For fun casino tables entertainment to be used as a fund raising activity, the basic principle is to cover the costs reasonably incurred in organising the event. For example the fun casino cost can be paid either by securing corporate or local business sponsorship or from the sale of tickets, as you would with any other form of enteretainment. This then ensures that all proceeds from the sale of fun casino vouchers to entitle guests to participate in the fun gambling, go direct to your charity.
The fun casino can operate alongside a buffet or as after dinner entertainment but be ware that under the gambling act of 2005, that sums raised by other persons will not form part of the proceeds of the event and so may be appropriated for private gain.
The two most popular fun prize casino games worldwide are blackjack and roulette, as the rules are fairly simple and the games are fast and great fun. Your fun prize casino will be best received if it includes at least one of each of them.
Non-commercial gaming may be an ancillary activity or the only or principal purpose of the event. To qualify as prize gaming, the prizes (whether in cash or in kind) should be put up in advance, and must not be dependent on the number of players taking part or the amount of money staked. The players participating in non-commercial gaming must also be told what "good cause" is to benefit from the profits from the gaming. There are no statutory limits on stakes, prizes, participation fees or other charges for this type of non-commercial gaming. No licence, permit or other form of permission is required to operate this kind of gaming provided that the statutory conditions are complied with. Prizes can and do vary from a bottle of bubbly to a trip around the world and can be presented to the "best" gamblers. If you are fund raising, a selection of prizes, well publicised, will always improve the take! (Often businesses may be interested in donating items).
HOW IT WORKS
For fund-raising events the fun Casino Vouchers , will be sold to players throughout the event by your own members at an agreed exchange rate, i.e for e.g £5.00 for each fun casino voucher converting into 20 fun Casino Chips equals 0.25pence per chip, which players are given at the fun casino tables in return for their fun casino voucher.
The croupiers explain the fun casino tables games in simple detail and the guests can then play on the gaming tables of their choice for up to three hours.
GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES FOR FUND-RAISERS
You do not need a gaming licence to have a fun casino. However under the gambling act of 2005, casino gaming includes games like roulette and blackjack where players compete against the "house" or a banker, rather than against one another on equal terms.
Non-commercial casino gaming
Organisations that wish to provide casino games for charitable or other non-commercial purposes (e.g. to raise funds for a club or society) may do so under the prize gaming provisions in Part 14 of the Gambling Act 2005. Non-commercial gaming of this kind may only take place at events where none of the proceeds from the event itself are used for private gain. For these purposes, the proceeds of an event constitute the sums raised by its organisers (including sums raised by way of participation fees, sponsorship, commission from traders, or otherwise) minus the costs reasonably incurred in organising the event. That the whole proceeds of the entertainment, after deducting the expenses of the entertainment, shall be devoted to purposes other than private gain.
