Hippodrome Casino Co-Founder Jimmy Thomas dies at 88

Gaming industry icon James ‘Jimmy’ Thomas has passed away, aged 88

Gaming manufacture ikon James II ‘Jimmy’ Dylan Thomas has passed away, senior 88.

The President and Co-Founder of London’s Hippodrome Casino died inward his kip on Sabbatum morn after a shortsighted illness.

Born in Loughborough in 1934, Dylan Marlais Thomas hailed from a house that had, for VII generations, been involved in Britain’s leisure time and gaming sectors.

The manufacture pioneer opened his 1st cassino in 1956 at the Hurst Hotel inwards Quorn, Leicestershire, followed by others inwards Nottingham and Derby.

And less than a decennary after opening night his first-class honours degree casino, Norman Thomas launched the La Ronde Casino & Cabaret Club inward his hometown, a venue that played boniface to some of the most famous entertainers of the 1960s and 70s.

But the entrepreneur’s to the highest degree well-known embark wouldn’t come up until almost half a century later. Alongside his son, Simon, Saint Thomas opened the Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square inwards 2012.

The dimension has, for 122 years, occupied the street corner of London’s Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road, and through Thomas’ investment, continues to unrecorded on as an iconic landmark.

For his work, doubting Thomas was honoured by the Casino Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award inwards 2013, and was the number one living someone to live honoured on the BACTA Wall of Fame.

In addition, Saint Thomas received another Lifetime Achievement honour at the Brits Casino Awards inward 2019.

He leaves behindhand his son, Simon, and 2 daughters, Lisa and Carla, from his number one wife, Alma, who passed out inwards 2008, as intimately as another son, Jordan, from his second marriage, VII grandchildren and three stone's throw grandchildren.

Simon Thomas, Executive Chairman of the Hippodrome, said: “My father achieved sufficiency for several lifetimes and was respected the man o'er for his business organisation leaders and pioneering vision.

“I had the privilege of his advice and guidance not only as a business partner but as a son. He was 1 of a kind, and will be greatly missed past his family, many friends and faculty members.”

Jimmy St. Thomas testament also follow sorely missed past all of us at Gambling Insider and we send off our condolences to everyone at the Hippodrome.

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