Buzz Bingo’s chief product officer David Evans has reiterated how important a “stable and proportionate regulatory backdrop” is for the industry to thrive, telling media that proposed increases to MGD would have negative ramifications for the ...
NQ64 has officially opened its largest venue, having transformed a former nightclub in central Soho into a two-floor arcade and gaming bar featuring 60 machines, pool tables and AR darts.
MERKUR Casino UK has named former Gambling Commission executive Dan Whitlam as Head of Compliance, effective 28 September 2026. Reporting to CFO Egemen Coskun, Whitlam succeeds Amanda Kiernan ahead of her 2027 retirement. He brings extensive e...
Wilson Casino has streamlined operations across its Folkestone, Chatham and Worthing venues by adopting Boomerang Digital’s connected technology platform. The roll-out includes PayStation and Click systems, delivering efficient single-partner ...
Kevin Birch, Nigel Botelho, David Parris, and Brent Millman have raised nearly £6,000 for the Bacta Charitable Trust after completing the Rat Run road challenge, which saw them drive 1,300 miles from Dover to Benidorm in a £350 “banger” named ...
Sailor Boy Amusements and Family Fun Park owner Scott Masterson has died aged 52 following a short illness, having dedicated his life to running the St Osyth attraction.
Mecca Bingo is celebrating its 65th anniversary, marking more than six decades as one of the most recognisable names in Britain’s bingo industry.
With social clubs battling rising costs and changing customer habits, Sheffield’s Southey Social Club is adapting its offer as it fights to secure its future. What impact further tax rises in the upcoming Budget will have on the club could mov...
The Game Nation team is clearly ‘bristling’ with creativity launching a quirky celebration of World Beard Day across all of its venues. The initiative captured the imagination and gave venue teams another opportunity to engage with their custo...
EAG360 is inviting the industry to support its official charity partner, Little Lifts, during Breast Cancer Awareness month this October. Exhibitors, visitors, suppliers and supporters are invited to take part in a challenge to keep moving for...
The Gambling Business Group celebrated its 12th anniversary this summer and in the years since industry luminaries Peter Hannibal and Nick Harding founded the organisation, it has grown to over 100 members spanning dozens of retail, production...
JD Wetherspoon chair Tim Martin has said it is “not up to the Prime Minister, or the leader of the opposition” to decide what businesses occupy the UK’s high streets, telling City AM “there’s no point in demoralising people who run legal busin...
Nicole Garrett, chief executive of the Bingo Association, was unequivocal in her expectations of the fall-out if the government follows through on calls from anti-gambling quarters to raise MGD. Investment on the high street will drop, bingo c...
MERKUR UK has strengthened its commitment to Leeds providing support to two local non-profit groups through its Community scheme. The funding will directly support People Matters’ social enterprise project for learning-disabled adults and Comm...
Amid all the noise and huff ‘n puff about the plight of the UK high street, the current discourse delivers little in the way of any solution. But then, how can you revive an ailing high street when the only thing you can offer up is a list of ...
A Euromat study has found that the illegal black market is growing at an alarming rate and now stands at three times more than it did in 2020. And worse still, the illegals are establishing themselves as the go-to online sites for players. And...
The Brenner family of Teignmouth Grand Pier has launched a £250,000 fundraising appeal to support urgent structural repairs following further storm damage.
The Gambling Commission’s youth gambling data has come under fire after analysis highlighted apparently implausible and contradictory responses among children classified as problem gamblers.
The 2027 edition of EAG360, takes place from 12–14 January at Excel London and registration for the three days of business, networking, education and innovation is live. Comprising the co-located Amuse Expo, CompSocUK, and the London Gaming Sh...
Ballymena BID backs the 24-hour operation of amusement arcade to help support the night-time economy
Ballymena Business Improvement District has backed plans submitted by Broad Enterprises to extend the opening hours of its new town centre amusement arcade, stating 24-hour operation will support a “diverse evening and night-time economy.”
It has been a tale of mismanagement and mistakes throughout, but no-one is taking the blame or responsibility. The Government, the Commission, the former GambleAware – none have come forward to say they mismanaged the transfer of Gambling Levy...
The financial secretary to the Treasury has dampened hopes of a cut to hospitality VAT, after warning the reduction of the tax from 20 percent to 10 percent would “cost a lot of money.”
There is a dangerous idea taking hold in British politics: that governments should decide which lawful businesses make a sufficiently “positive contribution” to society, and then use taxation and regulation to punish those that fall out of pol...
Industry figure Reece Holland is one the pioneers of nextgen aspirations of the old Showmen and arcadian traditions moving those heritage principles deeper into seaside communities. Already a local hero for his tireless work promoting local bu...
‘Vital Stability’: children’s charity Momentum reveals the crucial social impact of MERKUR’s support
Unrestricted funding from MERKUR Casino UK is providing ‘vital stability’ for the children’s charity Momentum. The three-year, £100,000 partnership is helping the organisation to manage a double-digit surge in demand, in the process assisting ...