🎲 Aspers (Northampton) Limited

This company is a land-based casino operator in Great Britain, holding an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission. It has been associated with the Aspers-branded casino that opened in Northampton in 2008 and has formed part of the wider Aspers Group of casino businesses developed following the Gambling Act 2005.

The company forms part of a structure linked historically to the Aspinall family’s casino interests. The Aspers brand was developed by Damian Aspinall after the 2005 Act created a new framework for “large” and “small” casino licences. The Northampton casino opened in June 2008 as one of the group’s early regional venues. Aspers-branded casinos have also operated in locations including Newcastle, Stratford and Milton Keynes. Publicly available information indicates that ownership interests in the Northampton operation have involved both Aspers Group Limited and Kerzner International Holdings Limited.

In the 2010s and early 2020s, the wider Aspers Group focused on developing and operating large, multi-product casinos combining table games, gaming machines, poker, hospitality and events. By 2024, industry reports indicated that the group was concentrating on its larger venues and had disposed of some regional properties, including Northampton and Newcastle. The licensed entity remains recorded by the Gambling Commission as active.

Licensing and Operations

This company holds an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005. The licence is recorded as active on the Commission’s public register under account number 1911. It is authorised to provide casino gambling in Great Britain, subject to the specific activities and conditions set out on its operating licence.

The operating licence permits non-remote casino operations, which typically cover games of chance played against the house (such as roulette, blackjack and casino poker variants) and the provision of gaming machines within a licensed casino environment. The Northampton venue operated under the Aspers brand as a full-service casino, with a mix of table games and electronic gaming, alongside food, drink and entertainment facilities, in line with the regulatory framework for licensed casinos.

The licence is an operating licence rather than a personal or premises licence. Premises licences for individual casino locations are granted by local licensing authorities, while the Gambling Commission’s operating licence covers the company’s suitability, systems, controls and overall conduct of licensed gambling activities. The company appears on the Commission’s public register both in relation to its operating licence and associated premises entries.

No remote (online) gambling activities are listed against this entity on the public register. Online gambling under the Aspers brand has been operated through separate licensed entities, rather than through this Northampton-specific company.

Regulatory History

The Gambling Commission’s public register lists this company’s operating licence as active and does not, as of the latest available information, record any licence suspensions or revocations.

The public register is the primary official source for sanctions such as regulatory settlements, financial penalties, warnings, suspensions or revocations. As of the most recent check, there are no specific enforcement actions or sanctions publicly recorded against this licence holder in that register.

If the Gambling Commission were to impose regulatory action in future, details would ordinarily be published or referenced in connection with the relevant operating licence. At present, only the standard licensing information and premises entries are shown for this company.