🎲 Mecca Bingo Limited

This entity is a British gambling operator that runs bingo-based gaming activities in Great Britain. It is currently authorised by the Gambling Commission under an operating licence and is recorded as active on the public register. The company is part of the Rank Group, a UK-based gambling and entertainment group.

The underlying business traces its origins to the Mecca leisure and dance hall operations established in the 1930s. Bingo was introduced into the group’s venues in 1961, following the liberalisation of gaming laws in the United Kingdom. The present legal entity was incorporated on 10 October 1984 as a private limited company in England and Wales and has previously operated under names including Top Rank Limited and Top Rank Clubs Limited.

In 1990, the Rank Organisation acquired Mecca Leisure Group, bringing the bingo operations into what is now Rank Group plc. Within the Rank corporate structure, this company operates the group’s UK bingo club business and related activities. Rank also owns other licensed gambling brands, including Grosvenor Casinos Limited in Great Britain and Enracha-branded operations in Spain.

The company operates a network of licensed bingo clubs in the United Kingdom and supports associated digital bingo and gaming products under the Rank Group’s online division. It serves as one of Rank’s principal operating subsidiaries for the social and bingo club segment, as reflected in Rank’s published annual reports.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds a Gambling Commission operating licence, which authorises it to provide bingo gambling services to customers in Great Britain. This includes non-remote bingo in physical premises and, under the terms of its licence permissions, may also include associated remote bingo and casino-style gaming products offered to British customers.

Its operating licence is listed on the Gambling Commission’s public register under account number 2396 with an active status. The licence permits the provision of bingo games and associated facilities for gambling in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 and the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP). The company is also authorised to use gaming machines in connection with its licensed bingo premises, subject to the machine categories and numbers allowed under UK regulation.

Rank Group’s public filings identify this company as the vehicle through which the group operates its UK social and bingo club activities. The group reports its bingo operations, including this entity, as a separate segment alongside its casino and international businesses.

Regulatory History

The Gambling Commission’s public register records this operator as holding an active operating licence. Publicly available sources up to late 2024 do not indicate any major enforcement action or financial penalty directed specifically at this company by the Gambling Commission. Rank Group and its subsidiaries are subject to ongoing regulatory supervision, routine compliance assessments and reporting requirements under the Gambling Act 2005.

Any changes to the scope or conditions of this operator’s licence, including variations or additional activity permissions, are recorded by the Gambling Commission on the public register. As of the latest available information, the company continues to trade under its operating licence with active status.