2. In these Regulations—
“the 1963 Act” means the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963(1);
“the 2005 Act” means the Gambling Act 2005;
“alcohol” has the same meaning as in section 191 of the Licensing Act 2003(2);
“ATM” means a machine located on the premises which enables a person using it to obtain cash on credit;
“betting operator” means a person who in the course of the business of a general betting operating licence holder or pool betting operating licence holder accepts or negotiates bets; and “betting operator’s assistant” means a person who carries out any other functions in the course of the business of a general betting operating licence holder or pool betting operating licence holder in connection with the licensed activities;
“betting machine” means a wholly automated machine designed or adapted only for use to bet on future real events(3), including—
a machine that enables the customer to access an account on an internet website by means of which he is able to place a bet and receive winnings; and
a machine which accepts bets made by the customer and issues a record of the betting transaction which enables the customer to claim his winnings from an individual on the betting premises, or from the machine;
“converted casino premises licence” means a premises licence issued in respect of a casino in accordance with transitional provisions made under paragraph 9 of Schedule 18 to the 2005 Act(4);
“gambling area”, in relation to a casino premises licence, means those areas of the casino that are indicated on the plan as being the table gaming area, and any other area in which facilities for gambling may be provided;
“game card” means anything (including any electronic device) which provides an individual with the opportunity to win one or more prizes in respect of a game of bingo;
“non-gambling area” means those areas of the casino that are available to customers and are indicated on the plan as being areas other than gambling areas;
“ordinary gaming table” means a gaming table that is not a partially or wholly automated gaming table;
“partially automated gaming table” means equipment that would fall within the definition of gaming machine in section 235 of the 2005 Act but for its exclusion from that definition by subsection (2)(h) of that section;
“the plan”, in relation to a premises licence, means the plan of the premises that forms part of the licence by virtue of section 151(1)(g) of the 2005 Act;
“street” includes any bridge, road, lane, footway, subway, square, court, alley or passage (including passages through enclosed premises such as shopping malls), whether a thoroughfare or not;
“table gaming” means—
casino games played on ordinary, or partially or wholly automated gaming tables; and
real games of equal chance, other than bingo, played on a table;
“table gaming area”, in relation to a casino premises licence, means the area indicated on the plan as being for table gaming;
“track premises licence” means a betting premises licence in respect of a track;
“wholly automated gaming table” means equipment that would fall within the definition of a gaming machine in section 235 of the 2005 Act but for its exclusion from that definition by subsection (2)(i) of that section.
See section 235(2)(c) of the 2005 Act which provides that such a machine is not a gaming machine for the purposes of the Act.
See Part 7 of Schedule 4 to the Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No.6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3272); amended by S.I. 2006/3361.