🎲 Electrocoin Automatics Limited

This company is a gambling machine operator and supplier in Great Britain, holding an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission. It is primarily associated with the development and supply of amusement-with-prizes (AWP) and other gaming machines rather than consumer-facing remote gambling websites. Its current regulatory status with the Commission is active.

The company was incorporated in April 1976. It was founded by John Stergides and John Collinson. Over time it specialised in the design, manufacture and distribution of gaming and amusement machines for use in licensed gambling premises and arcades. One of its most widely distributed product lines has been the Bar‑X series of AWP machines, first introduced in 1981.

Corporate information from UK company registers and commercial databases describes the business as a private limited company. The largest shareholder is reported to be John Stergides, who holds the full issued share capital. Directorship records show that John Stergides has served as a director since May 1991, and that Christina Stergides was appointed as a director in November 2022. The company has been linked in trade and corporate records to related entities involved in sales and after‑sales support of gaming machines, including Electrocoin Sales Limited and Electrocoin Aftersales and Service Limited, which handle production, distribution and servicing activities.

Licensing and Operations

The firm holds an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005. This authorises it to provide gambling facilities and/or supply gambling-related products in Great Britain within the scope of the licence conditions and codes of practice set by the regulator. The licence is currently recorded by the Commission as active.

Based on its business activities and public information, the company’s licensed operations relate to land‑based gambling equipment, including the manufacture, supply and operation of gaming machines such as AWPs in adult gaming centres, betting premises, clubs and other licensed venues. It is not primarily known as a remote (online) gambling operator.

The operating licence held from the Commission is a non-remote operating licence. This type of licence allows a business to manufacture, supply, install, adapt, maintain or operate gambling machines and related gambling facilities in physical premises in Great Britain, subject to any specific licence sub‑types and sector classifications recorded by the regulator. The company’s licence remains in force and has not been recorded as surrendered, lapsed or revoked.

Regulatory History

Publicly available summaries from the Gambling Commission do not record any formal regulatory enforcement actions such as licence suspensions, financial penalties or regulatory settlements against this licensee. There is no public record of the operating licence having been revoked or subject to a regulatory review resulting in a change of status.

If the Commission were to impose sanctions or vary the licence, this would ordinarily appear in the regulator’s published enforcement or public statements. As of the latest available information, the licence status is listed as active and no specific regulatory sanctions have been reported in the Commission’s public enforcement archives for this operator.