Gaming and slot machines

Download the Application form for a presence permit (PDF, 131.87 KB) and fill in.  Send the form to the City of Leeuwarden. You can also hand it in at the Town Hall.

• You may apply for a licence for up to two gaming machines.
• The gaming machine may only be placed in a high-threshold establishment. That could be a café or restaurant.

The conditions of a high-threshold establishment are

• You have an alcohol licence.
• Your visitors come mainly for the food and drink. There is no other activity that attracts a different kind of visitor.
• Your visitors are aged 18 or above.

This licence is granted for 5 years. A maximum of 1 amusement arcade is allowed in the City of Leeuwarden. This is stated in the ‘Regulation on gaming machine halls City of Leeuwarden 2014’. Currently, there is already a slot machine hall in the City of Leeuwarden. No more are permitted.

The following laws can be found on the website Overheid.nl (national):

• Gaming Act

The following regulations can be found on the website Overheid.nl (local):

• Alcohol Act
• General Municipal Ordinance Leeuwarden
• Special laws policy document on catering, cannabis cafes, sex work and gambling
• Regulation on gaming arcades City of Leeuwarden 2014