{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-categories-of-gaming-machine-regulations-2007/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-categories-of-gaming-machine-regulations-2007/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110773629",
  "legislation_title": "The Categories of Gaming Machine Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-categories-of-gaming-machine-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Definition of Category B gaming machine",
  "text": "(1) There shall be five sub-categories of Category B to be known as sub-categories B1, B2, B3, B3A and B4.\n(2) A machine is a sub-category B4 machine if—\n(a) the maximum charge for use is no more than £1;\n(b) the maximum prize value is no more than £250; and\n(c) it is not a Category C or D machine.\n(3) A machine is a sub-category B3A machine if—\n(a) it enables a person to participate in a lottery but not in any other form of gambling;\n(b) it is made available for use by a members’ club or a miners’ welfare institute;\n(c) the maximum charge for use is no more than £1;\n(d) the maximum prize value is no more than £500; and\n(e) it is not a sub-category B4 machine or a Category C or D machine.\n(4) A machine is a sub-category B3 machine if—\n(a) the maximum charge for use is no more than £1;\n(b) the maximum prize value is no more than £500; and\n(c) it is not a sub-category B3A or B4 machine or a Category C or D machine.\n(5) A machine is a sub-category B2 machine if—\n(a) the maximum charge for use is no more than £100;\n(b) the maximum prize value is no more than £500; and\n(c) it is not a sub-category B3, B3A or B4 machine or a Category C or D machine.\n(6) A machine is a sub-category B1 machine if—\n(a) the maximum charge for use is no more than £2;\n(b) the maximum prize value is no more than £4,000; and\n(c) it is not a sub-category B2, B3, B3A or B4 machine or a Category C or D machine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See sections 266 and 268 of the Gambling Act 2005 for the definitions of members’ club and miners’ welfare institute."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110773629/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:51.540448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}