MELBOURNE, Australia. Thursday 26 January 2017. Jason Somerville’s Twitch.tv account will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship starting tomorrow, Friday 27 January at 12:30pm EST with the ‘Main Event’ – Day Four.

Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams, said “I’m absolutely delighted to again partner with Jason Somerville to live stream key moments from the 2017 Aussie Millions. Last year confirmed Jason’s overall appeal and immense talent, and I feel confident that this year’s production will be even more enjoyable and relevant to the Poker viewing community. What better way to showcase Australasia’s premier poker event?”

Jason Somerville said “I’m honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie Millions once again on Twitch. The Aussie Millions is one of the most premiere and prestigious poker tournaments on the planet and I’m excited to present the action once again to fans around the globe. Last year’s broadcast was the most-watched live poker Twitch event of the year and I’m certain this year’s shows will be even better.”

Twitch.tv, the world’s fasting-growing social video platform with more than 100 million members, will offer a unique and interactive Aussie Millions viewing experience for poker enthusiasts everywhere. Somerville will be streaming the 2017 Aussie Millions exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv from Friday 27 January to Sunday 29 January 2017.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Thursday 26 January 2017. Jason Somerville’s Twitch.tv account will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship starting tomorrow, Friday 27 January at 12:30pm EST with the ‘Main Event’ – Day Four.

Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams, said “I’m absolutely delighted to again partner with Jason Somerville to live stream key moments from the 2017 Aussie Millions. Last year confirmed Jason’s overall appeal and immense talent, and I feel confident that this year’s production will be even more enjoyable and relevant to the Poker viewing community. What better way to showcase Australasia’s premier poker event?”

Jason Somerville said “I’m honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie Millions once again on Twitch. The Aussie Millions is one of the most premiere and prestigious poker tournaments on the planet and I’m excited to present the action once again to fans around the globe. Last year’s broadcast was the most-watched live poker Twitch event of the year and I’m certain this year’s shows will be even better.”

Twitch.tv, the world’s fasting-growing social video platform with more than 100 million members, will offer a unique and interactive Aussie Millions viewing experience for poker enthusiasts everywhere. Somerville will be streaming the 2017 Aussie Millions exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv from Friday 27 January to Sunday 29 January 2017.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Thursday 26 January 2017. Jason Somerville’s Twitch.tv account will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship starting tomorrow, Friday 27 January at 12:30pm EST with the ‘Main Event’ – Day Four.

Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams, said “I’m absolutely delighted to again partner with Jason Somerville to live stream key moments from the 2017 Aussie Millions. Last year confirmed Jason’s overall appeal and immense talent, and I feel confident that this year’s production will be even more enjoyable and relevant to the Poker viewing community. What better way to showcase Australasia’s premier poker event?”

Jason Somerville said “I’m honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie Millions once again on Twitch. The Aussie Millions is one of the most premiere and prestigious poker tournaments on the planet and I’m excited to present the action once again to fans around the globe. Last year’s broadcast was the most-watched live poker Twitch event of the year and I’m certain this year’s shows will be even better.”

Twitch.tv, the world’s fasting-growing social video platform with more than 100 million members, will offer a unique and interactive Aussie Millions viewing experience for poker enthusiasts everywhere. Somerville will be streaming the 2017 Aussie Millions exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv from Friday 27 January to Sunday 29 January 2017.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Thursday 26 January 2017. Jason Somerville’s Twitch.tv account will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship starting tomorrow, Friday 27 January at 12:30pm EST with the ‘Main Event’ – Day Four.

Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams, said “I’m absolutely delighted to again partner with Jason Somerville to live stream key moments from the 2017 Aussie Millions. Last year confirmed Jason’s overall appeal and immense talent, and I feel confident that this year’s production will be even more enjoyable and relevant to the Poker viewing community. What better way to showcase Australasia’s premier poker event?”

Jason Somerville said “I’m honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie Millions once again on Twitch. The Aussie Millions is one of the most premiere and prestigious poker tournaments on the planet and I’m excited to present the action once again to fans around the globe. Last year’s broadcast was the most-watched live poker Twitch event of the year and I’m certain this year’s shows will be even better.”

Twitch.tv, the world’s fasting-growing social video platform with more than 100 million members, will offer a unique and interactive Aussie Millions viewing experience for poker enthusiasts everywhere. Somerville will be streaming the 2017 Aussie Millions exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv from Friday 27 January to Sunday 29 January 2017.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Thursday 26 January 2017. Jason Somerville’s Twitch.tv account will be the exclusive broadcast partner for the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship starting tomorrow, Friday 27 January at 12:30pm EST with the ‘Main Event’ – Day Four.

Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams, said “I’m absolutely delighted to again partner with Jason Somerville to live stream key moments from the 2017 Aussie Millions. Last year confirmed Jason’s overall appeal and immense talent, and I feel confident that this year’s production will be even more enjoyable and relevant to the Poker viewing community. What better way to showcase Australasia’s premier poker event?”

Jason Somerville said “I’m honored and thrilled to be partnering with Crown Melbourne to showcase the 2017 Aussie Millions once again on Twitch. The Aussie Millions is one of the most premiere and prestigious poker tournaments on the planet and I’m excited to present the action once again to fans around the globe. Last year’s broadcast was the most-watched live poker Twitch event of the year and I’m certain this year’s shows will be even better.”

Twitch.tv, the world’s fasting-growing social video platform with more than 100 million members, will offer a unique and interactive Aussie Millions viewing experience for poker enthusiasts everywhere. Somerville will be streaming the 2017 Aussie Millions exclusively through his channel on Twitch.tv from Friday 27 January to Sunday 29 January 2017.

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Business In Licensing (BIL) in partnership with the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has formulated a proposal to remove the requirement for pubs and clubs to notify Licensing Authorities that they wish to use their ‘automatic entitlement’ to two machines. The proposal, which also has the support of the British Beer and Pub Association and the Gambling Commission, will save pub operators and machine suppliers £50/notification and remove layers of wasteful administrative burden in the process.  The move would save the UK pub sector at least £500,000/year.

Peter Hannibal, Chief Executive of the Gambling Business Group stated: “The current process requires the writing of a formal letter, accompanied by a £50 fee, to notify the licensing authority of the premises licence holder’s intent to install up to two gaming machines of category C or D, to which he is entitled under the Gambling Act 2005. The fee, which barely covers the costs of the administration process for the licensing authority, let alone the cost of enforcing or inspecting against the notice, represents an unnecessary cost to business while failing to add to the safety of the public or the effectiveness of the regulatory regime. Likewise the present notification process fails to accurately deliver to the Gambling Commission data on the number of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises.”

The three point alternative proposed by BIL/GBG is to (a) Remove the requirement for premises licence holders to notify and pay the £50 to benefit from the automatic entitlement to provide gaming machines under section 282 – thereby removing the burden (b) The Gambling Commission to amend it’s statutory Guidance to Licensing Authorities (issued under s.25 of the Gambling Act 2005) to advise licensing authorities to send the Code of practice for gaming machines in clubs and premises with an alcohol licence to holders of alcohol premises licences.  This would ensure the effective communication of a licensee’s social responsibility obligations and (c) For the Gambling Commission to amend the Regulatory Returns of those who supply gaming machines to require the holder of the operating licence to provide information on the numbers of machines supplied to alcohol licensed premises, a measure which would provide the Gambling Commission with accurate data on numbers of gaming machines in alcohol licensed premises. Similar information is already provided by gaming machines suppliers to the Gambling Commission and suppliers must hold this information. Failure to do so would be a breach of an operating licence condition.

Nick Arron, Partner at Poppleston Allen, the leading licensing solicitors which  formulated the proposals, said: “Taken together, this raft of changes should result in a reduction of costs to licensed businesses and machine operators, the removal of unnecessary confusion around the notification process by those who aren’t fully conversant with the detailed wording of the Gambling Act 2005, reduced cost and administration burden to licensing authorities, increased transparency over the legality of the presence of gaming machines in pubs, improved enforceability of licensing and gambling law, improved regulation of licensed premises, enhance the quality of information held by the Gambling Commission on the numbers of gaming machines in British alcohol licensed premises and protection of the public courtesy of transparent adherence to the Gambling Commission’s Code of Conduct.”

Quality slots and table games provider Habanero has signed a deal to supply its full suite of content to platform provider 1XBet.

Habanero is making its catalogue of slots, table games, and video poker titles available to its fellow supplier, whose operator partners work in a number of international markets.

Included in the deal will be Habanero’s latest HTML5 slot titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and its recently-launched Fire Rooster.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said he was pleased to have partnered with 1XBet, who will open doors and put its games in front of a new group of operators and players.

Quality slots and table games provider Habanero has signed a deal to supply its full suite of content to platform provider 1XBet.

Habanero is making its catalogue of slots, table games, and video poker titles available to its fellow supplier, whose operator partners work in a number of international markets.

Included in the deal will be Habanero’s latest HTML5 slot titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and its recently-launched Fire Rooster.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said he was pleased to have partnered with 1XBet, who will open doors and put its games in front of a new group of operators and players.

Quality slots and table games provider Habanero has signed a deal to supply its full suite of content to platform provider 1XBet.

Habanero is making its catalogue of slots, table games, and video poker titles available to its fellow supplier, whose operator partners work in a number of international markets.

Included in the deal will be Habanero’s latest HTML5 slot titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and its recently-launched Fire Rooster.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said he was pleased to have partnered with 1XBet, who will open doors and put its games in front of a new group of operators and players.

Quality slots and table games provider Habanero has signed a deal to supply its full suite of content to platform provider 1XBet.

Habanero is making its catalogue of slots, table games, and video poker titles available to its fellow supplier, whose operator partners work in a number of international markets.

Included in the deal will be Habanero’s latest HTML5 slot titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and its recently-launched Fire Rooster.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said he was pleased to have partnered with 1XBet, who will open doors and put its games in front of a new group of operators and players.

Quality slots and table games provider Habanero has signed a deal to supply its full suite of content to platform provider 1XBet.

Habanero is making its catalogue of slots, table games, and video poker titles available to its fellow supplier, whose operator partners work in a number of international markets.

Included in the deal will be Habanero’s latest HTML5 slot titles including Jugglenaut, Fenghuang, Roman Empire, and its recently-launched Fire Rooster.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said he was pleased to have partnered with 1XBet, who will open doors and put its games in front of a new group of operators and players.