The Gambling Act 2005  works to three key principles known as licensing objectives, which are:

  1. Preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime.
  2. Ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way.
  3. Protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling.

Download the Statement of Principles (.pdf Size: 275Kb) .

The Council is responsible for issuing the following authorisations:

Premises Licences

  • Casinos.
  • Betting offices and race tracks.
  • Bingo clubs.
  • Adult gaming centres.
  • Licensed Family entertainment centres.

Use the following links for document to be used in a premises licence application:

Download the gambling licence fees for premises licences. (.pdf Size: 315Kb)

  • Small Society Lottery Registration.
  • Prize Gaming Permit.
  • Club Gaming Permit.
  • Club Machine Permit.
  • Licensed Gaming Machine Notification.
  • Licensed Gaming Machine Permit.
  • Family Entertainment Centre Gaming Machine Permit.
  • Temporary Use Notice.
  • Occasional Use Notice.

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

What we will do with your Personal Information

Telford & Wrekin Council’s Licensing Service is collecting your personal information for the purpose of meeting the statutory requirement of the Gambling Act 2005.

Telford & Wrekin Council will not share any of your personal data collected with external organisations unless required to do so by law when your data may be shared with other regulatory bodies.

View our privacy notice for further details on the Council’s privacy arrangements.

Last updated : 21 March 2025

What we will do with your Personal Information
Telford & Wrekin Council’s Licensing Service is collecting your personal information for the purpose of meeting the statutory requirement of the Gambling Act 2005. 

Telford & Wrekin Council will not share any of your personal data collected with external organisations unless required to do so by law when your data may be shared with other regulatory bodies.

View our privacy notice for further details on the Council’s privacy arrangements.

Gaming machines in alcohol-licensed premises, such as pubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Download the Licensed Premises Gaming Machine Notification (.pdf Size: 102Kb)

Gaming machines for members clubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a club gaming permit or club machine permit

Gaming in members clubs

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a club gaming permit or club machine permit

Unlicensed family entertainment centres (Category D machines only - those that have the lowest level of stakes and prizes)

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Download the Unlicensed FEC application form (.pdf Size: 98Kb)

Prize gaming

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete online application form for a prize gaming permit

Small society lotteries

If you intend to sell raffle tickets before the day of the prize draw, you must register as a ‘small society lottery’.

Small society lotteries are lotteries held to raise funds for a non-commercial society. A society is non-commercial if it is run for:

  • charitable purposes
  • to enable participation in, or support, sport, athletics or cultural activities
  • any other non-commercial purpose other than that of private gain.

Societies who run small society lotteries (where less than £20,000 worth of tickets are put on sale and the society's combined funds raised from lotteries do not exceed £250,000 a year) may operate without a Gambling Commission licence provided they register with Telford & Wrekin Council.

There is an initial fee of £40 to register and an annual fee of £20. The annual fee must be paid within the period of two months which ends immediately before each anniversary of the registration.

An application to register a Small Society Lottery should be accompanied by a copy of the Society's Terms and Conditions and Constitution.

Visit the Gambling Commission website for more information on running a Small Society Lottery.

Visit the Gambling Commission website for further information on licences and permits.

Complete a small society lottery application form

Download the financial return form (to be completed by all lottery registration holders) (.docx Size: 27Kb)

Last updated : 29 August 2024