What you need to know before you apply for a gambling premises licence, including eligible premises and exceptions.
You need a premises licence to run a premises based gambling business.
It is an offence to provide facilities for gambling unless the required permissions are in place, or an exemption applies.
Premises that can be licensed for gambling include:
Every premise that requires a premises licence will also need an operating licence – Gambling Commission and may also need personal licence – Gambling Commission.
We can only issue a premises licence once you have received your operating licence.
Exceptions are made in the case of tracks – for example dog and horse racing tracks.
Unlike other premises types, tracks are able to hold more than 1 licence at one time. This is permitted as long as each licence relates to a different, specified area of the track.
