23k in roulette scam It is Theft, Fraud call it what you want but a suspended sentence is an absolute joke and I am sure it will only encourage others to do the same What The Papers Say A croupier at one of Britain’s biggest casinos who helped two friends win nearly £23,000 in a roulette scam smiled as he walked free from court. Jonah Reha Bozdogan, 26, placed bets for Adeel Abbas and Faizan... »
Government Takes Action On FOBT’S Well nearly as they give out a 12 week consultation just to ensure they do not make an rash decisions. Will they be busy with excel spreadsheets calculating how much money the local councils will lose in rent and rates as they close a few bookies down on the high street because the profit margins will no longer be viable. They plan to half the amount anyone ... »
Leeds Super Casino Another Super casino opens to make it 3 out of a potential 8 large licence casinos granted in the 2005 gaming act. The super casino based in Leeds owned and operated by Global Gaming Ventures. The process started back in January 2012 and originally 5 operators placed bids to open the new casino. The final decision to give the large casino licence was in May 2013 so after what se... »
Grosvenor Casino Southend Finally after technical problems Grosvenor Casino Southend will finally open its doors, according to the twitter feed, and twitter is usually the most up to date news feed in the world. So meet the new crew of the Grosvenor Casino Southend. This now takes Grosvenor to 57 operational casinos making them by far the largest operator in the UK since the purchase of the ex Gal... »
Casino licensing in the UK Article by Stephen McGowan, director and Head of Licensing (Scotland) at TLT Scotland Ltd The operation of casinos in England, Scotland and Wales is governed by the Gambling Act 2005, which came into force on 1 September 2007. While this is an act of the UK Parliament certain aspects of gambling laws are dealt with differently in Scotland because of a separate legal sys... »
UK Casino Service Now I think I can safely say that there has only been one major player in the UK Casino service for nearly 3 decades and that was TCSJohnHuxley (formerly TCS). Practically unchallenged in their outstanding service for all those years is quite an achievement. The Casino operators who chose to service their own equipment did so by employing Ex TCS employees to get themselves starte... »
Preston Casino Green Light A bid to bring a casino to Preston has cleared its first hurdle after councillors gave plans the green light. Members of Preston Council’s planning committee approved an application to turn the former Fives building in Guildhall Street into a high class gambling venue. And councillors said they thought a casino would bring a more “cosmopolitan” atmosphere to the city. Co... »
Henry Birch to succeed Ian Burke as Chief Executive The Rank Group Plc The Rank Group Plc (“Rank” or “the Company”) announces the appointment of Henry Birch, who will succeed Ian Burke as chief executive of Rank with effect from 6 May 2014. Ian Burke, who is currently also executive chairman of Rank, will become non-executive chairman with effect from 6 May 2014. The Rank b... »
Confessions Of A Trainee Croupier A new Croupier Training school has opened in Cardiff under the watch full eyes of Michael Dornan, Craig Whitwell and Nichola Montgomery called The Cardiff Gaming Academy. I have been looking for a while for a new trainee to record his thoughts whilst being trained to be a croupier and lucky the Cardiff Gaming Academy persuaded one of their very first candidates to... »
Digital Art In Casinos A non-gambler might imagine the casino to be a dingy, smoke-filled basement where booze is trafficked and the sun never shines. That’s how it was. But it might be time to revise your preconception as London’s biggest and newest casino has the gambling joint of old graduated to a centre of entertainment, and this one has turned to art to make its atmosphere new an... »
