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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 13(1) of the Gaming Act 1968 prohibits the playing of bankers' games and games of unequal chance on premises licensed under that Act. Section 13(2) however, authorises the making of regulations to provide that this prohibition shall not have effect in relation to games specified in the Regulations, if so played as to comply with the Regulations.

These Regulations amend the Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2899). The effect of the amendments is–

(a)

to allow casinos to offer, instead of or as well as punto banco, a modified version of that game known as punto 2000;

(b)

to allow, at the licence holder’s discretion, blackjack to be played by a single player playing only one hand.