FUN CASINOS.
HOW THE LAW AFFECTS YOU.
A. WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
1. All gambling and gaming
is controlled overall by The Gaming Act 1968. [”The Act”]
2. Certain types of entertainments, which provide amusement with prizes may not contravene The Act if the conditions set out in The Lotteries and Gaming Act 1976, are met.
3. Potential “exempt entertainments” are “a bazaar, sale of work, fete, dinner, dance, sporting occasion/athletic event or any other similar entertainment”
4. Those types of events listed in [3] will not contravene The Act PROVIDED:
4.1 Any profit made at
the event is not being used for “private gain”.
4.2 The ability to win
a prize is not the only reason for people attending the event.
4.3 The cost of providing the amusement with prizes is not determined in any way in relation to the amount that amusement is used.
1. If you are organising an event for which you are charging an entry
fee and which falls into the category of those mentioned in 3 above to raise
money for a recognised charity
THEN: you can hire a
Fun Casino to provide additional entertainment and profits IF the price
you are paying is a set amount irrespective of how much people take advantage
of it.
2. IF you are organising an event for which you are charging and which
falls into the category of those mentioned in 3 above but not to raise charity
funds
THEN you can hire a Fun
Casino to provide additional entertainment IF
2.1 any profit you unintentionally make is not
put to private gain
2.2 the only or main reason people are there is
not to win a prize
2.3 the price you are paying is a set amount
irrespective of how much it is used
3. IF you are organising an event for which you are not charging and
which falls into the category of those mentioned in 3 above
THEN: you can hire a Fun Casino to
provide the entertainment IF
3.1 the only or main reason people are there is
not to win a prize
3.2 the price you are paying for the Fun Casino
is not related to the use that is made of it
C. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR DAWSON
AND TAYLOR ENTERTAINMENTS AND YOU.
1. We
always provide high quality casino equipment at a set price irrespective of how
many people use it and how much you charge them.
2. You
must provide vouchers, which you sell to your guests to be exchanged at the
table for chips
3. We
never accept cash at the tables so there is no question of us gaining from the
entertainment; our fee is set in advance and never fluctuates during the course
of the event.
Section 3(1) The lotteries and Amusements Act 1976.
Section 15 (4)(a) The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976
Section 15 (4flb) The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976
Section 15 (5) The Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976
THEREFORE:
Provided you are
not making a personal profit from the event and people are not there purely to
win a prize:
“You can rely on us to provide a fun evening
With a bit of a twist but
no bitter after taste”