The Ritz Club, Picadilly, London

150 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1J 9BS, UK.

The Ritz Club in London is one of the most exclusive gaming venues in the world and a famous destination for high roller roulette players, not least because of the Eastern European team who had a £1.3 million roulette win here by clocking their wheels. It oozes the kind of class that Las Vegas casinos like the Bellagio can only envy. But it´s an altogether smaller affair. This ain´t no Vegas casino, but you´ll be moving in very different circles to the crowds you´ll find at other West End venues like the Grosvenor G Piccadilly Casino or Aspers in Stratford.

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They used to have an online casino (going back a few years) that ran on Cryptologic software, if our memory serves us correctly, but that was discontinued some time ago. If you want to play roulette at the Ritz these days, you will need to head for London!

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So where do you play roulette online, if you want a casino that gives you that premium feel?
We’d recommend Luxury Casino (£1000 Bonus).

The Ritz is a Member Only Club and is owned by the Ritz Hotel Casino Company Ltd- it´s targetting similar high roller customers to the Les Ambassadeurs roulette tables. Rich and powerful ones!

In theory, anyone aged 18 or over is eligible for membership. You need to complete a form to apply for membership of the Club, and then be elected by the Club (which has the final say).

Oh sorry, did we mention the membership fee, which they set?
It’s £1000, so as you can see that they are targeting the high rollers. They also have “Honorary Members” who do not need to pay a membership fee. In short, if they like you, you are in. If you are a guest at the hotel, that also helps, of course. It’s a club for serious gamers. If you just want a flutter, you are better off walking along to the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square. It’s not quite as exclusive.

If you want to join, you’ll need to complete a membership application form which you can get from Reception at The Ritz Club or by emailing them on enquiries@theritzclub.com.

You’ll need to bring photo ID on your first visit to the Club for them to complete your application.

The Ritz Club’s main gaming room is in the former ballroom of the Ritz hotel- it’s a pretty impressive space, and you’ll certainly feel you’re somewhere special. Roulette is one of the most popular games, but guests also play blackjack, Punto Banco and Three Card Poker. There are quite a few VIP gaming rooms, where the serious bets are made behind the velvet rope.

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Have a look through the Ritz Club on this video.

Tables at the Ritz

In the main gaming salon, there are 4 roulette tables, 3 blackjack, 2 Three Card Poker and 2 baccarat tables.

Then you have the Carmen Room with 2 more roulette tables plus a blackjack and baccarat table.

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The Amber Room has 2 more roulette tables and a couple of baccarat tables, and then the Aida Room has 2 more baccarat tables. All the favourite high roller games!

Roulette minimum bets start at £5, blackjack starts at £25. The maximum table limits are “available on request”- i.e. they are negotiable.

Restaurants and Bars

The Ritz Club is not only famous for its gambling. It was here, so the story goes, that Johnny Depp developed a taste for Irish Whiskey at the Bar. You’ll find an amazing collection of fine champagnes and malt whiskies here.

Then there’s the award-winning Restaurant which serves Chinese, Thai, Indian and Middle Eastern dishes for its international customers. Our favourite? That has to be the All Day Dim Sum menu! The Piccadilly breakfast is also good- 2 eggs cooked as you like, bacon rashers, sausage, back pudding, grilled tomato and mushroom. Plus tea or coffee of course.

Which is just as well, as the Club is now open 24 hours a day.

Of all the casinos in central London, the one that carries in its name worldwide brand recognition is The Ritz. A byword for class, for an experience above and beyond what consumers can usually expect, the Ritz Club casino is based in the famous hotel’s basement floor (which used to be the ballroom. The Ritz reputation is maintained with superb service, an outstanding restaurant and bar, and it is certainly one of the world’s most beautiful casinos.
But having the name is just part of the battle, as any casino battling for a cut of the high rollers market must adapt as the world’s economy changes. Chief Executive Roger Marris is striving to ensure the casino respects its history, while looking boldly toward the future.

Casino International: Where were you before being appointed Chief Executive of The Ritz Club?
Roger Marris: This is my second innings at The Ritz, but as Chief Executive I have been here since November 2011; previously I ran the online gaming business for The Ritz, which was sold in 2007.
My background in gaming is with Harrah’s, WSOP and Littlewoods, on the gaming side of the business. Prior to coming back to the Ritz I was working for a FTSE 250 business, not at all connected to gaming but it was a role that took advantage of my strategic, operational and management skills in a multi-channel business.

CI: The Ritz Club is a mature position – it’s an established club, famous worldwide, so your appointment might seem surprising to some, as you’ve been outside the industry for a couple of years…
RM: What that time outside the industry; including my experience of working in China, gave me was a window in to how another business runs. So looking at processes, management, introduction of new channels and much more. I think the skill sets I learned outside of gaming will help me in this role because the landscape is changing, we are evolving and we have to be on our toes. We need to adapt to the international audience, the international operators, we are a family-owned single-destination business, which has its own challenges and opportunities. We can’t sit back on our laurels, there’s a lot more we can do.

CI: What changes are you bringing to The Ritz?
RM: We’re putting so many initiatives together, new marketing, a different pace into the business without changing the fabric of the place and the great people we have here, in these beautiful surroundings.
We’re an international business that happens to be in London; our customers are international, we’re not dependent on the London market for our business. It’s a much more competitive environment where we’re being exposed to marketing practices, new initiatives, that the international operators – Genting, Crown et al – are bringing to the high end market, that we’ve not seen before. It’s about recruiting and looking after high rollers. It’s important that we embrace that, that we don’t get left out but that we do it with our Ritz hat on.
Change is difficult for any business, but I think the high end is getting smaller as the industry is seeing some shrinkage. The players are still out there but they’re in new markets; the Far East is an area that historically we have not spent a lot of time looking at, but it is somewhere we will be looking at in future. We have to be ready to receive the Far Eastern audience.

CI: How do you find new members then – or how do they find you?
RM: We don’t have a high turnover of members – we’re not a business where a KPI would be that we add 10,000 new members a year. We work very well on membership referrals, so our members bring new members in. We have agents that bring members in, and we have customer reps, or CRs, who travel and find suitable members, or make new contacts.
We’ve also been putting on new events; Thursday nights we host live jazz, we have poker evenings with tournaments, and that’s been great for bringing in new members.
We’re looking at adding some backgammon to the schedule too. With a bit of marketing nous, we maintain a good stream of members. But you have to strike