{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gaming-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gaming-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001/note.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2001/0337941025",
  "legislation_title": "Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gaming-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order—\n(a) increases the maximum permitted aggregate amount of winnings in respect of games of bingo played in 1 week simultaneously on different bingo club premises from £30,000 to £55,000;\n(b) increases the maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded from £5,500 to £10,000;\n(c) increases, in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises:\n(i) the maximum amount paid by any 1 person for any 1 chance to win a prize from £0·30 to £0·50;\n(ii) in any 1 determination of winners, the maximum permitted aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances from £50 to £120 and the maximum permitted aggregate amount or value of prizes from £50 to £120;\n(iii) the maximum money prize which can be distributed or offered from £5 to £15;\n(d) increases, in gaming at entertainments not held for private gain:\n(i) the maximum payment to be made by each player in respect of all the games at 1 entertainment from £3 to £4 and the total value of prizes and awards in respect of those games from £300 to £400;\n(ii) the maximum payment to be made by each player in respect of all the games at 2 or more entertainments promoted on the same premises by the same persons on the same day from £3 to £4 and the total value of all the prizes and awards in respect of those games from £300 to £400;\n(iii) the total value of prizes and awards in the final entertainment of a series of entertainments from £600 to £700;\n(e) increases:\n(i) the maximum daily charge for gaming in certain clubs from £0·50 to £0·60;\n(ii) the maximum daily charge for gaming in such clubs from £6 to £15 when only bridge and/or whist are/is played.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2001/0337941025/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:42.196087+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."
}