Quicksilver (company)

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Quicksilver
IndustryGambling
HeadquartersUK
Number of locations
200+
Area served
UK
ProductsAmusement arcade, gambling machines
Parent Novomatic
A Quicksilver branch in Halifax, England, in 2009 with the old branding. Old and New - geograph.org.uk - 1348402.jpg
A Quicksilver branch in Halifax, England, in 2009 with the old branding.
A Quicksilver branch in Wood Green, London. Quicksilver, Wood Green.jpg
A Quicksilver branch in Wood Green, London.

Quicksilver is a British amusement arcade and gambling machine company. It is the UK's largest slot gambling machine operator, with over 200 high street outlets and about 10,000 gambling machines. [1] Quicksilver describes itself as the "largest amusement business in the UK". [2]

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Operations

In conjunction with their parent company, Talarius, they operate three high street brands across the UK, Quicksilver, Silvers and Winners, including eight at motorway service areas. [2]

In 2007, the profitability of the firm was hit when the British government introduced a new taxation regime for gambling and a smoking ban on commercial premises but the company has since recovered. [3]

Since 2012, Quicksilver have run the arcades at all Extra motorway service stations in the UK, and from 2013, the arcade at the Folkestone service station on the M20.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, Talarius and Quicksilver left the trade body BACTA after becoming dissatisfied with the direction it was taking but rejoined in 2014 following the appointment of John White as chief executive. [4] [5]

In September 2015, Playtech reached a deal to provide its software to 92 of Talarius' Quicksilver-branded UK high street "adult gaming centres" (AGCs). [6] In July 2016, Gamestec a subsidiary of Novomatic, [7] extended their logistics contract to provide "extensive network and infrastructure capacity" for a third year to over 180 Quicksilver outlets. [8]

Ownership

Quicksilver is part of Talarius, which was owned by the Australian Tatts Group from 2008 until it was sold to Austrian company Novomatic in June 2016. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Talarius Case Study". RecruitmentRevolution. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Quicksilver". Quicksilver. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Getting To Know You: Peter Harvey, CEO, Talarius". 6 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Talarius rejoins BACTA".
  5. ↑ "CryptoLogic Announces Exclusive Online Poker Agreement With Betfair, The World's Largest Betting Exchange". Business Wire. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Playtech to provide retail software to Talarius". 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "You bet". The Economist. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Talarius and Gamestec agree extension on logistics contract. Archived 6 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Gamestec, 3 March 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Novomatic buys Talarius - News - Coin-op - InterGame".

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