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Mecca Bingo emerged back in 1961 headed up by Eric Morley (Miss World Founder) who was the general manager of Mecca Dancing who needed to increase the number of people visiting the Dance Halls and chose Bingo as the way forward. This strategy proved successful and the company grew over the next 17years and he subsequently became a director of Mecca. Morley left the company after a disagreement with Grand Met (Parent Company) in 1978 ending his 25-year career with Mecca.

Mecca who’s head office is situated in Maidenhead, continued to grow and after several Merger’s and takeover ’s, Ladbrokes, Top Rank and various independents amongst them and finally now The Rank Group. The small catering and dance company had become a £Multi-Million leading Entertainment Group offering a premium soft gaming experience along with luxury interior’s and a good food and beverage offer, employing more than 11,000 people across the UK.

Along with the rest of the industry, Mecca was hit hard not only by the recession but the smoking ban in 2007 (Scotland 2006) which in turn forced club closures from their estate of 120 clubs in 2006. Mecca now (formerly Top Rank) at the last count has 86 bingo clubs situated in Towns and Cities across the UK with gaming interests overseas, an online gaming product and Casinos.

Mecca Bingo is the biggest participant in the National Bingo Game which is played simultaneously in most bingo clubs in the UK.

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