The Gala Casino
The Gala Casino is one of the Gala Group, which has casinos all over the UK.
It is the leading high volume, low stake retailing gaming groups in all of the UK. The Gala Group was founded in 1997 after a management buy-in from Bass. During the next two years, Gala acquired four bingo chains and grew considerably. It acquired the Ladbroke Casinos from the Hilton Group and rebranded them to be Gala Casinos. Gala Group currently has more than 10,000 employees in the UK. It was worth Ј400 million in 2003 and was purchased later for Ј1.28 billion by Candover and Cinven. Gala has more than 28 regional casinos as well as one on the Isle of Man and on in Gibraltar.
The three most popular casino games there are roulette, blackjack and poker along with jackpot machines. Some of The Gala Casinos feature Punto Banco and craps–a dice-based game. Many casinos also run club nights with several different card games.