Coral Bookmaker is the pre-eminent integrated betting and gaming group in Europe. It is the only gambling company in the UK which operates in the bookmaking, bingo and casino markets, both on the high street, as well as online. The Group also has a growing international business with a newly-established betting business in Italy. Gala Coral employs over 19,000 people, the Group is also the leading gambling company in the field of social responsibility and the first gambling company to have received full accreditation from GamCare across all its UK divisions – Coral, Gala Bingo, Gala Casinos and E-Commerce. Visit Coral bookmaker...

Coral bookmaker was united with the Gala Group made its first move into the casino sector with the acquisition, of 26 Ladbrokes Casinos from Hilton Group. This established Gala's leading position within the high-volume, low-stake sector of the gaming market.
In October 2005, Gala Group & Coral Eurobet merged, creating one of the top 100 companies in the UK. Private equity firms Candover and Cinven acquired the Group in February 2003 for £1.24 billion, and in August 2005 a third investor, Permira, bought a stake in the company valuing Gala at nearly £1.9bn.
In October 2005, Gala Group acquired Coral Eurobet in a deal that created Europe's pre-eminent integrated betting and gaming company with strong market positions in licensed betting offices, bingo and casinos, and a high quality multimedia offer.
In January 2006, the Group acquired the County Clubs Bingo chain in Scotland.
In February 2006, the Group went on to acquire the Leo Casino in Liverpool, from Dolby Management Ltd, increasing the number of casinos in the estate to 31. Gala owns 171 Clubs, 31 Casino venues and nearly 1,600 licensed betting offices.