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IBAS toi handle disputes on fruit machines in bookies
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:02 pm
by pat624
IBAS to adjudicate over category B disputes
The Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS) looks set to widen its area of expertise once more by taken on disputes over gaming machines in betting shops. The independent body is teaming up with the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) in order to provide third party arbitration for any dispute arising from the Category B gaming machines.
Got this from an industry newsletter
Pat
Re: IBAS toi handle disputes on fruit machines in bookies
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:38 pm
by Martal~Wombat
pat624 wrote:IBAS to adjudicate over category B disputes
The Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS) looks set to widen its area of expertise once more by taken on disputes over gaming machines in betting shops. The independent body is teaming up with the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) in order to provide third party arbitration for any dispute arising from the Category B gaming machines.
Got this from an industry newsletter
Pat
I take it this is about FOBT's
Bit confused about category B ?
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:56 pm
by harry 3
Machine category Maximum stake Maximum prize
A-------------------- Unlimited ------Unlimited
B1------------------- £2--------------- £4,000
B2 -------------------£100 (in multiples of £10) £500
B3 -------------------£1--------------- £500
B3A------------------ £1----------------£500
B4-------------------- £1--------------- £250
C--------------------- 50p---------------- £35
D--------------------- 10p/30p--------- £5/£8
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:58 pm
by harry 3
Q. Is there a minimum percentage payout for a gaming machine?
Since 1 September 2007, under the Gambling Act 2005, there is no statutory minimum percentage payout for gaming machines but all machines will be required to clearly display the percentage return to players.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:24 am
by DildoDez
Are Cat. A machines actually legal? With that Super Casino now not being built, where exactly could you site one?
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:13 am
by TheMission
Pro Grammar XVIII wrote:Q. Is there a minimum percentage payout for a gaming machine?
Since 1 September 2007, under the Gambling Act 2005, there is no statutory minimum percentage payout for gaming machines but all machines will be required to clearly display the percentage return to players.
There never was. It is a common misconception that a payout of at least 70% was a legal requirement.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:49 am
by borgcontact4
There was and is no legal requirement for payout percentages, however the trade body BACTA/ Gaming Board had a code of practice for payouts, Bingo clubs min 80% all others 70%. However companies within the industry did not always abide by them.
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:37 pm
by TheMission
There's a reason companies don't abide by their codes of practice. It's because they're a pile of shite. How many people who actually program machines get to their divisional meetings to air their views? Standards made by 'suits'.
Try reading their guidance on note acceptors, where they blatently contradict themselves within one page of A4. Or the so called dataport protocol. Not a fucking clue.
Anyway - just my opinion. Carry on
