Paying on the floor

What the cash desk accepts

Cash in pounds sterling and debit cards. That is the whole list at a British casino floor. You exchange money for chips at the table or at the cash desk and cash chips back in at the desk; machines pay out through a ticket-in, ticket-out slip or directly, depending on the venue. Some floors offer an operator app or digital wallet for machines; the Gambling Commission treats those like a card payment with the same restrictions.

Why credit cards are refused

Section 81 of the Gambling Act 2005 forbids a land-based casino from giving credit in connection with gambling, or arranging or facilitating it. Accepting a credit card as payment for gambling is giving credit, so no licensed casino floor in Great Britain takes one at the desk or at a table. The Gambling Commission’s April 2020 ban extended the same rule to online gambling and bookmakers’ shops. A debit card draws on money you already have; that is the line.

ATMs are placed away from the tables

A casino may host a cash machine, but licence conditions say it must be somewhere that makes you stop gambling to use it — never at the table. The casino may not have any commercial arrangement with the ATM provider beyond hosting the machine. Expect the ATM near the entrance or the cash desk, and expect the usual bank charges for cash withdrawals on credit cards, which the casino cannot waive.

When the casino must ask who you are

Casinos are regulated under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Two triggers oblige them to verify identity and, where needed, the source of your money:

• A business relationship — opening an account with the operator or joining as a member. This is why venues that register guests take ID at the desk.
• A £2,000 threshold — buying, exchanging or cashing chips worth £2,000 or more in one transaction or in several that appear linked. Since 30 June 2026 the threshold is set in pounds; before that it was €2,000.

Above that line, staff will ask for photo ID and may ask where the money comes from. This is a legal duty, not a judgement on you; it is the same at every venue on this site. Carry ID and, if you plan to exchange a larger sum, something that shows where it came from.

Machines and cards

The Gaming Machines (Circumstances of Use) Regulations 2007 restrict paying a machine directly with a card, and the Gambling Commission treats Apple Pay and Google Pay as card payments for that purpose. In practice you buy credit at the desk or feed cash and receive a ticket; ticket-in, ticket-out is recognised by the regulator as a cashless method.

Currency, tipping and receipts

Pounds sterling only; venues do not publish foreign-currency exchange. Tipping dealers is permitted at most floors but never required. Cash desks issue receipts on request — useful if you want a record of what the evening cost.

A note on prices on this site

You will find no room rates and no table minimums here. Rates change daily, and UK consumer law since April 2025 requires any quoted price to be the total with every mandatory charge; a third-party site cannot keep that honest. Hotel websites are linked from every venue page; table limits are on the sign at each table.