Since the reopening of the hospitality industry, there has been a rise in the entertainment offered within premises as they look to innovate in their offering to attract the return of customers.
As we enter a new period of trading, it is worth brushing up on some of the key requirements for gaming machines in licensed venues in England and Wales.
Over the recent weeks and months, we have noticed an increase in both industry and local/national media reports regarding gaming machines in pubs and test purchasing.
A JD Wetherspoon (JDW) pub in Wanstead has been stripped of its gambling machines, bar two, after it repeatedly failed to stop children playing on them.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and UKHospitality (UKH) have united to tackle the issue of underage gambling and believe pubs ‘should be doing more’ to prevent it.
Takings from fruit machines has fallen by an estimated £600m over the past decade, with average weekly income decreasing 25% since 2007, an auditing company has revealed.
As pubs prepare to welcome Grand National punters, on-trade legal specialists Poppleston Allen have listed everything you need to know about sweepstakes and gambling in a pub.
We regularly receive queries from confused publicans regarding betting in pubs, particularly at this time of the year with the end of the jump season fast approaching.
The recent introduction of changes to planning laws aims to give businesses greater flexibility to adapt to changing business needs; however, the changes have led to some incorrect reports that licensees are now able to allow betting in their pubs and...
This is a great year for sport. The Euro 2012 football tournament has begun, Australia and South Africa are coming to test our cricketers (the West Indies are already here), and of course, the crowning glory is the Olympic Games.
Some of you may not agree, but I have a great deal of sympathy for local authority licensing officers. With their councils strapped for cash and looking to cut services, they still have to cope with a multitude of licensing problems, not just to do with...
Offering poker in pubs has really caught on. Graham Ridout leads off a four-page special on entertainment with a look at how to make poker a success...
Two pubs in Scotland have won planning permission to convert part of their premises to betting shops, in what's believed to be a first in the UK.The...
What betting is legal? Q Can you tell me what sort of betting transactions are actually illegal on licensed premises? For example, is it OK for a man...
Speaking at a Conservative Party gambling seminar, BACTA's chief executive Kevin Smith said he was "puzzled and frustrated" the government had failed...
MPs are calling for urgent government action to help community pubs by increasing the stake and prizes for AWP machines.As part of the 2005 Gambling...
By David Clifton of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.I have reported previously that the gambling review...
Jackpots on AWP machines in pubs should be increased, according to a new report on the UK's gambling industry, but licensees should not be allowed to...
The Gambling Review Body is reported to have ruled out extending gambling to pubs in its recommendations to the Government.Leaked reports suggest the...
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