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Brands of the World is the world 's largest library of brand logos in vector format available to download for free. BotW is also a great place for designers to showcase their work. By 2015, Gala Coral was acquired by its rival Ladbrokes, but the Gala Bingo clubs were not part of the merger, and were subsequently sold to Caledonia Investments for £241 million in December 2015. This meant that the clubs used the Gala brand under licence from the Ladbrokes-Coral group and decided during 2018 to re-brand as Buzz Bingo.

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Buzz Bingo is a chain of bingo clubs in Great Britain owned by Caledonia Investments. It has 92 locations.^[1] Formerly operating as Gala Bingo clubs, they were re-branded as Buzz Bingo clubs in September 2018, whilst the Gala brand continues to run its own online bingo and casino offerings under the ownership of Entain plc.^[2]

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History[edit]

Buzz Bingo has undergone several changes in ownership and branding including through acquisitions. They were originally Coral branded, a division of Bass plc. In 1983, there were 22 clubs and 24 located in their Pontins holiday camps.^[3]

The ownership acquisitions included a chain of 80 bingo clubs from Thorn EMI for £18.2 million in 1983,^[3] followed by another 30 by purchasing Zetters Leisure for £23 million in 1988.^[4]Granada plc's chain of 74 bingo clubs were added in 1991 for £147 million.^[5][6] This merger with Granada led to the company rebranding as Gala Clubs later that year.^[7] Gala was officially launched on 17 October 1991 when 17 clubs re-branded and launched a new image. There followed a series of further acquisitions under the Gala brand, including 17 clubs from Ritz in July 1998, 10 clubs from Jarglen in March 2000 and 27 Riva Bingo Clubs from First Leisure for £90 million in April 2000.

Towards the end of 2000, Gala then began a series of expansions outside of their bingo operations, with casinos from the Hilton Group in December 2000 and the Jamba Online business in 2001.^[8] This was later followed by a series of private equity sales of the company starting in February 2003 to the private equity firms Candover and Cinven.^[9]Permira bought a stake in the company in August 2005, which valued the business at £1.89 billion.^[10] In October 2005, Gala acquired Coral Eurobet for £2.18 billion and changed its name to Gala Coral Group, creating the United Kingdom's third largest bookmaker and largest bingo operator.^[11]

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By 2015, Gala Coral was acquired by its rival Ladbrokes,^[12] but the Gala Bingo clubs were not part of the merger, and were subsequently sold to Caledonia Investments for £241 million in December 2015.^[13][14] This meant that the clubs used the Gala brand under licence from the Ladbrokes-Coral group and decided during 2018 to re-brand as Buzz Bingo.^[15]

Operations[edit]

Buzz Bingo now operates all the clubs previously on the High Street as Gala Bingo and launched its own online bingo, buzzbingo.com offering shortly after the rebrand was completed.^[2]

References[edit]

1. ^'Visit a Club'. Buzz Bingo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. ^ ^ab'Gala Leisure to relaunch all clubs as Buzz Bingo with two-year £40 million investment plan'. coinslot.co.uk. International Coin Slot. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
3. ^ ^abBatchelor, Charles (10 September 1983). 'Bass buys Thorn EMI bingo'. Financial Times. London – via NewsBank.
4. ^Harris, Clay (7 June 1988). 'Bass pays 23 million pounds for bingo clubs'. Financial Times. London – via NewsBank.
5. ^Churchill, David (11 May 1991). 'Bass reshuffling its gambling interests'. Financial Times. London – via NewsBank.
6. ^'Granada Tooting, London'. Cinema Organ Society. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
7. ^Ashworth, Jon (23 September 1991). 'Bass seeks full house in Gala opening'. The Times. London – via NewsBank.
8. ^'Gala will spend £3m to make Jamba pay-to-play'. Brand Republic. 7 November 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
9. ^'Bingo group bought in £1.25bn deal'. BBC. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
10. ^'Permira Funds buy stake in Gala'. Permira. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
11. ^'Casino group Gala snaps up Coral'. BBC. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
12. ^'Ladbrokes to merge with smaller rival Coral'. BBC News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
13. ^David Cook (27 October 2015). 'Gala Bingo acquisition 'strange', says consultant'. Gambling Insider. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
14. ^'Caledonia Investments completes Gala Bingo acquisition'. Morningstar. Alliance News. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
15. ^Zee, Carl (29 June 2018). 'Gala Leisure Rebrands Iconic Gala Bingo Clubs as Buzz Bingo'. Gambling.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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