Anyone who wishes to provide facilities for gambling, or to manufacture, supply, install, repair or adapt a gaming machine or gambling software (unless an exception applies) needs a licence to do so.
Depending on the nature of your venture, you may require an operating licence, a premises licence and/or personal licences. Our specialist team of commercial lawyers can help you to determine which licence(s) you require and help with the drafting or review of your application(s).
There are ten kinds of activity which can be covered by an operating licence:
- operating a casino (casino operating licence);
- providing facilities for playing bingo (bingo operating licence);
- providing facilities for betting other than pool betting (a general betting operating licence);
- providing facilities for pool betting (pool betting operating licence);
- acting as a betting intermediary (betting intermediary operating licence);
- making gaming machines available for use in an adult gaming centre (gaming machine general (AGC);
- making gaming machines available for use in a family entertainment centre (gaming machine general (FEC);
- manufacturing, supply, install, adapt, maintain or repair a gaming machine, or part of a gaming machine (gaming machine technical operating licence);
- manufacturing, supply, install, or adapt gambling software (gambling software operating licence);
- promoting a lottery (lottery operating licence).
For more information or to speak to our commercial solicitors, please contact Simon Halberstam.
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