The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2002/1130 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1407

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Made

22nd May 2002

Laid before Parliament

23rd May 2002

Coming into force

17th June 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 13(2) and 51 of the Gaming Act 1968(1), and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 17th June 2002.

2.—(1) The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994(2) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 13(10) and (11)(3) substitute—

“(10) If an opposing player has made an Ante wager and a Play wager and, upon the hands being revealed, the player’s hand is outranked by the banker’s hand and—

(a) the banker’s hand contains a Queen or better, then the player shall lose both his Ante and Play wagers;

(b) the banker’s hand does not contain a Queen or better, then the player’s Ante wager shall win and be paid at 1 to 1 and his Play wager shall be returned to him.

(11) If an opposing player has made an Ante wager and a Play wager and, upon the hands being revealed, the player’s hand and the banker’s hand are of exactly equal ranking and—

(a) the banker’s hand contains a Queen or better, then the player’s Ante and Play wagers shall be void;

(b) the banker’s hand does not contain a Queen or better, then the player’s Ante wager shall win and be paid at 1 to 1 and his Play wager shall be returned to him.”

Richard Caborn

Minister of State,

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

22nd May 2002

Explanatory Note

(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) to correct a defect introduced by amending regulations (S.I. 2002/1130). It is now provided that in Three Card Poker where a player’s hand is out-ranked or equalled by a banker’s hand which does not contain a Queen or better, the player’s Ante wager will win and his Play wager will be returned to him.

(1)

1968 c. 65.

(2)

S.I. 1994/2899, amended by S.I. 2000/597 and S.I. 2002/1130.

(3)

Regulation 13 was inserted by regulation 2(7) of S.I. 2002/1130.