Empowering the UK’s amusement machine industry
Bacta advocate removal of FECs, operators and suppliers from Levy proposals

Bacta has written to policy stakeholders including the Gambling Minister the senior team at DCMs and the Gambling Commission to express its ‘strong concerns’ regarding the structure and application of…
Bacta’s seminar programme taking place at EAG has a new identity with the trade association confirming that the learning component at what is the premier show for the amusements and…
EAG – over 90 percent full and on-course to hit capacity

Six-weeks ahead of EAG Expo opening at ExCeL London (16-18 January, 2024) organisers have confirmed that the premier business, learning and networking event for the UK amusements and low-stake gaming…
Bacta create special 50th logo to launch EAG celebrations

Bacta has made some strategic tweaks to its logo to mark the trade association’s 50th year celebrations which will start at EAG in January. EAG will ‘Go Gold’ to kick-off the…
Record-breaking Bacta Convention raises the bar and ticks the boxes

Bacta is reflecting on what many attendees regarded as being the most successful Annual Convention on record. A line-up of influential speakers comprising Gambling Minister, the Rt Hon Stuart Andrew…
Industry experts to speak at EAG ‘Pub and Club Summit’

Industry thought leaders including Simon Barff, Managing Director of CLMS, Quentin Stott, Managing Director Reflex Gaming, Nick Rudd, MD of The Rudd Group, Chris Black, Managing Director of Sound Leisure…
Bacta Special Regional meeting wins high praise

Bacta National Council member Jeremy Godden recently hosted a special meeting of members drawn from London and the South East a gathering which succeeded in presenting important business insight within…
Bacta Convention will address the key challenges of the day – states John Bollom

‘The most important period for the industry since the introduction of the 2005 Gaming Act’ is how Bacta National President John Bollom described the backdrop to the 2023 Bacta Convention…
EAG to celebrate 50-years of bacta as international dignitaries are invited to London

An international audience of VIPs and dignitaries from trade associations representing the amusements industry in countries including Austria, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Spain, the United States…
EAG is the place to source the games which help keep Piers alive – argues Bacta President John Bollom

Bacta National President John Bollom whose family has owned and run the iconic Mumbles Pier in Swansea south Wales since 1937 believes that events such as January’s EAG Expo provide…