Bingo business men Jerry and Simon Thomas have decided to buy the hippodrome, an enormous London nightclub. This infamous London landmark will be refurbished into London’s flashiest casino arcade and bingo hall by the summer of 2011

The two actually have know-how of the market, from being the owners of Beacon Bingo. Prior to now the venture was a joint effort with different developers, but now the father and son have opted to challenge the £15 million venture on their own.

All shareholders have been bought out

Simon Thomas has been quoted on the topic:“Having successfully developed the project to this stage as part of a consortium, and achieved all the necessary permits and licenses, my father and I decided that we would like to see through the redevelopment as the solitary operator and launch what is destined to become one of Europe’s top entertainment venues.”

The Thomas’ have explained that they have worked on the task to this level efficiently however they wish to go through the other parts of the project as the sole agent of the complete hippodrome project.With any luck , the hippodrome will become Europe’s finest arcade and is going to be launched solely by the Thomas company.

Beacon Bingo, the Thomas family bingo organization was sold two years ago, for an astounding £80 million, this provided the father son duo the capital to dive into this innovative project.

The tough work that went into possessing the club was extensive,because the building was and still is a highly sought after property. The clubs excellent location on the border of Leicester square is the reason it ended up being so hard to obtain. This club is intended to be the next best bingo betting house here in London after its recognized opening in 2011. To simply own this kind of excellent building is a significant achievement for the Thomas family due to the legendary and popular location. The final touches now will need to be put into the project to help make it one of the best rated sites in London.

The first blueprints of the building were drafted by a few businesses under the name of United Leisure gaming nevertheless the father and son duo resolved to go alone by purchasing all of the shares from the United Leisure gaming. 

The gambling establishment is calculated to cost close to £15m that will consist of most of the cash paid in refurbishment and renovation of the past milestone.

There has been an increased amount of raids in bingo halls lately, making customers dislike them. Both police and administration have found problems recently with gala bingo halls. There was a masked raid in which people were recently threatened with knives and had money stolen from them. Players and staff are now fearing going to their local bingo halls. No one was injured in this dreadful incident but this has aroused a wind of terror on the streets of bingo as how vulnerable such place have become. Many people now believe that bingo halls should be made safer and are questioning current security efforts. This has been one a string of attacks on this bingo hall in the past two years. Following the attacks there has been increased police security in the area. One man is being held in custody in relation to the attacks and until enough evidence is gathered to prove his guilt.
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popular bingo hour interrupted

masked raiders were holding shotguns and crowbars as arms for terrifying the public in the bingo hall making them lie on the floor before making a clean sweep of 7,000 pounds. It was around 7:15 when the raid began and interrupted the most popular bingo hour. Some people who had been present in the hall have managed to give statements on the raid. Anyone wishing to make a statement can contact the police.One of the witnesses, Amelia Phillips was celebrating her 100th birthday when the raider illegitimately entered the premises of the bingo hall.This incident has not only frightened the customers but even the staff is afraid to go to the gambling site. The entire neighborhood are afraid considering the weapons and culprits are still at large. Many people are emotionally scares since the attack although fortunately no one was physically injured.