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Entertaining people since 1937
Entertaining People
Entertaining History
• The Rank Organisation was established in 1937 by
J Arthur Rank in Britain’s motion pictures industry
• Throughout our history we have been involved in a
wide variety of leisure retail and manufacturing activities
• The desire to entertain is felt as keenly today in our
Mecca Bingo, Grosvenor Casinos, Top Rank España and
Blue Square brands as it was 74 years ago
Entertaining Games
• Rank moved into the gaming industry in 1961, when
a number of its Odeon cinemas started providing games
of bingo between screenings
• Rank moved into the casinos sector in 1990 and in
2003 the Company entered the growing remote gaming
and betting sector via the acquisition of Blue Square
• Following the sale of the Hard Rock brand in 2007,
Rank emerged as a focused gaming-based entertainment
business
Entertaining Brands
• During its history, Rank has presided over some of the
world’s best known entertainment brands
• The Group’s ‘gong-man’ logo remains among the most
evocative images of entertainment in Great Britain
• The development of loved and trusted brands remains
central to Rank’s approach to entertaining its customers
Entertaining People
• The roll-call of those who have brought joy to our lives
under the Rank name includes film directors Sir David
Lean, Michael Powell and Sir Alfred Hitchcock; and
actors and movie stars, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Michael
Caine and Kenneth Williams
• The Beatles and Bob Dylan were amongst the artists
who performed at Rank venues in the 1960s
• We remain proud of our heritage and true to our
founding spirit of entertainment
Entertaining for Future Value
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