http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/56Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998Gambling and lotteriesBETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIESStatute Law Database2025-12-17Expert Participation2025-01-29 This Order—increases the maximum money prize which can be distributed or offered in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises from £0·30 to £5;increases, in any one determination of winners in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises, the maximum permitted aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances from £30 to £50 and the maximum permitted aggregate amount or value of prizes from £30 to £50;increases the maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a gaming machine in a registered club and in certain other premises from £0·25 to £0·30; andincreases the maximum entitlement to money prizes in gaming by means of a gaming machine in those other premises from £4 to £5. 1998 No. 56 BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 Made 26th February 1998 To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 Coming into operation 9th April 1998 The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 77(4), 106(3) and 108(16) of the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 9th April 1998. 2 In this Order “the Order” means the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. Conditions governing gaming for prizes on bingo club premises2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a gaming machine in a registered club3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum charge for playing a game once and maximum entitlement to prizes in gaming by means of gaming machines in certain other premises4In Article 108 of the Order—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bin paragraphs (7) and (9) for “£4” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “£5”. Revocations 5 The following are hereby revoked— a Article 4 of the Gaming and Amusements with Prizes (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996; b Articles 2 and 3(a) of the Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on Jeremy Harbison Under Secretary 26th February 1998. (This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order— a increases the maximum money prize which can be distributed or offered in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises from £0·30 to £5; b increases, in any one determination of winners in gaming for prizes on bingo club premises, the maximum permitted aggregate amount taken by way of the sale of chances from £30 to £50 and the maximum permitted aggregate amount or value of prizes from £30 to £50; c increases the maximum charge for playing a game once by means of a gaming machine in a registered club and in certain other premises from £0·25 to £0·30; and d increases the maximum entitlement to money prizes in gaming by means of a gaming machine in those other premises from £4 to £5.

S.I. 1985/1204 (N.I. 11); see Article 2(2) for the definition of “the Department” Substituted by S.R. 1995 No. 442 Article 3(b) S.R. 1996 No. 572 S.R. 1995 No. 442 Art. 1 in operation at 9.4.1998, see art. 1(1)Art. 4 in operation at 9.4.1998, see art. 1(1)Art. 5 in operation at 9.4.1998, see art. 1(1)Art. 3 revoked (19.2.1999) by Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999/4), arts. 1(1), 6(b)Art. 2 revoked (13.2.2002) by Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001/414), arts. 1(1), 7(b)Art. 4(a) revoked (29.1.2025) by The Gaming (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/2), arts. 1, 6(a)