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GAMBLING COMMISSION E-BULLETIN – ISSUE 2
7 APRIL 2006
Welcome to the second e-bulletin from the Gambling Commission. You have registered on our website to receive news and updates from us, and we will be issuing this email newsletter at intervals to keep you up to date.
This bulletin contains the following items:
Future regulatory regime news
Draft lotteries guidance for licensing authorities published for consultation
Draft Sector-specific licence conditions and codes of practice now available
The Government’s Casino Advisory Panel announces list of local authorities bidding for new casinos
Current regulatory regime news
Licence and registration fees for 2006/07
1. Gambling Commission publishes draft lotteries guidance to licensing authorities
Draft guidance to licensing authorities covering the administration of small society lotteries has been published for consultation by the Gambling Commission. The document is the second in a series of three setting out licensing authorities’ new responsibilities under the Gambling Act 2005.
For further information and to download the document:
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/Client/news/pressrelease_detail.asp?id=13 2. Gambling Commission publishes sector-specific licences and codes
To help different sectors find their way around the Commission’s proposed new rules for operators we have published a series of sector-specific licences and codes. These are all based on the full proposals set out in our main Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice, published for consultation on 10 March 2006.
For further information and to download the individual codes:
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/Client/detail.asp?ContentId=69 3. Casino Advisory Panel announces list of local authorities bidding for new casinos
The Government’s Casino Advisory Panel has announced that 68 Local Authorities submitted formal proposals to be considered by the Panel for one of the 17 new casino locations.
For further information on the authorities that are bidding, and various other developments from Department for Culture Media and Sport:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/pressnotices/press_040406.htm 4. Licence and registration fees for 2006/07
The Gambling Commission has set new licence and registration fees for 2006/7, which came into effect on 1 April 2006 under the current legislation.
For further information:
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/Client/detail.asp?ContentId=18 
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