James “Jimmy” Thomas, the co-founder and president of the well-known Hippodrome Casino in London handed away late final week.
Jimmy Thomas Passed Away at 88
On the morning of Saturday, July 30, Thomas handed away in his sleep after a brief sickness on the London Clinic. Members of his shut household had been current. The well-known entrepreneur and playing trade pioneer was 88.
Speaking in regards to the latest loss, Jimmy’s son, Simon Thomas, outlined that due to his management talent and pioneering imaginative and prescient, his father was in a position to obtain vital success. Moreover, he added: “I had the privilege of his advice and guidance not only as a business partner but as a son.” Last however not least, Simon Thomas identified that Jimmy was a novel member and he will probably be tremendously missed by his household, associates and employees members.
“My father achieved enough for several lifetimes and was respected the world over for his business leadership and pioneering vision.”
Simon Thomas, son of Jimmy Thomas and government chairman on the Hippodrome Casino
Besides his son Simon, Jimmy Thomas leaves Carla and Lisa, two daughters from his first marriage to Alma that handed away again in 2008. From his second marriage, he leaves one son, Jordan. Jimmy Thomas had seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Thomas Opened Many Famous Gambling Venues
As a number one entrepreneur throughout the on line casino trade within the UK, Jimmy Thomas was part of a number of trade our bodies. He had a life membership as part of the British Amusement and Catering Trades Association (BACTA), in addition to director of the European Amusement and Gaming Expo Ltd (EAGE Ltd) because it was based again in 2009. In addition, Jimmy Thomas was additionally a boss and vice chairman of the BACTA Charitable Trust.
Back in 2019, on the British Casino Awards, Jimmy was honored with a Lifetime Achievement honor. Another award that he acquired was a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Casino Association in 2013. This made Thomas the primary dwelling particular person to be honored on the celebrated BACTA Wall of Fame.
But Thomas’ trade profession dates again to the Nineteen Fifties. In 1956, he opened his first on line casino on the Hurst Hotel, in Quorn, Leicestershire. Then, Thomas opened two extra venues in Derby and Nottingham. After that, he opened La Ronde Casino and Cabaret Club in Loughborough, his hometown. The new venue grew to become the go-to location for well-known entertainers from the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies.
With that in thoughts, Thomas’ most well-known venue is the Hippodrome Casino. Together together with his son, Jimmy opened the world-famous property again in 2012. The Hippodrome Casino is positioned in Leicester Square and is the largest and busiest on line casino in London. Besides dwell playing leisure, the venue provides drinks and scrumptious meals.
