Bingo Clubs

Any person or company wishing to operate a Bingo club must hold a relevant licence issued by the Gambling Commission, and a premises licence issued by the licensing authority where the premises is situated.

An application for a premises licence will not be validated without providing a reference number from the Gambling Commission.

Any bingo premises whose licence is granted on or after the Order comes into force on 13 July 2011 will be permitted to either; offer a number of category B gaming machines not exceeding 20% of the total number of gaming machines available for use on the premises, or offer eight category B machines if it is a bingo premises. Either option may be utilised until 1 April 2014. From 1 April 2014 the premises must comply with the 20% entitlement.

In general, the only default condition that will apply to premises licences will relate to gambling hours. For bingo clubs, the default hours proposed for playing bingo on the premises are 09.00 to Midnight every day.