Full house for Mecca Bingo
MECCA Bingo owner Rank today said efforts to cope with the impact of smoking bans and new gambling laws had boosted recent trading.
The firm – which has improved its food and drink offering and introduced outside areas to accommodate smokers – has also installed a larger number of lucrative gaming machines in its bingo clubs.
In the six weeks since September 1 – the comparable period since new legislation was introduced – Rank's like-for-like revenues were up five per cent.
But overall like-for-like revenues in the 41 weeks to October 12 were down eight per cent.
Rank praised the "much stronger" recent performance but warned of the headwinds from a slowing economy.
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