Rank the fruit machine.
Rank Group the quoted casino and bingo hall operator and with a leisure industry pedigree longest than most, has turned the post-smoking ban corner. In the year to December 2009, it turned loss into profit, reduced its debt burden and equally important, brought new products to the market including a more upmarket casino brand “G” and a more whizzy late-night form of bingo with music for the youngsters. Maybe a slug of those youngsters who have neglected Luminar that in turn led the boss Steve Thomas to call it a day. Furthermore, Rank expect to get back from HMRC about £35m in recovery of overpaid VAT.
Non of this interests me as much as a bald statistic thrown up by Rank’s annual report. The group operate 991 “club” fruit machines that now pay a jackpot of £500. Anyone who has read my book Violets will have enjoyed my tale of travelling the UK buying up routes of club machines for Bell-Fruit and explaining why. Club fruit machines are magic to operate. You could find the best ones in Bolton and Dundee but in this dreariest of UK winters, why not do a spot of research to prove the international case for this fact. I recommend Las Vegas and the club world of Sydney.
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