🎲 Moto Hospitality Limited

Moto Hospitality Limited is a non-remote gambling operator in Great Britain, primarily associated with gaming machine and adult gaming centre activity at motorway service areas. It holds an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission and continues to trade as a motorway services operator. The company was incorporated in 1962 and forms part of a wider corporate group ultimately owned by Everest UK Topco Limited, a Jersey-incorporated holding company.

The business developed from motorway service operations originally associated with Granada and later Compass Group. The Granada motorway service estate was rebranded to “Moto” in February 2001, following corporate restructuring in which the hospitality assets were separated from Granada’s media interests. In 2006, the company was acquired from Compass by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank. In 2015, ownership transferred to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). Subsequent investment structures placed the company under Everest UK Bidco Limited and then Everest UK Topco Limited, backed by USS, CVC Capital Partners and senior management.

The company operates motorway service areas and related roadside facilities, including dedicated adult gaming centres and other machine gaming areas branded under names such as Lucky Coin and Full House / Full Hou$e. These facilities are typically located within or adjacent to motorway service buildings and offer gaming machines to adult customers.

Licensing and Operations

The Gambling Commission lists the company as holding a Gambling Commission operating licence with active status under account number 2505. This operating licence authorises it to provide non-remote gambling facilities in Great Britain in accordance with the licence conditions and codes of practice set by the regulator.

Within its motorway service areas, the company operates adult gaming centres and other machine gaming environments. Historically, these have included brands such as Lucky Coin, Full House / Full Hou$e, and earlier formats including G-Scape and &Play. The licensed activities relate to the provision and management of gaming machines in these venues rather than remote (online) gambling.

The Gambling Commission’s public register associates multiple licensed premises with the company’s operating licence, corresponding to its various motorway service sites where regulated gaming machines are made available. The operating licence remains current and has not been recorded as surrendered or lapsed.

Regulatory History

As of the latest available information from the Gambling Commission and public corporate records, there are no published regulatory sanctions, fines or licence suspensions recorded against the company in relation to its Gambling Commission operating licence.

The company’s regulatory relationship with the Gambling Commission is therefore limited, in public sources, to the grant and ongoing maintenance of its operating licence and the listing of its licensed premises. Any compliance activity not resulting in formal public action is not disclosed in the public register.