# The Gaming Machines (Maximum Prizes)Regulations 1998

S.I. 1998/2150 · made 28 August 1998

These Regulations prescribe the maximum prize which may be paid in respect of any one game by a gaming machine on premises registered or licensed under the Gaming Act 1968.

Made under: Gaming Act 1968 (repealed) (Section 31, Section 51)

## Introductory text

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES
Made 28th August 1998
Laid before Parliament 9th September 1998
Coming into force 1st October 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 31(5) and 51 of the Gaming Act 1968, and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 

These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Machines (Maximum Prizes) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

## 2 

For the purposes of section 31(5) of the Gaming Act 1968 (maximum prize in respect of any one game played by means of a machine to which Part III of that Act applies on licensed or registered premises) the prescribed amount shall be—
(a) in the case of a machine on premises in respect of which a club or miners' welfare institute is for the time being registered under Part II or Part III of that Act, £250;
(b) in the case of a machine on bingo club premises (as defined in section 20 of that Act), £500;
(c) in the case of a machine on any other premises in respect of which a licence under that Act is for the time being in force, £1,000.

## Signature

George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
28th August 1998

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the maximum prize which may be paid in respect of any one game by a gaming machine on premises registered or licensed under the Gaming Act 1968.

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