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Stanley Leisure Plc.

SLY is in the Travel Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$413.8M
  • Public
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

Operator of Casinos & International Betting Services

Number of Employees 4,559
Contact Information

Stanley House 151 Dale Street

Liverpool L2 2JW

www.stanleyleis...

(44) 001512376000

NAICS Code Casinos (except Casino Hotels): 713210

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  • Business News IN BRIEF: Genting ups stake in Stanley Leisure

    - 2006-10-04

    Genting, the Malaysian casino and leisure group bidding for Stanley Leisure, said it had raised its stake in the company to 31.71 per cent yesterday, sending shares in the casino operator below Genting's offer price of 860p. Genting agreed last month to buy Stanley Leisure in a deal which values...

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  • Malaysians bid for Stanley Leisure

    - 2006-09-05

    Stanley Leisure, the owner of the exclusive Crockfords casino in London, has received a takeover offer from Malaysia's Genting conglomerate, as foreign companies scramble to take positions in the UK gaming market before deregulation of the sector. Genting, one of leading companies in Malaysia, already has a...

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  • Malaysians bid for Stanley Leisure

    - 2006-09-05

    Stanley Leisure, the owner of the exclusive Crockfords casino in London, has received a takeover offer from Malaysia's Genting conglomerate, as foreign companies scramble to take positions in the UK gaming market ahead of deregulation of the sector. Genting, one of leading companies in Malaysia, already has...

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  • Stanley Leisure left standing at the altar as London Clubs falls for

    - 2006-09-01

    Mesdames et Monsieurs, faites vos jeux. Impatient and apparently unwilling to await the outcome of the race to secure the rights to Britain's first super-casino, Harrah Entertainment, the world's largest gaming group, has moved preemptively to establish an immediate UK presence by making an agreed offer for London Clubs International....

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  • Harrah's gambles on UK with London Clubs bid

    - 2006-09-01

    For shareholders in London Clubs International, yesterday's pounds 279.3m bid from the US gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment was the City equivalent of a royal flush. Five long years after the Budd report advocated tearing up Britain's antiquated gaming laws, the Yanks have finally arrived. The recommended offer...

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  • Stanley Leisure left standing at the altar as London Clubs falls for

    - 2006-09-01

    Mesdames et Monsieurs, faites vos jeux. Impatient and apparently unwilling to await the outcome of the race to secure the rights to Britain's first super-casino, Harrah Entertainment, the world's largest gaming operator, has moved preemptively to establish an immediate UK presence by making an agreed offer for London Clubs International....

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  • Stanley Leisure left standing at the altar as London Clubs falls for

    - 2006-09-01

    Mesdames et Monsieurs, faites vos jeux. Impatient and apparently unwilling to await the outcome of the race to secure the rights to Britain's first super-casino, Harrah Entertainment, the world's largest gaming operator, has moved preemptively to establish an immediate UK presence by making an agreed offer for London Clubs International....

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  • Stanley records 97% rise in pre-tax profits

    - 2006-08-01

    Stanley Leisure, the UK's largest casino operator, has reported a 97% increase in pre-tax profits to 31.9m [pounds sterling], in its preliminary results for the year to 30 April. Turnover increased by 2% to 224.8m [pounds sterling], while operating profit before exceptional items rose by 11% to 33.4m [pounds...

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  • STANLEY LEISURE (SLY).

    - 2006-07-28

    586p - Travel & leisure - Thanks to recently relaxed laws, it's as easy to visit a casino in Southend or Brighton as it is in Monte Carlo or Las Vegas. Gone is the old 24-hour 'cooling off' period between application for membership and admission. So,...

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  • Stanley Leisure's profits double

    - 2006-07-21

    The casino operator Stanley Leisure shrugged off the impact of last July's bombings on its flagship London casinos yesterday to post a doubling in annual profits, though big winners knocked its London takings below budget in the last three months. The company also announced the retirement of...

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