The Gala Group – headquartered in Nottingham - is the leading high volume, low stake retailing gaming group in the UK.
The Gala Group was founded in 1997 following a management buy-in from Bass. In the following two years Gala acquired four bingo chains. In December 2000, Gala acquired Ladbroke Casinos from the Hilton Group Plc. The casinos have been rebranded Gala Casinos. Gala has 10,000 employees in the UK. Since 1997 Gala has grown the business significantly. In 1997 Gala was worth £285m and in 2000, £400m. In 2003 the UK company, Candover and Cinven, bought the business for £1.28billion.
Gala has 28 casinos in the UK – plus one in the Isle of Man and one in Gibraltar.
From 1997 to 2003, Gala has invested over £140 million in capital expenditure to enhance facilities for both bingo and casino customers.
The three most popular casino games - Roulette, Blackjack and Poker - are available at all Gala Casinos, along with jackpot machines. Electronic Roulette is only available in selected casinos, please contact your local casino for information.
At some of our casinos you can also experience Punto Banco - a fast moving card game, and Craps - a dice based multi-bet game available at our Piccadilly Casino and the Rotunda Casino in Glasgow. Many of our casinos also run club nights with card games like Brag, Kalooki or Poker.
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