Rainbow closes its Bristol casino
British casino operator Rainbow Casino, has closed the doors to its casino, located in the south west of England.
The operator said: “Dear customers, we regret to inform you that Rainbow Casino is ceasing operations on Tuesday at midnight.”
Rainbow’s other casino in Birmingham in the midlands remains unaffected.
In May, the then Betting and Gaming Council’s Michael Dugher, CEO and Acting Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council, said: “Too many casinos have sadly closed in recent years as successive administrations failed to deliver the changes we needed to protect jobs and growth. Casinos are a vital pillar of the UK’s leisure, hospitality and tourism sector and we welcome the Government’s consultation response which is positive progress on the modest, long-overdue but mission critical modernisation reforms needed for the land-based casino sector to compete and thrive.
“Casinos currently employ more than 10,000 people, contribute £300m annually in tax and generate an estimated £800m a year to the UK economy.
“Much needed reforms on cashless payments, gaming machine allocations and allowing all casinos to offer sports betting will strengthen the sector to better meet the needs and expectations of their customers.
