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24th September

2010 Gala joins NCiF - Positive about Gambling

Gala Casinos have joined the National Casino industry Forum. Tracy Damestani, Director of NCiF announced today, 'we are delighted. With Gala on board, NCiF now represents over 93% of operating casinos in the UK'. Damestani said, ‘since we launched in May 2009, our membership has grown steadily. We have a very clear set of objectives for the casino industry and are only ever positive about gambling. We are looking forward to working with the Gala team on some of the challenges facing the casino industry.'

Legislating to gain significant tax revenues from gaming is never without dispute, but in the UK across-the-board clear and fairly applied regulation to realise that for the mutual benefit of the gaming industry – remote and real – needs to be addressed as the digital economy progresses and social responsibility issues come to the fore. While casino development in the UK has contracted, with notable singular exceptions such as the Hippodrome, remote gaming has been in the ascendant. As a new government takes office there is another key opportunity to consider the issues.

Les Ambassadeurs Club unveils The Red Room Girls and announces Tamara Ecclestone as co-auctioneer on the opening night of The Red Room on November 2nd 2009 in aid of The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.