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Gala Coral Group reveals biggest single unit investment of £6million.

Gala Coral Group (Group) announces its results for year ended 27th September 2008. At the same time, and in line with the Recommendations of the Walker Report on private equity, the Group is publishing a comprehensive Annual Report within three months of its year end.

The Gala Coral Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Gary Hughes as its new Chief Financial Officer.  Gary will report to CEO Dominic Harrison and join the Group Board.

The Gala Coral Group has today announced that Dominic Harrison, currently the Group’s Chief Operating Officer, will take over from Neil Goulden as Chief Executive of the Gala Coral Group, on the 1st October 2008.

The North West struck it lucky on Monday night when the £753,502.74 jackpot for Gala Bingo’s High 5 game was won and shared among 302 members of Ashton’s bingo community.

Gala Bingo has announced its withdrawal from the National Game, which will take  effect from 31 August 2008.  The move will see Gala Bingo focus on its hugely popular Gala High 5 game in order to offer customers more value through better games and prizes.

Embracing the technological evolution of quality video streaming and truly encapsulating the excitement generated from playing within a land based casino, online gaming giants Galacasinos.co.uk and sister company Eurobet.com have expanded their games portfolio further with the launch of Live Casino.

A 27 year old bank worker from Leicester has beaten professional poker players to win the Nottingham leg of the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour (GCBPT) and landed the title of Nottingham GCBPT champion.   Just as at last year’s Nottingham tournament, amateur poker player and IT analyst from Walsall, Steve Holden, beat the professionals to take the title, this year amateur player Rupinder Bedi, known to his friends as George, defeated professional poker player James Keys, 22, from Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk and scooped the £27,000 prize to show that anyone can play and win.