{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-and-amusements-with-prizes-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-and-amusements-with-prizes-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/572",
  "legislation_title": "Gaming and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-and-amusements-with-prizes-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "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 £10,000 to £25,000;\n(b) increases the maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded from £2,500 to £5,000;\n(c) increases, in any 1 determination of winners in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises, the maximum permitted aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances from £27·50 to £30 and the maximum permitted aggregate amount or value of prizes from £27·50 to £30;\n(d) increases the maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of a gaming machine installed on licensed premises (within the meaning of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990) from £8 to £10;\n(e) increases the maximum permitted aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances in any 1 determination of winners in amusements with prizes at certain commercial entertainments from £25 to £30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/572/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:58.912438+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."
}