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News Flash – Licensees could face a £5,000 fine if they are caught allowing under-18s to use gaming machines in their pubs.
A warning has been issued as an increasing number of local authorities are cracking down with test purchases on gaming machines, according to a licensed trade solicitor. Under law a licensee could be liable to 51 weeks imprisonment in extreme circumstances. The latest, Bath & North East Somerset Council, has issued warnings to three pubs…
Gamestec drive to save lives
Willenhall-based Gamestec is helping the Midlands Air Ambulance save lives by donating a penny for every mile two special air ambulance branded trucks are driven. The leading gaming machine operator has made an initial donation of £250 to mark the start of the partnership. Staff at Gamestec’s Whillenhall RDC were asked to nominate a charity…
A rapid response to gaming machine repairs from Gamestec
Pubs in Greater London can now look forward to faster gaming machine repairs, as Gamestec, one of the UK’s largest gaming machine operators, has expanded its ‘Rapid Response’ motorcycle engineer team so it now covers the full area within the M25. This follows the success of the service, launched last year, which has seen…
Y Bont Centre for Disabled Children receives funding boost from new pub lottery
The Golden Lion pub in Aberkenfig has helped support the Y Bont Centre for Disabled Children in Bridgend by nominating the charity to receive a £4,750 donation. The money was raised during the trial of the new pub pull-tab lottery product TabBOXX, which took place in South Wales last year. The donation will be used…
Best Gaming Technology signs agreement with Gamestec
Best Gaming Technology (BGT) of Austria, the market leader in the operation of interactive self-service betting terminals has today announced an agreement with Gamestec, the leading gaming and amusement machine operator in the UK. In the new partnership Gamestec will provide a nationwide service and maintenance infrastructure for the hugely successful BGT live betting…
Gamestec unveils new digital product portfolio at ICE 2011
Gamestec, the UK’s leading gaming machine operator in the pub sector, will unveil plans for its new digital product portfolio, in partnership with Novomatic Group, later this month at this year’s International Casino Exhibition (ICE) at Earls Court. Working with Astra Games Limited, a subsidiary of Austrian Gaming Industries (AGI) and part of the Novomatic…
Good Measure helps SARA save lives with pub lottery windfall
The Good Measure pub in Caldicot is helping the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) save lives by nominating the charity to receive a donation of £4,500. The money was raised during the trial of TabBOXX, a new pub lottery product, in the South Wales area. Gamestec, which ran the trial, invited pubs involved in the…
Haywain helps Wales Air Ambulance save lives
The Haywain Pub in Bridgend is helping the Wales Air Ambulance save lives by nominating the charity to receive a donation of £4,250. The money was raised during the trial of the new pull-tab lottery TabBOXX which took place in South Wales in 2009. Leading gaming machine operator Gamestec asked four of the pubs involved…
The Coracle gives Friends of Young Disabled funding boost
The Coracle public house in Swansea has helped Friends of the Young Disabled support children and adults with disabilities by nominating the charity to receive a £4,500 donation. The money was raised during the trial of the new pull-tab lottery product TabBOXX, which took place in South Wales. The money will be used to help…
Bolton pub proves a ‘grand’ place for pub lottery winners
A Bolton pub has proved to be one of the luckiest in the country after two punters each scooped the £1000 jackpot on a new pub lottery game within a few weeks of each other. Rachel May and Richard Simpson netted the £1,000 prizes at their local The Beaumont Arms, in Ladybridge East. The TabBOXX…
