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Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1970

As Enacted Cited authorities 7 Cited in Amendments 1 Related
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1970/803
Year1970

1970 No. 803

BETTING AND GAMING

The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1970

26thMay 1970

29thMay 1970

1stJuly 1970

In pursuance of sections 13(2) and 51 of the Gaming Act 1968(a), and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain, I hereby make the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1970 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1970.

(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Scotland.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations "the Act" means the Gaming Act 1968. (2) Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as requiring any wager to be accepted, or as precluding the cancellation of any wager by mutual consent of the parties to it.

(3) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) applies for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Roulette

3.—(1) Section 13(1) of the Act (which prohibits bankers' games) shall not have effect in relation to a game of roulette which is played on premises in respect of which a licence under the Act is for the time being in force, if the game is so played as to comply with the following provisions of this Regulation.

(2) Any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker and the bank shall be held by the holder of the licence, or by a person acting on his behalf in pursuance of a contract of service between the holder of the licence and that person.

(3) No person other than the holder of the licence shall have any share or interest in the bank.

(4) The game shall be played with a single ball and with a roulette wheel having thirty-seven equal compartments, and no more, which shall be numbered (in any order) from 0 to 36.

(a) 1968 c. 65.

(b) 1889 c. 63.

(5) Any wager in relation to the game shall be payable, if won, at the appropriate odds indicated below, and shall be a wager that the score in the game will be:—

(a) one specific number (35 to 1);

(b) one of two specific numbers (17 to 1);

(c) one of three specific numbers (11 to 1);

(d) one of four specific numbers (8 to 1);

(e) one of six specific numbers (5 to 1);

(f) one of twelve specific numbers (2 to 1);

(g) one of eighteen specific numbers not including 0 (1 to 1); or

(h) one of twenty-four specific numbers (1 to 2).

(6) Any wager that the score in the game will be one of eighteen specific numbers not including 0 shall be subject to the limitation that, if the score should be 0, the stake will be divided equally between the bank and the person wagering.

Dice

4.—(1) Section 13(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to a game of dice which is played on premises in respect of which a licence under the Act is for the time being in force, if the game is so played as to comply with the following provisions of this Regulation.

(2) Any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker and the bank shall be held by the holder of the licence, or by a person acting on his behalf in pursuance of a contract of service made between the holder of the licence and that person.

(3) No person other than the holder of the licence shall have any share or interest in the bank.

(4) Two dice, and no more, shall be thrown at every throw made in the course of the game, and the sides of each of the dice shall be marked with values from 1 to 6, so arranged that the sum of the values of any pair of opposite sides is 7.

(5) Any wager in relation to the game shall be of a kind specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, and shall be payable, if won, at the appropriate odds there specified.

Baccarat

5.—(1) In this Regulation, "baccarat" means any version of that card-game (whether it is baccarat banque, chemin de fer, punto banco or some other version) in which one hand of cards (the banker's hand) is played against one opposing hand or against each of two opposing hands, and no more.

(2) Section 13(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to a game of baccarat which is played on premises in respect of which a licence under the Act is for the time being in force, if the game is so played as to comply with the following provisions of this Regulation.

(3) Any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker and, subject to paragraph (7) below, shall be payable, if the, wager is won, at odds of 1 to 1.

(4) Any wager in relation to the game shall, subject to paragraph (7) below, be a wager that the opposing hand (or, in the case of a game against two opposing hands, a specific one...

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