Gaming Machine Categories

Gaming machines (fruit machines, slot machines) fall into categories depending on the maximum stake and prize available.

Gaming machines (fruit machines, slot machines) fall into categories depending on the maximum stake and prize available.

Machine Category Maximum Stake (from July 2011) Maximum Prize (from July 2011)
A Unlimited Unlimited
B1 £2 £4,000
B2 £100 (in multiples of £10) £500
B3 £2 £500
B3a £1 £500
B4 £1 £250
C £1 £70
D non money prize (other than crane grab) £0.30 £8
D non money prize (crane grab) £1 £50
D money prize £0.10 £5
D Combined money and non-money prize (other than coin pusher or penny falls machines) £0.10 £8 of which no more than £5 may be a money prize
D Combined money and non-money prize (coin pusher or penny falls machine) £0.10 £15 of which no more than £8 may be a money prize