Club gaming permits and club machine permits

The Licensing Board may grant a Club Gaming Permit to members’ clubs (but not commercial clubs). A Club Gaming Permit authorises the provision of:

• Up to 3 gaming machines of category B, C or D (in any combination) 
• Equal chance gaming
• Prescribed games of chance

The Licensing Board cannot add conditions to the permit but the following will automatically apply:

• Only members or guests of members may participate in the gaming
• Nobody under the age of 18 has access to a category B or C gaming machine and
• The club complies with any codes of practice issued by the Gambling Commission about the location and operation of its gaming machines.

A Club Gaming Permit will allow clubs to offer gaming facilities as detailed above in addition to those they are allowed to offer under their exempt gaming allowance (Sections 269 & 270 of the Act).

The Licensing Board may grant a Club Machine Permit to a Members’ Club or a Commercial Club.

A Club Machine Permit authorise the provision of:

• Up to 3 gaming machines, each of which must be of category B, C or D (in any combination).

Please refer to the Guidance notes before making an application.