Gaming Machines

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Level-up: key requirements for pub gaming machines

01-Jun-2021 By Poppleston Allen

As we enter a new period of trading, it is worth brushing up on some of the key requirements for gaming machines in licensed venues in England and Wales.

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Legal Q&A: the dos and don'ts of gaming machines in family pubs

10-May-2017 By PopplestonAllen

Should a publican put a gaming machines in his family-friendly pub? Legal experts Poppleston Allen explain the legal position.

Scrapping gaming machine fee ‘would save pubs £500,000’

27-Jan-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Business in Licensing (BIL) and the Gambling Business Group (GBG) have joined forces in a bid to remove the fee pubs have to pay to inform licensing authorities if they want to use their automatic entitlement on gaming machines.

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Advice: Beware of theft from fruit machines

10-Dec-2015 By Poppleston Allen

You may have seen in the press, recently, news of a number of thefts from gaming machines in pubs across the south-west and, although these crimes are uncommon, they do happen.

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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Illegal gambling machines siting

17-Jul-2015 By Poppleston Allen

You may have seen news recently about clubs being prosecuted for illegally siting gaming machines in contravention of the Gambling Act 2005.

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Clarity needed on home gaming machines in pubs

20-Apr-2015 By Poppleston

What is the legal situation regarding making game consoles available to customers?

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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.

Gaming machines: Q&A

06-Oct-2014 By Poppleston Allen

'Can you have a Fixed Odds Betting Terminal (FOBT) in a pub?', and other questions, answered by the Publican Morning Advertiser's legal writers.

Top tips for better gaming machines returns

22-Apr-2013 By Simon Barff

Modern pub retailing is all about food and drink isn’t it? Well, no. The majority of pubs have a huge, and in many cases, untapped, opportunity to drive profits up – by up to 30% – through a greater focus on AWP machines, and machine players.

Gaming machines, licensing authorities and pub visits

11-Apr-2013 By Poppleston Allen

The statisticians have been hard at work on behalf of the Gambling Commission with interesting results (honestly!) for the licensed trade. The commission recently published the licensing authorities’ statistics up to 31 March 2012, which include details...

Pubs warned on illegal AWP machines

31-May-2011 By MA Reporter

Pubs are being urged to double-check that they do not have any gaming machines that are operated illegally after a series of police seizures. The Gambling Commission seized evidence from nine licensed premises on 24 May.

£5,000 fine for underage gaming

23-May-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Licensees could face a £5,000 fine if they are caught allowing under-18s to use gaming machines in their pubs. The warning has been issued as an...

Pubs warned to check legality of games machines

30-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Pubs and clubs are being warned to "stay within the law" when offering gaming machines, as an investigation gets underway. The Gambling Commission...

AWP test purchase ops set to rise

11-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

A firm of leading licensing solicitors has warned that test purchase operations on AWP machines are set to rise. Poppleston Allen said that a recent...

Calming hosts' machine fears

10-Apr-2008

Some readers running family pubs and the like might have been alarmed by the suggestion last week that they could be operating illegally. In...

Gambling laws: Pubs urged to "act now

14-Aug-2007 By James Wilmore

Licensees are being urged to "act now" to ensure they are ready for the new laws on gaming machines, which come into effect in less than three weeks....

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: The Gambling Bill

03-Nov-2004

The Gambling Bill may well affect the pub trade. Here's all you need to know about it.By David Clifton of our team of legal experts at London...

The rules of the game: changes to gaming law

30-Apr-2003

Pubs will be affected by changes to the gaming lawby David Clifton of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors Joelson...