The owner of Mecca Bingo, which is one of the most widely popular online bingo rooms, and Grosvenor Casinos said that the effort made by him has finally paid off. Well, in this context, effort refers to the appeal that he made to the younger generation to take participation in the games. The effort has led to the addition of huge number of new members belonging to the age group of 25 to 35. Yes, Rank’s Mecca Bingo, halls pulled in 50 thousand addition players in the 6 months to 31st of December. As a result, the total number of customers has turned out to be around 770,000. On the other hand, Grosvenor Casinos witnessed an increment of 61,000 registered members, taking overall patron numbers to 762,000.
The Chief Executive Office of Grosvenor Casinos, Ian Burke, maintained that there was ample more prospects in the youth market, mainly for bingo, where 65 percent of players are aged more than 35. However, he refused to state on discussions with Gala Coral to buy its 24-well established casino business. On the other side, Rank will battle a court case in the month of March, and it is related to the payment of £31 million in VAT sales tax on fun machines.