GuidanceIs BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
The Gambling Commission's guidance for licensing authorities.
Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
- Changes to the Guidance for Licensing Authorities
- Part 1: General guidance on the role and responsibilities of licensing authorities in gambling regulation
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- Introduction
- Partnership working between the Commission and licensing authorities – shared regulation
- Co-ordination and contact
- Primary legislation
- Statutory aim to permit gambling
- The licensing objectives
- Codes of practice
- Licensing authority discretion (s.153 of the Act)
- Local risk assessments
- Licensing authority policy statement
- Limits on licensing authority discretion
- Other powers
- Part 2: The licensing framework
- Part 3: The Gambling Commission
- Part 4: Licensing authorities
- Part 5: Principles to be applied by licensing authorities
- Part 6: Licensing authority policy statement
- Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025Part 7: Premises licences
- Part 8: Responsible authorities and interested parties definitions
- Part 9: Premises licence conditions
- Part 10: Review of premises licence by licensing authority
- Part 11: Provisional statements
- Part 12: Rights of appeal and judicial review
- Part 13: Information exchange
- Part 14: Temporary use notices
- Part 15: Occasional use notices
- Part 16: Gaming machines
- Part 17: Casinos
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- Casino premises
- Casino games
- Protection of children and young persons
- The process for issuing casino premises licences
- Resolutions not to issue casino licences
- Converted casinos (with preserved rights under Schedule 18 of the Act)
- Casino premises licence conditions
- Mandatory conditions – small casino premises licences
- Mandatory conditions – converted casino premises licences
- Default conditions attaching to all casino premises licences
- Self-exclusion
- Part 18: Bingo
- Part 19: Betting premises
- Part 20: Tracks
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- Definition of a track
- Track premises licences – differences from other premises licences
- Betting on tracks
- Licences and other permissions for the provision of betting facilities
- Betting on event and non-event days
- Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025Social responsibility considerations for tracks
- Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025Gaming machines
- Self-service betting terminals (SSBTs)
- Applications
- Licence conditions and requirements
- Part 21: Adult gaming centres
- Part 22: Licensed family entertainment centres
- Part 23: Introduction to permits
- Part 24: Unlicensed family entertainment centres
- Part 25: Clubs
- Part 26: Premises licensed to sell alcohol
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- Introduction
- Automatic entitlement to two machines
- Licensed premises gaming machine permits
- Exempt gaming
- Bingo
- Betting
- Commission codes of practice
- Scotland
- Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025Protection of children and young persons
- Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025Prohibited gaming
- Part 27: Prize gaming and prize gaming permits
- Part 28: Non-commercial and private gaming, betting and lotteries
- Part 29: Poker
- Part 30: Travelling fairs
- Part 31: Crown immunity and excluded premises
- Part 32: Territorial application of the Gambling Act 2005
- Part 33: Door supervision
- Part 34: Small society lotteries
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- Small society lotteries
- The status of lotteries under the Act
- Licensing authority guidance
- Social responsibility
- External lottery managers’ licence status
- Lottery tickets
- Prizes
- Specific offences in relation to lotteries
- Application and registration process for small society lotteries
- Administration and returns
- Part 35: Chain gift schemes
- Part 36: Compliance and enforcement matters
- Appendix A: Summary of machine provisions by premises
- Appendix B: Summary of gaming machine categories and entitlements
- Appendix C: Summary of gaming entitlements for clubs and alcohol-licensed premises
- Appendix D: Summary of offences under the Gambling Act 2005
- Appendix E: Summary of statutory application forms and notices
- Appendix F: Inspection powers
- Appendix G: Licensing authority delegations
- Appendix H: Poker games and prizes
- Appendix I: Glossary of terms
Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
- 1 - Small society lotteries The Gambling Commission's guidance to small society lotteries for licensing authorities.
- 2 - The status of lotteries under the Act The Gambling Commission's guidance on the status of lotteries under The Gambling Act 2005 for licensing authorities.
- 3 - Licensing authority guidance The Gambling Commission's guidance for licensing authorities on small society lotteries.
- 4 - Social responsibility The Gambling Commission's guidance on the social responsibility licensing authorities must exercise when licensing small society lotteries.
- 5 - External lottery managers’ licence status The Gambling Commission's guidance for external lottery managers (ELM) licence status relating to small society lotteries.
- 6 - Lottery tickets The Gambling Commission's guidance on lottery tickets relating to small society lotteries.
- 7 - Prizes The Gambling Commission's guidance for licensing authorities on small society lottery prizes.
- 8 - Specific offences in relation to lotteries The Gambling Commission's guidance on specific offences in relation to small society lotteries.
- 9 - Application and registration process for small society lotteries The Gambling Commission's guidance on how to apply and register licenses for small society lotteries.
- 10 - Administration and returns The Gambling Commission's guidance on the administration and returns to small society lotteries.
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Part 35: Chain gift schemes
Last updated: 19 April 2023Is BitStarz Safe to Use? Complete Guide 2025
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