Mecca Bingo is a British bingo operator owned by the Rank Group, running bingo clubs across England, Scotland and Wales and an online bingo, slots and casino site licensed by the Gambling Commission, with its club membership linked to the online product. Dating from the 1960s, it is the second-largest retail bingo estate in Britain after Buzz Bingo and one of the larger online bingo brands.
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The Grosvenor and Mecca owner expects the Budget's five-point rise on higher-stake machines to cost about £9 million a year before mitigation, more than bingo duty's abolition saves it. Its response waits until January.
The Mecca and Grosvenor owner says a doubling would shut about a third of its estate and hit around 2,000 staff. Its own accounts suggest the arithmetic is real: on a rough estimate, the rise on Mecca's machines alone would exceed what its bingo clubs earn. The new gambling minister, touring one of its casinos this week, has so far spoken about bingo licensing rather than tax.