UK casino reform permits sports betting and up to 80 gaming machines
UK rules allow land-based casinos in England and Wales to offer sports betting and increase their gaming-machine numbers, according to comments by Eduardo Morales, director of iGamingco Limited and senior adviser to Ficom Leisure. Under the framework described, qualifying casinos converting from the 1968 legislation may have up to 80 machines, subject to space and table-to-machine requirements; a betting area requires at least 280 square metres.
Operators assessing casino conversions must account for the space and table-to-machine conditions for betting areas and machines.