Licence activities
Non-remote general betting limited operating licence
This licence allows you to provide facilities for betting on tracks (for example, horse race courses and greyhound tracks) as an on-course bookmaker.
If you want to provide facilities for betting on tracks (on-course bookmakers), you are required by the Racecourse Betting Compliance Ltd (opens in new tab) (RBC) to hold public liability insurance and a valid Horserace Betting Levy Board (opens in new tab) certificate. For more information about these requirements you should contact RBC directly.
The fee basis for general betting (limited) operating licences has been updated in line with the June 2026 DCMS consultation response on fees. This means that fees are no longer connected to the number of days that a bookmaker operates and are instead determined by an operator’s gross gambling yield.
Current application fees
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £100,000 | £315 |
| A2 | £100,000 or greater, up to but excluding £200,000 | £444 |
| A3 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £300,000 | £574 |
| B1 | £300,000 or greater, up to but excluding £400,000 | £704 |
| B2 | £400,000 or greater, up to but excluding £500,000 | £833 |
| B3 | £500,000 or greater, up to but excluding £600,000 | £963 |
| C1 | £600,000 or greater, up to but excluding £700,000 | £1,093 |
| D1 | £700,000 or greater, up to but excluding £800,000 | £1,222 |
| E1 | £800,000 or greater, up to but excluding £900,000 | £1,352 |
| E2 | £900,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1 million | £1,482 |
| E3 | £1 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.1 million | £1,611 |
| E4 | £1.1 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.2 million | £1,741 |
| E5 | £1.2 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.3 million | £1,870 |
| E6 | £1.3 million or greater | £2,000 |
Current annual fees
Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).
After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Less than £100,000 | £252 |
| A2 | £100,000 or greater, up to but excluding £200,000 | £356 |
| A3 | £200,000 or greater, up to but excluding £300,000 | £459 |
| B1 | £300,000 or greater, up to but excluding £400,000 | £563 |
| B2 | £400,000 or greater, up to but excluding £500,000 | £667 |
| B3 | £500,000 or greater, up to but excluding £600,000 | £771 |
| C1 | £600,000 or greater, up to but excluding £700,000 | £875 |
| D1 | £700,000 or greater, up to but excluding £800,000 | £979 |
| E1 | £800,000 or greater, up to but excluding £900,000 | £1,083 |
| E2 | £900,000 or greater, up to but excluding £1 million | £1,187 |
| E3 | £1 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.1 million | £1,291 |
| E4 | £1.1 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.2 million | £1,395 |
| E5 | £1.2 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.3 million | £1,499 |
| E6 | £1.3 million or greater | £1,603 plus £104 for each complete additional £100,000 of annual gross gambling yield above £1.3 million |
Ancillary activities
If you are applying for a non-remote general betting (limited) operating licence and want to offer facilities for betting by telephone or by email (where you would be manually processing the bet), you should apply for an ancillary remote licence in addition to your main licence.
You may be able to apply for an ancillary remote licence if:
- the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your ancillary licence will be less than the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your non-remote operating licence
- the gross gambling yield from bets taken under your ancillary licence will be less than £550,000 per annum.
Ancillary remote application fee: £100
There is no annual fee for this ancillary licence
Related activities
- Non-remote general betting standard operating licence
- Non-remote betting intermediary licence
- Non-remote pool betting operating licence
- Remote general betting standard real events licence
- Remote general betting standard virtual events licence
- Remote betting host real events licence
- Remote betting host virtual events licence
- Remote general betting limited licence
- Remote betting intermediary operating licence
- Remote betting intermediary trading rooms only licence
- Remote pool betting licence
Last updated: 1 October 2026
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Fees effective from 1 October 2026 have replaced the previous fee information.