# Gaming and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order—
(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;
(b) increases the maximum amount by which weekly winnings on bingo club premises may exceed the stakes hazarded from £2,500 to £5,000;
(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;
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/572/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gaming-and-amusements-with-prizes-variation-of-monetary-limits-order-northern-ireland-1996/note
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