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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348271836",
  "legislation_title": "The Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nRegulation 3 of these Regulations amends section 172(5)(b)(i) of the Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19) (“the Act”) to change how to calculate the number of gaming machines that may be made available for use in small casinos licensed under the Act. For every gaming table used in the casino, the effect of the amendment is to increase from two to five the number of gaming machines that may also be made available for use. The maximum number of gaming machines that may be made available for use on the premises remains unchanged at 80.\nRegulation 4 of these Regulations makes a number of amendments to the Gambling Act 2005 (Mandatory and Default Conditions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1409) (“the 2007 Regulations”).\nBy paragraph (2) of regulation 4, the minimum size of the table gaming area in small casinos licensed under the Act is reduced from 500m² to 250m².\nThe Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/****) amends the gambling entitlements authorised by a converted casino premises licence in paragraph 65 of Schedule 4 to the Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272 (C. 119)) (as amended, “the 2006 Order”). The changes made enable the holder of a converted casino premises licence relating to premises in England and Wales to make up to 80 gaming machines (including Category B gaming machines) available for use, provided a number of specified conditions are satisfied (“the extended entitlement”).\nParagraph (3) of regulation 4 of these Regulations amends the mandatory conditions attaching to converted casino premises licences in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations. The mandatory conditions vary depending on whether the holder of the licence has decided to exercise the extended entitlement, and if not, whether the floor area of the gambling area in the casino is 200m² or more.\nNew paragraph 3 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations attaches additional mandatory conditions to converted casino premises licences that apply only if the holder decides to exercise the extended entitlement. These additional mandatory conditions relate to the table gaming area and the size of the non-gambling area, and are identical to equivalent mandatory conditions that attach to small casinos licensed under the Act, save that for converted casino premises licences, the minimum size of the table gaming and non-gambling areas must be no less than the lesser of 250m² and half the size of the floor area of the gambling area.\nFor casinos which exercise the extended entitlement and other larger converted casino premises, a new mandatory condition in paragraph 4 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations requires that the floor area of the gambling area is less than 1,500m². This does not apply to a casino which was 1,500m² or larger on 12th May 2025, provided the size of that casino’s gambling area is not subsequently increased and the casino remains in the same premises.\nIn all converted casinos, as a result of betting now being permitted under the 2006 Order, there is a new mandatory condition in paragraph 5 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations relating to betting which is equivalent to the existing mandatory conditions attached to casinos licensed under the Act. For converted casinos, however, there is an additional restriction on the number of betting machines relative to the size of the floor area of gambling area in that casino.\nRegulation 5 requires the Secretary of State to carry out a review of the amendments to the 2007 Regulations made by these Regulations, and to publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review. The first report must be published before the end of 5 years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force, and subsequent reports must be published thereafter at intervals not exceeding 5 years.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary and public sectors is available from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ. This document is published alongside this instrument and its Explanatory Memorandum on www.legislation.gov.uk. Hard copies of these documents are available from the same postal address.",
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