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The Tory MP Philip Davies has got a new £500-an-hour job as a consultant for a company in the Merkur group, which is behind slot machines in hundreds of high streets across the UK. Davies, who was recently knighted on the recommendation of Rishi Sunak, will provide "strategic advice" to Merkur Gaming, earning £1000 a month for two hours of work in…

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Merkur Casino withdraws application for new slots location in Sheffield following public backlash

A slot machine company has withdrawn their application for a new premises in Sheffield following opposition from people in the area. Merkur Casino made the application on December 18 but decided to withdraw it on Wednesday. They planned to open the venue on Sheffield City Centre High Street, with it being listed as a'Bingo Premises', which some…

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24-hour trial approved for adult gaming centre Merkur Slots in South Shields' King Street amid problem gambling concerns

Earlier this year, South Tyneside Council's planning department registered a planning application for the Merkur Slots premises at 48 King Street in the town centre. The adult gaming centre, which offers low stakes slot machines, bingo machines and tablets, was established on King Street after being granted planning permission in February,…

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Spalding's new Merkur Slots venue will open on October 10

A new adult gaming centre will open up in Spalding town centre on Monday (October 10). Merkur Slots has been transforming the former Dorthy Perkins store in Hall Place in recent weeks - having won a planning battle for permission to open there. The district council had rejected an application for a change of use at the shop but the decision…

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Public health concerns lead to city centre gambling plans being refused

CONCERN over the health impact on some of the district's most vulnerable residents has led to a plan for a new gambling centre in Bradford being refused. Merkur Slots recently revealed plans to open a gaming centre on Bank Street, in the former Leeds Building Society unit. There are already five gambling businesses within 50 metres of this…

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Spalding Today

Spalding: Merkur slots wins planning appeal for adult gaming centre in Hall Place

A gambling firm has won its bid to open an gaming centre in Spalding town centre. Merkur Slots appealed against South Holland District Council's rejection of its change of use application to open a gaming centre in the former Dorothy Perkins site in Hall Place. However, the Planning Inspectorate has now granted the firm's appeal - and approved…

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Concern as another new gambling business planned for city centre

PLANS for a new gambling business in Bradford city centre have led to a councillor raising concerns over the amount of betting shops in the area. Merkur Slots has recently applied for a licence to turn the former Leeds Building Society building on Bank Street into a "bingo premises" that would open from 9am to midnight. If approved, it would become…

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Pinchbeck recovering addict's gambling concerns sparked by Spalding gaming centre plans

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Gambling Addiction ・ 07 December 2021

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Slot machines and bingo hall is proposed in Southend

AN "adult gaming centre" including slot machines and a bingo hall could open in Southend town centre after plans were submit to convert part of an empty unit. Company Merkur Slots UK has submitted a planning application to Southend Council to overhaul the ground floor of 13-15 London Road, close to Southend High Street. The Merkur Casino group…

Bingo ・ 07 December 2021

Spalding Today

Merkur Slots wins first battle to get gambling licence to open in Spalding

A gambling firm went one step closer to opening in Spalding town centre by winning its bid for a licence. Merkur Slots secured a bingo premises licence for 32-33 Hall Place after a council licensing panel meeting on Tuesday. The firm's bid to open in the former Dorothy Perkins store has proved controversial among residents - and its separate…

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Gambling licence for town centre?

Gambling company Merkur Slots has applied for a licence to open a centre in Spalding's former Dorothy Perkins store. Members of South Holland District Council's licensing panel will decide whether or not the company can have a bingo premises licence for the site on Hall Place. Under the licence gamblers can stake a maximum of £2 for a top prize of…

Law ・ 27 November 2021

The Shields Gazette

New gaming and slot machine venue opens in South Shields' King Street

New MERKUR Slots venues launches in South Shields Gaming company MERKUR Slots has opened its new'entertainment centre' on King Street in South Shields. Work is now complete on the conversion, and MERKUR said the new opening is part of a nationwide programme that will see the company invest more than £10million on UK high streets over the next…

Incidents ・ 21 October 2021

Glasgow Times

Duke Street: Controversial plans for Glasgow casino on site of former TSB shelved

A CONTROVERSIAL planning application for a casino in the East End has been withdrawn. Permission to turn the former TSB on Duke Street in Dennistoun into an adult gaming centre had been lodged with Glasgow City Council in August by Cashino Gaming Ltd for a Merkur Slots branch. Council bosses confirmed that the papers had been withdrawn today. -…

Jobs ・ 11 October 2021

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Residents furious as Huntingdon gambling arcade approved

A'gambling arcade' on Huntingdon high street has been approved despite strong local opposition. Cashino Gaming will be opening in the former premises of Carphone Warehouse, a prime retail spot that hundreds of residents had higher hopes for. Huntingdonshire District Council approved the application of an adult gaming centre last night (August 23)…

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Review of Enfield gambling venue’s licence cancelled

A planned review of a gambling venue's licence was cancelled following a legal challenge by the firm behind the scheme. Enfield Council's licensing subcommittee was due to review the premises licence for the Merkur Slots adult gaming centre in 292 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, but the meeting did not go ahead as planned on Wednesday. The original…

Covid ・ 18 June 2021

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Q&A: land-based gambling in United Kingdom

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Gaming Authorities ・ 19 May 2021

Bury Times

Plans for new slots arcade are unveiled in Bury

A PLANNING application has been submitted for a new slot gaming site in Bury. Cashino is planning to open a new venue in Market Street, Bury, on the site of a former hair salon. The business itself would be situated in Kay Gardens. The brand often highlights that it is not a betting shop, but an'Adult Gaming Centre' (AGC), and has addressed this in…

Jobs ・ 19 January 2021

The Reading Chronicle

Reading café set for conversion into gambling centre

A shortlived cafe in Reading town centre will be converted into an adult gaming centre despite concerns over the risk of gambling addiction increasing. Bru Cafe opened during the pandemic in 2020 but closed not long afterwards this March. Now the cafe can be converted into a gambling premises by Merkur Slots following a decision made by councillors…

Gambling Addiction ・ 11 October 2023

Telegraph & Argus

Decision to refuse city centre gambling business goes to appeal

A GAMBLING chain is appealing Bradford Council's decision to block its plans to open a city centre branch due to the "harm" it could bring. The Council's public health department made a rare intervention to push for an application to turn a former building society on Bank Street into a new gaming centre to be refused this Summer. They claimed the…

Industry ・ 08 November 2022

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Evesham gambling shop Merkur Slots' plan to open 24 hours

A TOWN centre gambling shop has asked for a rule change which will allow it to open 24 hours a day. Merkur Slots, formerly known as Cashino, wants to extend the opening hours and its venue in Swan Lane in Evesham to 24 hours a day from the current closing time of midnight. Wychavon District Council backed plans by Merkur Slots to open the new…

Travel ・ 09 January 2023

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Former Watford Cashino unit becomes double size Merkur Slots

A town centre unit has received a £200000 investment to upgrade and expand. Gaming company Merkur Slots has doubled the size of its The Parade, Watford, unit and added more games and screens to its low stakes (£5 to £500 payouts) gambling offering. MERKUR Casino UK CEO Mark Schertle said: "The transformation of our Watford venue outlines our…

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