Gambling and gaming machines
If you want to apply for a gambling licence to run a casino or gaming centre you need to apply through the Gambling Commission website.
Apply for gaming machines or club permissions
- application form for club gaming permit or club machine permit
- application form for notification of two or less gaming machines or gaming machine permit
Duration and fees
Make cheques payable to 'Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council' or 'TMBC'.
- Gaming machine permit - automatic entitlement to two machines of category C or D (see Gambling Commission) the fee is £50. No annual fee.
- Licensed premises gaming machine permit - applications for more than two category C or D machines the fee is £150. There is an annual fee of £50.
- Club gaming permit - for clubs with a club premises certificate the fee is £100 and is of unlimited duration provided the annual fee of £50 is paid.
- Club machine permit - for clubs with a club premises certificate the prescribed fee is £100.00 and is of unlimited duration provided the annual fee is paid. The first annual fee of £50 and is due 30 days after the initial grant of the permit then the on-going annual fee of £50, is due on the anniversary of the grant of the permit. For commercial clubs eg snooker clubs, the prescribed fee is £200.00 for 10 years. The first annual fee of £50 is due 30 days after the initial grant of the permit, then the on-going annual fee of £50, is due on the anniversary of the grant of the permit.
Read our statement of principles for gambling.