Gaming Clubs
Culture Media and Sport
Written answers and statements, 22 March 2007
Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the differences are in (a) scale and (b) nature of operation between regional casinos, large casinos and small casinos under the 2005 legislation.
Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)
The following table sets out the scale and nature of the operation of the three new categories of casinos permitted under the Gambling Act 2005.
| Type of casino | |||
| Small | Medium | Large | |
| Minimum area (sq m) | 750 | 1500 | 5000 |
| Minimum number of gaming tables | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Category of gaming machines permitted | Up to B1 | Up to B1 | Up to A |
| Maximum number of gaming machines | 80 | 150 | 1250 |
| Machine table ratio | 2:1 | 5:1 | 25:1 |
| Bingo permitted | no | yes | yes |
| Betting permitted | yes | yes | yes |