Bob Rudd Leisure has acquired Masterplay Leisure, the gaming operator with 350 machines in the North West and ten staff, for undisclosed terms. 07-Jun-2012
Barcrest Group is said to be planning to shed up to 60 of the 300 jobs at its gaming machines manufacturing business in Ashton under Lyne. 30-Jan-2012
Rank Group is to be acquired by Guoco, as the Hong Kong-based investment group has increased its stake in the gaming operator to 56%. 09-Jun-2011
Barcrest, the Manchester-based supplier of gaming machines with 300 staff, has been acquired by Scientific Games Corporation of the US for up to £35m. 23-May-2011
The Weather Lottery is to acquire Devil Fish Poker for £0.3m, in order to expand its online gaming operations. 23-Dec-2010
Praesepe is to acquire a further 14 gaming centres from the Noble Organisation for £2.3m, taking its total chain to 96. 29-Nov-2010
Bell-Fruit Games is to shed up to 55 of the 265 jobs at its gaming machines business in Nottingham. 01-Nov-2010
Praesepe is to acquire eight gaming centres in Scotland, the North West and the Midlands from the Noble Organisation for £1m. 08-Sep-2010
Octavian International has gone into administration through KPMG with the loss of seven of the 14 jobs at its Guildford-based casino and gaming business. 17-May-2010
Inspired Gaming, the gaming machines and software supplier, is to be acquired by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners for £134m. 05-May-2010
Praesepe is to acquire Beacon Entertainments, the Loughborough-based operator of 26 Showboat gaming centres and six Beacon bingo clubs with 500 staff, for £5m. 31-Mar-2010
Media Corporation has acquired Purple Lounge, the internet gaming company, for up to £0.5m. 14-Oct-2009
Praesepe has acquired the Crystal Rooms gaming centre in central London for £3.3m. 10-Sep-2009
Sceptre Leisure has raised £5.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its pub gaming machines business. 18-Jun-2009
Praesepe has acquired Issue Depth, the owner of six gaming arcades in Farnworth, Atherton, Lancaster, Bishop Auckland, Washington and Birtley, for £1.5m, and will rebrand the sites as Cashino. 03-Jun-2009
Orbis has acquired Electracade for an initial £2.6m, in order to expand its gaming software business. 08-Dec-2008
Monumental Games has acquired Swordfish Studios, the Salford-based online gaming firm with 26 staff, creating a combined group with more than 100 staff. 20-Nov-2008
Mazooma Games is planning to shed up to 25 jobs at its gaming machines business in Newark, in order to transfer the work to parent company Bell-Fruit in Nottingham. 10-Oct-2008
Danoptra has acquired the pub gaming machines business of Inspired Gaming, including 30,000 machines and 850 staff. 08-Jul-2008
Inspired Gaming is to raise £40m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its gaming machines business and reduce debt. 08-Jul-2008
Aldgate Capital is to acquire 31 Shipleys gaming machine arcades, through the £25m acquisition of HJM Caterers and E&J Hall Investments. 08-Jul-2008
Danoptra, the Leeds-based gaming machines and leisure club operator, is to be acquired by a consortium led by Credit Suisse and BlueBay Asset Management in a £85m deal. 17-Jun-2008
Million-2-1, the Manchester-based online gaming company with 20 staff, has been acquired by International Game Technology of the US in a multi-million pound deal. 12-Jun-2008
Inspired Gaming, the gaming machine operator, has put itself up for sale with a valuation of £49m. 26-May-2008
Sportech has acquired the Vernons football pools gaming business in Liverpool from Ladbrokes for £51m. 08-Nov-2007
Brulines has acquired a 66% stake in Coin Metrics, the Milton Keynes-based developer of monitoring systems for gaming sites, for £0.7m. 14-May-2007
Sportech is planning to acquire the Vernons Pools gaming business from Ladbrokes for about £50m, in order to expand its Littlewoods division. 08-Mar-2007
Talarius, the chain of almost 200 gaming centres, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 02-Nov-2006
Talarius has acquired Displaymatics, the Hampshire-based chain of nine gaming centres, for £5.2m, taking its total estate to 196. 17-Oct-2006
Rank is to close its London head office with the loss of 40 jobs, in order to transfer its central functions to its gaming division in Maidenhead. 04-Sep-2006
Talarius is considering plans to convert 20 of its Quicksilver gaming centres to its new Quick-Bet electronic betting format. 14-Mar-2006
Talarius has acquired Leisurama, the chain of 19 gaming and bingo centres in the north of England, for £12m. 06-Mar-2006
UKbetting is planning to raise £11m in a share placing to fund the development of content for its sports and gaming websites. 30-Jan-2006
Photo-Me has acquired a 60% stake in Deith Group, the Reigate-based distributor and developer of coin-operated amusement and gaming machines, for an initial £1.2m. 23-Jan-2006
Talarius has acquired Blackheath Leisure, the London-based chain of 24 gaming centres, for £19m. 09-Nov-2005
Gala, the bingo and casino operator, has secured a £200m equity investment from Permira, and is looking to acquire large retail gaming companies. 22-Aug-2005
Gamingking has acquired Kelly's Eye, the supplier of lottery tickets and gaming products, for £1.3m. 09-May-2005
Wembley is seeking a buyer for its UK gaming division, which includes greyhound tracks in Manchester, Birmingham, Wimbledon, Oxford and Portsmouth and is valued at up to £50m. 09-Feb-2005
Sportingbet is to acquire Paradise Poker, the US online gaming company, for an initial £169m. 01-Nov-2004
Luminar is said to be in negotiations to form a joint venture with Accor Casinos of France, which would involve converting up to 30 of its largest dance venues into gaming-based entertainment centres. 20-Jan-2004
MGM Mirage of the US has secured a UK gaming licence and will acquire a 25% stake in Metro Casinos, the developer of a site in Bristol. 10-Nov-2003
Gamestec has closed its gaming machines depot in Pewsey, and 44 staff are being offered work in Exeter and Bristol. 03-Oct-2003
Wembley, the gaming group valued at £168m, is in discussions with a private equity firm and its largest shareholder Active Value about the possibility of a management buy-out. 12-Sep-2003
Rank is looking to open five bingo and casino gaming complexes over the next five years at a cost of up to £30m, as part of its strategy to benefit from the changes to gambling legislation. 08-Sep-2003
Playit.com, the Wirral-based online gaming company with 13 staff, has been acquired by BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment of Austria, and the business will relocate to Gibraltar. 14-Aug-2003
Sportech has secured an interactive gaming licence from the government of Alderney, and similar licences are also being awarded to the Ritz Club and WagerWorks. 11-Apr-2002
Wembley is to sell its Keith Prowse hospitality business to management for £5.5m, in order to focus on its racetrack and gaming operations. 13-Mar-2002
Coinmaster is planning to raise £2.8m in an Ofex listing to fund the expansion of its gaming machines business. 23-Nov-2001
Sportech is to relocate its Merseyside-based Littlewoods Leisure head office and e-gaming operations from Walton to the Wavertree Technology Park. 15-Nov-2001
Hilton's Ladbroke division is planning to move into the Swedish betting market, which is currently run by a state-owned monopoly, by applying for a local gaming licence. 16-Aug-2001
London Clubs International has been put up for sale following problems with its investment in a Las Vegas gaming complex. 08-Feb-2001
Hilton Group is in discussions to sell its 27 casinos to Gala, in order to focus on hotels, betting shops and online gaming. 16-Oct-2000
Littlewoods is selling its football pools and gaming division to Rodime for £161m, in order to focus on high street, internet and catalogue retailing. 28-Jun-2000
Kunick has announced plans to launch the next generation of gaming machines for pubs, which will include internet access, shopping, holidays, news and an e-mail facility. 26-May-2000
Gala is looking to acquire more bingo clubs and move into online gaming, following the sale of a majority stake in the business to Credit Suisse First Boston. 14-Mar-2000
United News & Media is linking up with Sporting Index to launch an internet gaming service, offering fixed-odds betting and sports information. 06-Dec-1999
The government has confirmed plans to soften the impact of the recently-announced changes to the gaming duty payable by medium-sized casinos, by raising the threshold at which casinos qualify for the 40% rate. 01-Jul-1998
The government has decided to index-link gaming duty on casinos, in response to criticism that the recent Budget would have a damaging effect on London's casinos. 29-Apr-1998
London Clubs International and Capital Corporation have warned that the government's plan to raise the gaming duty top rate from 33% to 40% will endanger £140m in annual invisible imports. 02-Apr-1998
Bass has sold its Barcrest gaming machine manufacturing business to International Game Technology of the US for £42m. 18-Mar-1998
European Leisure has sold Maygay, the gaming machine manufacturer, back to its original owner for £16.5m. 24-Dec-1997
Ladbroke is acquiring Colorado Gaming and Entertainment, which runs three casinos in Denver, for £21m, as part of its strategy to build up its US gaming business. 22-Jul-1997
Stanley Leisure has acquired James Lane (Bookmakers), Pandashield and Daniel McLaren, for an initial £8m, in order to expand its gaming operations in the south of England. 21-Jan-1997
Sega of Japan has acquired JPM, the gaming machines supplier, for undisclosed terms, in anticipation of a relaxation of gaming rules this summer. 12-Apr-1996