{"id":22155,"date":"2013-08-15T08:21:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T08:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=22155"},"modified":"2013-08-15T08:21:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T08:21:28","slug":"rank-results-take-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/rank-results-take-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Rank results take dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[corner-ad id=3]<a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rank_logo_1937_big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12500\" alt=\"rank_logo_1937_big\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rank_logo_1937_big-300x148.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a>The Rank Group, owner of the Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo have announced their full year trading results with a surprising drop in profits by 1%.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>Although the company saw a rise in revenues by some 7% to \u00a3625 million the company posted profits of \u00a365.1 million this year compared to \u00a365.7 million last.<\/p>\n<p>Now the largest casino operator in the UK following their acquisition of Gala Casinos for \u00a3179 million earlier this year said that the hot July weather impacted on customer visits. Also the company has spent heavily on renovating their casinos; improving their online gambling platform and increasing their technology team, with a net spend of \u00a338.2 million on improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Ian Burke described the results as \u201csolid\u201d in the face of competitive market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe recent hot weather has adversely impacted <a id=\"KonaLink1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/the-scotsman-2-7475\/business\/rank-feeling-the-heat-after-dip-in-profits-1-3046616\">trading<\/a> in the first weeks of the new financial year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we remain confident in the group\u2019s long-term prospects and see good growth opportunities for our expanded casino estate and digital channels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rank Group, owner of the Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo have announced their full year trading results with a surprising drop in profits by 1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-22155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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