Consultation response
Regulatory Panel Reform: Consultation Response
Regulatory Panel Reform: Consultation Response
Contents
- Regulatory Panel Reform: Consultation Response
- Introduction - Regulatory Panel Reform: Consultation Response
- Summary of responses - Regulatory Panel Reform: Consultation Response
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- Introduction
- Proposal 1: Use of adjudicators on regulatory panels
- Proposal 2: Changes to the ‘Scheme of Delegation of licensing and regulatory decisions
- Proposal 3: Changes to the Regulatory decisions: procedures and guidance for regulatory hearings
- Proposal 4: Changes to the Licensing decisions: procedures and guidance for licensing hearings
8 - Self-service betting terminals (SSBTs)
20.39. S.235(2)(c) of the Act provides that a machine is not a gaming machine by reason only of the fact that it is designed or adapted for use to bet on future real events. Betting operators may make available machines that accept bets on live events, such as horseracing, as a substitute for placing a bet with a member of staff. These self-service betting terminals are not gaming machines; they merely automate the process that can be conducted in person and therefore are not regulated as gaming machines.
20.40. Licensed operators may install SSBTs on tracks. There is no restriction on the number of SSBTs that may be in use, but operators must, by virtue of their operating licence conditions, supervise such terminals to prevent them being used by those under 18 years of age.
20.41. There is no formal requirement on track premises licence holders to involve themselves in the procedures used by betting operators to supervise their SSBTs (unless specific local conditions specifying supervisory arrangements are added to the track premises licence by the licensing authority). Some betting operators may agree supervisory assistance to be provided by employees of the track premises licence holders, but this is a commercial matter between the track owner and betting operators.
20.42. While track premises licence holders have no formal responsibilities in this regard, the Commission has advised them to inform it of instances where they are aware that betting operators are persistently failing to ensure the adequate supervision of their SSBTs.
Last updated: 14 September 2023
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