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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 22nd July 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
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(1) The Gambling Act 2005 (Gaming Tables in Casinos) (Definitions) Regulations 2009 are amended as follows.
(2) Omit paragraph (2) of regulation 1 (interpretation).
(3) For regulation 2 (gaming table: definition) (but not the heading), substitute—“
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For the purposes of section 172(3) to (5) of the Act, a gaming table is an apparatus that is designed or adapted to enable individuals to play a real game of chance where the design or adaptation is such that the apparatus is required to be controlled or operated by an individual employed or concerned in arranging for others to play the game.”.
Twycross
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
22nd April 2025Department for Culture, Media and Sport
