News
Responsible Gambling Awareness Day
BACTA, along with the rest of the British gambling industry has declared Monday 19th October as Responsible Gambling Awareness Day to coincide with GamCare’s annual conference.
BACTA Convention & AGM 2009
We are very fortunate to have secured Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Minister for Sport, DCMS, to speak at this years’ event. Details of the other speakers will be added as and when they are confirmed.
EAG Expo
The EAG Expo is a brand new show for the Amusement and Gaming Industry, taking place at ExCel London from 26-28 January 2010.
Budget Submission 2009
The Budget Submission to HM Treasury from BACTA has been presented.
BACTA Training Courses - Complying with your Licences
BACTA training courses have been widely praised and recommended as a great introduction to how you can comply with your operating, personal and
premises licences. These are one day courses (10.30 am to 4.30 pm) that bring you up to date with your operating and personal (LCCP) licence and premises licence compliance requirements.
STAKES AND PRIZES - A BACTA VICTORY
Late on Monday evening the gaming machine industry was given some very welcome news. The BACTA suggestions for higher stakes and prizes, which was supported by all the other trade associations have been accepted.
BACTA WELCOMES GOVERNMENT’S BOOST TO THE SEASIDE
Revised proposals are a lifeline to an industry in troubled waters
London, 22nd December 2008 – BACTA, the British Amusement and Catering Trade Association, which represents the UK pay-to-play leisure sector has today applauded the Government’s revised proposals for Category C and D machines released by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
Government should raise stakes to save gaming industry
Dithering has always been part of Britain's political culture but time is rapidly running out for amusement arcades and the wider pay-to-play leisure industry. Delays in policy decisions are putting nearly 30,000 jobs in the industry in severe jeopardy. More and more businesses are forced to close every week — especially seaside arcades.
Free Job Advertising for BACTA Members
BACTA's National Council have decided that given the current state of the industry, they have decided to offer this free service to members.
More £500 slot machines for bingo clubs, but none at seaside
Ministers rejected pleas yesterday to allow seaside resorts to introduce high-stakes gambling machines of the kind proving to be a big draw in betting shops.
The gambling minister, Gerry Sutcliffe, did, however, bow to the rapid decline of bingo clubs by announcing they would be allowed to increase £1-stake/£500-prize gaming machines from four to eight per hall. The bingo industry had asked for an increase to 16.
Review of Research, Education & Treatment Second Consultation
Bacta will be fighting hard to maintain the voluntary system for this and will seek support from other associations and work closely with RIGT.
Following the publication of the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 20071 (the Prevalence Survey), which found that rates of problem gambling had remained at 0.6% of the adult population since the last survey in 1999, the government asked the Gambling Commission to undertake a review of the current voluntary arrangements for industry funding of gambling research, public education and treatment and to report on this.
INITIAL SUCCESS BY RANK GROUP PLC IN ITS LINNEWEBER APPEAL
Early yesterday (22 May 2008), Rank issued a Press Release stating that the VAT and Duties Tribunal had allowed its appeal in respect of the VAT treatment of interval bingo.
RIGT Reaches Target for 2007-08
The Responsibility in Gambling Trust have announced that it received voluntary donations of £3.6m in the financial year ending 31 March 2008, against a target of £3.5m from licensed operators.
Treasury and DCMS fail to take action
In the wake of the latest Budget speech, the coin-op business has been left to reflect on the deeper implications of a missed opportunity to help the industry. In his maiden speech the chancellor, Alistair Darling, increased amusement machine licence duty (AMLD) in line with inflation but did not deliver any new measures to aid the business. BACTA feels that this increase in AMLD was a "missed opportunity by government to offer a lifeline to the industry".
Stakes and Prizes of Adult Gaming Machines
In a letter to his parliamentary colleagues, Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, has explained the effects that the recently introduced gambling act has had on the gaming machine industry.
Conservative Party supports BACTA's campaign to save British Arcades
BACTA welcomes Conservative Party support for campaign to save British Amusement Arcades industry.
The Conservative Party has pledged today to amend the Government's Gambling Act 2005 to remove the perverse effects of the legislation upon the British amusement arcade and machine manufacturing trades.
MPs tell BACTA members to lobby for 100 signatures on EDM 840
At our recent lobby day at Parliament, MP’s told BACTA members the industry to pester their local representatives in order to support the EDM 840 and make sure the issue registers on the government's radar.
BACTA Lobby Day – The Outcome
BACTA continued its push for a regulatory level playing field at the Houses of Parliament last week with more than 90 members coming from all over the country to lobby their local MPs for change in the gambling regulations.
Dr Ladyman, MP joins the coin-op Debate
Dr Stephen Ladyman, MP was among the first politicians to defend the interests of seaside operators in the wake of the Budd Report. Now he's has joined the latest coin-op debate.
