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UK – Rank Group to partner with GamCare for significant expansion of Safer Gambling and social responsibility training
The Rank Group has announced a new partnership with GamCare for the extensive rollout of safer gambling and social responsibility training for over 1,400 colleagues. The programme will see GamCare deliver 150 days of training to Rank colleagues, kicking off later this month and running through until November. The new partnership builds on Rank’s longstanding…
UK – Rank to recoup almost £80m due to VAT on slots
Rank Group, operator of the Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo brands in the UK, will receive a refund of £77.5m ($104.04m) from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the British tax authority, over value-added taxes paid on slot machine revenue between 2006 and 2013. Other betting companies are expecting a windfall as a result of the…
UK – Celebrities are helping Mecca to break Guinness World Records
Mecca Bingo is calling on customers and bingo lovers across the country to help attempt break an official Guinness World Records title by recording over 5,000 video birthday messages. To celebrate its 60th birthday this year, Mecca is attempting to break a new record title by creating the largest online video album of happy birthday…
UK – Only digital and Nine Spanish venues bring in revenue for Rank in Q3
Rank Group, the operator of Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo in the UK, saw gaming revenue fall by 72 per cent in its third quarter with land-based almost completely wiped out at 98 per cent down on the three months to March 31 last year. During the quarter all UK venues were closed. In Spain,…
UK – Grosvenor Casino Plymouth appoints local industry veteran as its new General Manager
Grosvenor Casinos has appointed a new General Manager to lead its Plymouth venue out of lockdown as it prepares to reopen in line with government guidance in May. James Harvey, 49, has worked in the casino industry since 1993 and began his career at the very casino he now manages. After moving to Plymouth at…
UK – Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos join Jabs Army
The Rank Group is joining Jabs Army, a nationwide call to arms from The Sun newspaper to support the all-important Covid-19 vaccination roll out. Jabs Army calls for volunteers to join the over 50,000 people needed to assist with vaccines in crucial steward roles, committing to only two six-hour shifts per month at their nearest…
UK – Cash poker returning to Grosvenor’s The Vic, Golden Horseshoe and Luton
In club cash games will be making their return to Grosvenor venues today for the first since they closed their doors in March, with the iconic Poker Room at Grosvenor Casino The Vic launching cash games to customers from 4pm today. The Grosvenor Casino Golden Horseshoe and Grosvenor Casino Luton will be next to welcome…
UK – Rank extends groundbreaking partnership with Carers Trust into 2021
British casino and bingo group Rank has extended its groundbreaking partnership with Carers Trust into 2021. This hugely successful partnership has had a major impact in supporting Carers Trust’s work with hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers right across the UK. Since its inception more than six years ago in February 2014, Rank colleagues and…
UK – Rank to reopen 36 Mecca Bingo clubs on July 4
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement earlier this week, Mecca Bingo is getting its bingo balls rolling again, with a phased reopening of its clubs across England from July 4. In accordance with the latest Government guidelines, 36 clubs will be welcoming back customers on the 4 July, since temporarily closing their doors due to lockdown…
