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| September
2006.
According to GF's calculations. At the above date there were 25 casinos in London, 96 in the rest of England, 12 in Scotland and 4 in Wales. |
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| Gala Casinos | ||||||||||||||||
| www.galacoral.co.uk
www.galagroup.co.uk www.galacasino.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gala_Group In December 2000 Gala purchased 28 Ladbrokes casinos from the Hilton Group. They were re-launched under the Gala brand on 4th October, 2001. The company is owned by a consortium of investment funds and venture capital companies including...
Gala's 5 London casinos.
Gala
Coral operates 166 Bingo clubs in Britain with around 40% market share.
The
company also owns the single casino in Gibraltar.
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| Grosvenor Casinos | ||||||||||||||||||||
| www.grosvenorcasinos.com
www.grosvenor-casinos.co.uk A division of Rank Group Plc. that also includes the two Hard Rock casinos in London and Manchester. The company has 33 British casinos plus Blankenberge and Middelkerke in Belgium. Rank Group websites...
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| Stanley Leisure Plc. | ||||||||
| Now owned by Genting
International.
www.stanleycasinos.com www.gentinginternational.com Stanley has 41 provincial casinos including Star City in Birmingham and 4 in London. The company did have a 50/50 partnership with Genting International in Maxims Casino Club but this was sold to GI in early 2006. 3 casinos formerly owned by R.J. Bown in Southend and Bristol, plus the Harbour House casino in Southampton are the companies latest purchases. Stanley's London casinos...
Stanley's estate of 600+ betting shops were sold to William Hill plc. in June 2005 for £504 million. The deal did not include Stanley's international sports betting and online gaming operations. Star
City Casino
Circus
Casino - Nottingham Cornerhouse
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| London Clubs International (LCI) | ||||||||||||||||
| Company purchased by
Harrah's Entertainment in late 2006
www.lciclubs.com www.harrahs.com LCI's operations also include 2 casinos in Egypt (Taba & Cairo) & South Africa (Emerald Safari Resort). The company has also been granted licenses in a number of other British cities and they have a 10 year management contract for the Casino du Liban in Lebanon. Les Ambassadeurs was sold to Indonesian Putera Sampoerna in early 2006. LCI's London casinos.
Provincial
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| A & S Leisure Group |
| www.asleisure.co.uk
www.owlertonstadium.co.uk 6 casinos in total. 5 in the provinces and 1 in Leicester Square, London. All now trade under the Napoleons brand. A & S is a privately owned company founded in 1968 and based in Owlerton, Sheffield. |
| Aspinalls |
| www.aspinalls-club.com
Founded by John Aspinall who passed away in 2000. The club moved to it's present location in 1992. |
| The domain www.Aspinalls.com is used as the base for the internet casino. It was announced in April 2002 that the company had made substantial losses on this particular project and the operation was subsequently outsourced to GoldenPalace.com |
| Aspers Casinos |
| A
partnership between Aspinall Group and the Packer Organisation who own
the Crown Casino in Melbourne and Burswood Casino in Perth.
Aspers
Newcastle
Aspers
Swansea
Aspers
also have projects in Cardiff, Northampton and Brierley Hill at various
stages of development. Other websites include...
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| Bannatyne's Casino |
| casino.bannatyne.co.uk
www.bannatyne.co.uk Opened on the 11th February, 2005 at the Quayside, Newcastle. Part of the Bannatyne Group. Closed 19th September, 2006 |
| Blue Chip Casinos | ||||||
| www.bluechipcasinos.co.uk
Blue Chip Plc.presently have 2 casinos open in Dudley & Wolverhampton. Mississippi based Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. acquired a 66% interest in the company on the 28th November, 2003 for £5 million. The Isle Coventry
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| Casino 36 |
| www.casino36stockport.co.uk
Cheshire Sporting Club. St. Petersgate, Stockport. |
| Clermont Club - Clermont Leisure |
| www.clermontleisure.com
www.theclermontclub.com Located in Berkeley Square and one of Britain's most famous gaming clubs. The purchase from Rank/Grosvenor by BIL International was completed 1st December 2006. BIL International have now
changed their name to Clermont Leisure.
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| Maxims Club - Genting International |
| www.maximsclub.com
Situated in Palace Gate, Knightsbridge. Maxims is owned by Genting International Plc. (trading under the name of Coastbright Limited.) who bought the 50% stake previously owned by Stanley Leisure in early 2006. |
| Harbour House Casino |
| www.hhcasino.com
www.stanleycasinos.com/site/Home/Casinos/HarbourHouse.aspx Opened 4th December 2003. Located in Southampton in a restored Edwardian Grade II listed building. Now part of Stanley Leisure. |
| Ladbrokes |
| Ladbrokes Casino and
Sports Bar
http://casino.ladbrokes.com/paddington/en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbrokes Opened 18th July, 2006 in the Hilton London Paddington. Originally a joint-venture between Ladbrokes (35%) and Alan Goodenough the former Chairman of LCI, and his associate David Seton who have a combined 65% interest. Ladbrokes bought out their partners in January 2007 and now control 100% of the operation. |
| Leo Casino |
| www.leocasino.co.uk
Opened December 12th, 2002. Single license holder located on the Queen's Dock in Liverpool. Owned by Hotel & Investment Management a company controlled by Champagne heir Amaury Taittinger. Now part of the Gala Group. |
| Les Ambassadeurs |
| www.lesambassadeurs.com
Formerly owned by London Clubs International. The casino located in Hamilton Place, London was sold to a company controlled by Indonesian Putera Sampoerna in early 2006. |
| Les Croupiers |
| www.les-croupiers.co.uk
Single operation located in Cardiff. One of the busiest provincial casinos in the U.K.. Tables include 12 Roulette and 8 Blackjack. |
| Opera House Casino |
| www.operahousecasino.co.uk
Opened 26th October 2005. Single operation located in Scarborough on the site of the former Royal Opera House. |
| Rainbow Casino |
| www.rainbowcasino.co.uk
Famous casino located in a Victorian villa on the Hagley Road in Birmingham. Understood to have been up for sale for some time. |
| The Ritz Club |
| www.theritzclub.com
Located in the former ballroom of the Ritz Hotel on Picadilly. The casino is part owned by the Barclay Brothers. |
| R.J. Bown (Holdings) Ltd. |
| Now
part of Stanley Leisure.
www.rjbown.co.uk 3 casinos including subsidiary company Metro Casinos that operates the Triangle Casino in Bristol which is 25% owned by MGM MIRAGE. |
| Westcliff Sporting Club
www.westcliffcasino.co.uk Southend. |
| Spielers Casino
www.spielers.co.uk Southend. |
| Triangle Casino
www.trianglecasino.co.uk Clifton, Bristol. Opened 27th February 2004. |
| Paris Casino |
| www.pariscasinoblackpool.co.uk
Private operation that opened in 2004. Located at Station Rd, Blackpool. |
| Shaftsbury & Broadway Casinos |
| www.shaftsburycasino.com
West Bromwich. Opened in 2004. |
| www.broadwaycasino.co.uk
Birmingham. Opened April 2005 |
| Soul Casino |
| www.pbdevco.com
Aberdeen. Opened April 2007. Owned by partners Stuart Clarkson and Hytham Bedawi. |
| The Victoria Club (closed) |
| www.thevictoriaclub.co.uk
Privately owned casino in Nottingham operated by George Akins. The company sold their betting office estate to Corals in October 2003. The property was robbed in November 2004 and subsequently closed. Two men jailed for casino robbery - BBC Nottinghamshire 25th May, 2006. |
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