q & A covers who licensees can and can't refuse service to and how to maintain a club machine permit.

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Don't take gamble on gaming

05-Nov-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Following your weekly pub quiz you have been running a ‘chase the ace game’ and the entry fee is the bargain price of one whole pound.

Legal advice: Calling it on bingo

16-Oct-2015 By Poppleston Allen

You may remember previous articles on Greene King’s application to the Gambling Commission (GC) to facilitate bingo in its pubs. The GC lost the first appeal and on 8 October its second appeal was heard by the Upper Tribunal.

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Legal Q&A: Gaming machines and poker nights

09-Mar-2015 By Jonathan Smith

This week's legal Q&A considers the issues of gaming machine permits and poker nights.

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Legal advice: The gamble is far from over

17-Feb-2015 By Poppleston Allen

Last year was a good year for those of you, like me, who have an interest in both pubs and gambling.

Pub bingo: The legal issues

31-Oct-2014 By Poppleston Allen

You may remember back in May 2014 our article about the potential for licensed bingo in pubs.

Greene King appeals Gambling Commission bingo licence rejection

27-Oct-2014 By Mike Berry

Greene King is challenging the Gambling Commission’s refusal to allow it a bingo licence in a case that could open the door for larger pubcos to operate commercial bingo.

Top tips on pub bingo

20-May-2014 By Poppleston Allen

Bingo in pubs is becoming increasingly popular and can be a way of providing a fun, alternative form of entertainment for your customers while potentially increasing food and drink sales. Eyes down for some top tips from licensing specialists Poppleston...

Race is on for advice about betting in pubs

17-Apr-2014 By Nick Arron

We regularly receive queries from confused publicans regarding betting in pubs, particularly at this time of the year with the end of the jump season fast approaching.

Gambling Commission clarifies ‘private’ poker rules for pubs and clubs

23-Oct-2012

The Gambling Commission has warned owners of clubs, pubs and hotels that hosting poker as private gaming is not possible without excluding public access.

First cautions over illegal pub poker issued

22-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna

The Gambling Commission has issued its first ever cautions over illegal pub poker to three men from a Cheshire pub. The three men were cautioned...

More time for grieving families

19-Jan-2010 By Peter Coulson

The second change in the new consultation regarding TENs is a long-standing problem, which I first wrote about at the time of the Act.

New advice on keeping poker legal in pubs

13-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna

A leaflet alerting licensees to how to keep poker legal in pubs has been produced by the Gambling Commission and the British Beer & Pub...

Eyes down or hold 'em?

02-Jul-2009 By Peter Coulson

MA legal expert Peter Coulson considers bingo in pubs.

Early review for machines

03-Jul-2008

The Government will review the level of stakes and prizes allowed at pub gaming machines one year earlier than planned. It gives hope that maximum...

Your say

22-May-2008

Gambling Commission is taking action I am writing with regard to your article "Gambling body retracts claims" in your edition of Thursday 15 May....

Machines & Gaming: Marketing machines

19-Mar-2008

Machines income has been on the decline in pubs in recent times, and research unveiled at the ATEI show at the end of January suggests it may be down...

Coulson: DCMS losing the statistics plot

07-Feb-2008 By Peter Coulson

MA legal editor considers the statistics put forward by the DCMS on the Gambling Act

Cracking the code

08-Nov-2007

I sincerely hope that every pub in the country has a copy of the Code of Practice for Equal Chance Gaming, issued by the Gambling Commission for...

Machines & Gaming: legal update

05-Oct-2007

The Gambling Act 2005 is now with us. Fortunately, when it comes to the effect on gaming machines in licensed premises the conversion is a relatively...

Low-level gambling is the way forward

30-Aug-2007

This weekend the new gambling laws take over, which will affect both pubs and clubs. Of more immediate impact for the pub landlord than the AWP...

Legal advice: Gaming machine permits

26-Jul-2007

THE DEPARTMENT for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has recently confirmed that pubs holding existing gaming machine permits with expiry dates after...

Legal advice: Gambling is a serious business

26-Apr-2007

The Gambling Commission has released a consultation paper outlining its proposals for codes of practice that will apply to exempt gaming in clubs and...

Changing the rules on AWPs

26-Apr-2007

Landlords will be aware that they are sometimes called upon to act as umpires on the question of AWP (Amusement with Prizes) machine payouts being...

No time to gamble with machine laws

04-Jan-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Licensees are urged not to leave it too late to apply for the right to operate gaming machines when the laws change this year. Government has...

Legal advice: Exempt gaming

24-Nov-2006

The popularity of Poker would appear to be reaching new heights and not surprisingly, there is demand for games to be staged within licensed...

Legal advice: the increase in AWP stakes and prices

09-Nov-2006

Recent concerns that customers are no longer spending as much money on AWPs as they used to could be addressed by the early introduction of the...

Legal advice: New rules on gambling

02-Mar-2006

The guidance for the Gambling Act 2005 is now out. What will the changes to the law mean for your pub?By David Clifton of thePublican.com's team of...

Gambling on future of pub bingo

06-Oct-2005

One unforeseen effect of the changes in licensing laws will be a consequent change in responsibility for pub gaming. From 24 November, if you want to...