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just stumbled across this whilst searching the net

http://www.foxpokerclub.com/holding/membership.asp

says the gaming commission have already issued their license anyone know anything about the place?

I believe they have applied for licenses in Birmingham and Bournemouth also. Not quite the same as DTD, DTD has a casino license (pre 2005 act), I believe (I may be wrong) that they are trialling a poker only license.

o i c, very interesting this could open the floodgates for a lot of similar clubs to operate

Their logo reminded me of gala's for some reason!

Looks like they'll be charging a membership fee - might be tough for them to be successful doing that!

Yes and no, they have gone through the correct channels AFAIK and so have encountered a lot of red tape. This isn't the latest "let's pull the wool over the GC eyes and have a gaming permit and use pool, chess and fishing etc to cover up poker" . DTD was one of the last pre 2005 act and I think that the Fox Club is the equivalent that complies with the latest act.

cant imagine that getting a central london location and kitting it out will be very good for the overheads. Also it says it will be open at the start of next year, but no details of exact location or building progress ?

curious.

interesting that the domain name was registered to "betting and gaming services ltd", which companies house reliably tells us was dissolved in april 2008 without ever having submitted accounts.

a search for fox poker doesnt return any matching companies.


edit : "betting and gaming services ltd" was registered at 45 clarges street (just off picadilly). which just so happens to be next door to the fox private members club. I can only assume they have bought the place next door and that will be the clubs location.
anyone around that area of mayfair ? would be interested to see what is going on.

There's been talk of the Fox Poker club for years - I'll believe it when I see it open.

+1

this has been going on longer than it took dtd to sort out it's licence. I remember signing up for their email updates years ago

from what ive heard they are opening in feb 09, they had probs with the property that was going to be used, they have been given permission for a full casino stylee licence by the westminster council / gb.

so it will be 100% legal, also they will be sourching management positions in Dec 08 and the word on the grapevine is that a extremly nice and capable fat guy in a suit may be filling one of the offered spots if all goes to plan.

so a full casino license or the poker only trial license that dik9 mentioned earlier in the thread?

I just signed up for email updates.  The confirmation message i got said opening in 'early spring 2009'

personally I think DTD franchises would be the way to go....

from what i have been told by the bloke in charge of sourching the management team a FULL UK GAMING the same as casinos/dtd has

I did mention this to Rob ... He didnt seem too keen tbh. 

i think he has his hands full with the one club and turning eastwood into a very successful non league footie team

More i think he is worried about the brand image, if he franchised he would lose control of that.

Not necessarily.....Benetton for example kept a good corporate image

Something bad happens in DTD London for example, it would be discussed online and make DTD look bad, can't see Rob wanting that to happen.

Fair point. I have not had an update from Fox for ages........there are so many places to go and play now the days of good numbers just going to a few venues are long since gone.........ban the internet that's what I say....get them all back to a live game

i have heard whispers that a club in a similar capacity to dtd is opening and is being backed/founded by the hendon mob

lol, did you read any of this thread before replying?

The Fox Poker club guys came up to see me and I gave them what help I could although they have some very professional ex-gaming people in their board of directors and seemed to have all of the bases covered.

More DTD's / franchise DTD? - I don't think I could ever be persuaded to open/franchise another poker club - it was once in a lifetime experience for me!

Cheers Rob

ive heard a few promising things and can simply say that i really really want somewhere to play myself :(