Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1994/2899
Year1994

1994 No. 2899

BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES

The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994

Made 13th November 1994

Laid before Parliament 22th November 1994

Coming into force 1st January 1995

In pursuance of sections 13(2), 15(2) and 51 of the Gaming Act 19681, and after consultation with the Gaming Board for Great Britain, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and Commencement
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Citation and Commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st January 1995.

Interpretation
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Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Gaming Act 1968.

(2) Subject to regulations 4(7), 5(6), 6(8), 7(13), 8(12) and 9(12) below, 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.

Revocation
S-3 Revocation

Revocation

3. The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 19702and the Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations (Scotland) 19703are hereby revoked.

Roulette
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Roulette

4.—(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.

(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)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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

(e)

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

(f)

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

(g)

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

(h)

(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.

(7) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in this regulation.

Dice
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Dice

5.—(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 Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and shall be payable, if won, at the appropriate odds there specified.

(6) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in Schedule 1.

Baccarat
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Baccarat

6.—(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 or both of them) will win the game; but the wager shall be subject to the limitation that it will be treated as void if the game should result,—

(a)

(a) in the case of a wager that one hand will win, in a draw between the banker’s hand and that hand; or

(b)

(b) in the case of a wager that two hands will win, in a draw between the banker’s hand and one or both of those hands or in the banker’s hand winning against one of those hands and losing against the other.

(5) Except in the case of chemin de fer played under rules which require the banker to give up being banker immediately an opposing hand wins a game,—

(a)

(a) 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; and

(b)

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

(6) In the case of chemin de fer played under rules which require the banker to give up being banker immediately an opposing hand wins a game, neither the holder of the licence nor any person acting on his behalf shall hold the bank or have a share or interest in it.

(7) Where in any game—

(a)

(a) the bank is held as mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) above;

(b)

(b) there is only one opposing hand in the game; and

(c)

(c) the rules of the game are such that no person has an option in any circumstances as to whether or not a third card should be added to either hand in the game,

the banker may, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4) above, accept a wager of one or both of the following kinds:

(i)

(i) a wager (payable, if won, at odds of 19 to 20) that the banker’s hand will win the game; and

(ii)

(ii) a wager (payable, if won, at odds of 8 to 1) that the banker’s hand and the player’s hand shall be equal at the end of the game.

(8) The holder of the licence shall make available to players all the kinds of wagers referred to in this regulation.

Blackjack
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Blackjack

7.—(1) In this regulation, “blackjack” means that version of the card-game of pontoon or vingt-et-un in which—

(a)

(a) one player (the banker) plays against each of two or more other players (the opposing players), cards being dealt to each of the players;

(b)

(b) the cards are dealt from a shoe containing a shuffled stack of cards consisting, at the commencement of any series of games, of four or six standard packs of playing cards of fifty-two cards each;

(c)

(c) the cards are dealt face upwards so as to be disclosed immediately to all the players;

(d)

(d) one card only is dealt to the banker initially in any game and it is dealt before any opposing player is required to decide, after considering the first two cards dealt to him, whether himself to take a third or any subsequent card;

(e)

(e) an opposing player is not required to take a third or any subsequent card in any circumstances other than those mentioned in paragraph (8) below;

(f)

(f) an opposing player, if he achieves a score of 21 with a hand of two cards only, is not permitted to take any further card or cards;

(g)

(g) the banker is required to take further cards, one by one, until he has a score of more than 16 and is not permitted to take a further card once he has such a score; and

(h)

(h) for the purpose of scoring the cards have the values mentioned in paragraph (11) below.

(2) Section 13(1) of the Act shall not have effect in relation to a game of blackjack 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 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.

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

(5) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, any wager in relation to the game shall be made with the banker by an opposing player; shall be made before any cards are dealt in the game; and shall be a wager (hereafter in this regulation referred to as an “initial wager”) that the person wagering will get a score not exceeding 21, and—

(a)

(a) the banker’s score will exceed 21; or

(b)

(b) the person wagering will get a higher score than the banker; or

(c)

(c) if the person wagering and the banker should both get a score of 21, the person wagering will get it with a hand of two cards only and the banker will not:

but the wager shall be subject to the limitation that it will be treated as void (instead of being lost) if the person wagering and the banker both get the same score of less than 21, or both get a score of 21 with a hand of two cards only, or both get a score of 21 with more than two cards.

(6) The odds payable, if the initial wager is won, shall—

(a)

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