Gala Coral Group
Gala Coral Group Ltd is a British betting shop, bingo and casino operator owned by private equity houses Candover Investments, Cinven and Permira. In October 2005 it merged with Coral Eurobet for £2.18 billion. The acquisition made it the UK's third largest bookmaker and largest bingo operator. It also owns over 30 casinos. Coral will remain a brand and trading division of the new group.
The Group headquarters are in Nottingham (Gala Bingo and Casino), Stratford, London (Coral), and Woking (Gala Coral Remote Gaming). However in 2011, a decision was made to move substantial parts of the business to Gibraltar, including almost all of the Remote gaming division.
The Group, through acquisitions and new developments have over 1700 Licenced Betting Offices.
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