Tag Archives: Mayfair
UK – Park Lane Club wins out in High Court ruling over VIP cash-back claim
Croatian businessman Juste Puharic has lost in his High Court battle against The Park Lane Club in Mayfair after his claims that the casino failed to pay-up the commission on the bets he made despite paying his £1.5m winnings. He claimed he staked the amount because casino staff encouraged him with a cash-back offer on…
UK – London court yet to rule over Park Lane Club’s ‘offer’ of cash-back commission
Croatian businessman Juste Puharic is suing The Park Lane Club in Mayfair after spending £27m over five days in May 2015 playing roulette there, after the casino failed to pay-up the commission on the best he made despite paying his £1.5m winnings. He claims he staked the amount because casino staff encouraged him with a…
UK – Les Ambassadeurs sees freezing order lifted on indebted Sheikh
A High Court ruling in the UK has seen a judge remove a freezing order on a Saudi Sheikh’s global assets which had been imposed in February following a fall-out with London casino Les Ambassadeurs Club after he failed to honour a £2m debt. Sheikh Salah Hamdan Albluewi was accused of going ‘to ground’ when…
UK – Clermont Club to reopen in Mayfair this summer
London’s Clermont Club casino is due to reopen in Mayfair this summer having been closed for the last two years. The casino was bought in May 2019 by Mayfair Casinos, operator of Leicester Square’s Horizons Casino at the time, for £23m. The property is being renovated to include six different gambling rooms over three floors…
UK – Mayfair’s Palm Beach Casino goes live with Evolution Dual Play Roulette table
Evolution Gaming has gone live with another Dual Play Roulette convergence table for Genting Casinos, this time at the company’s Palm Beach Casino in London’s Mayfair. Established in the heart of Mayfair for over 50 years, The Palm Beach Casino has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and refresh. The Evolution Dual Play table is part…
UK – Birmingham City owner to buy Les A for £244m
London’s high-end Mayfair casino Les Ambassadeurs is on the wish list of Birmingham City FC owner and energy tycoon Paul Suen Cho Hung who is considering buying it for £244m. Current owner Landing International Development officially put the VIP property on the market this week after owning it for just 18 months in order to…
UK – Star Sports opens betting facility in Mayfair
Star Sports, one of the UK’s fastest-growing, independent bookmakers, has opened a luxury betting shop, right in the heart of Mayfair. The exclusive, Brighton-based company, which has made giant strides in recent years, has taken over the well-known premises on Deanery Street, just metres away from the historic Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane. Former UKIP…
UK – Landings International to buy Les Ambassadeurs
Hong Kong-listed Landing International Development is about to become a player on the London casino market having agreed a £137m deal to buy Les Ambassadeurs from current owner from Twinwood. Landing International will be going head to head in the English capital with Genting, a company who it has partnered with to develop a casino…
