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RWB TEAM SLEEP OUT FOR CHARITY

Five members of the Resorts World Birmingham casino team spent
a chilly night sleeping under the stars to help raise an amazing
£137,909 for the local homeless charity, St Basils.

Part of a 626 strong team of fundraisers, Laura Dudley, Harry Ashbolt,
Brid Bickerton, Kelly Pluff and Ian Bennett all bedded down on the
streets of Birmingham, with their fundraising efforts pulling in a
fantastic £2,000 for the cause.

Laura Dudley, Business Development Manager at RWB, commented:
“It was a very humbling experience, I think we all underestimated how
vulnerable we’d feel - it was cold, noisy and tiring. It’s shocking to EDGBASTON UPS
think there are hundreds of people homeless in our beautiful city of
Birmingham each night.” THE STAKES

To help get them
through the night, Genting Casino Edgbaston has raised
all participants were a fantastic £765 for local Birmingham The team check out the Pyramids
provided with a charity, St Mary’s Hospice.
KipBag containing
essential items such The cause was nominated by Edgbaston CROCKFORDS LONDON TEAM
as a sleeping bag, customers who have personal links to BECOME INTERNATIONAL BRAND
toiletries, socks, the hospice. A charity poker event was
hat, plasters and a hosted at the casino to raise funds, AMBASSADORS
homeless information with £5 out of each entry going to
pack that make St Mary’s. Additional money was raised A team from Crockfords London have been
sleeping rough a little L-R, Kelly Pluff, Harry Ashbolt, Laura Dudley, on the night from an auction and raffle, instrumental in supporting the successful launch of the
more comfortable. Brid Bickerton and Ian Bennett to which the casino donated one of latest addition to the Crockfords casino brand.
the top prizes, a £100 voucher for its
Fahrenheit restaurant. Located in Cairo, within the grounds of The Nile
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Crockfords Cairo is the newest
and most prestigious casino in the city. Central to the
BIG WINS AT CHINATOWN Commenting on the event, General Team in training delivery of this world class offering was a nine strong
Manager, Carol Summers said: “We
BIRMINGHAM were delighted to host the charity poker on a journey to Cairo to support this exciting project.
team from London, led by Mihail Delenikov, who embarked
night – the atmosphere was fantastic
and everyone gave very generously for
Luck was definitely in the air when Genting Chinatown Birmingham what is a much needed local cause.” Serving as ambassadors of Crockfords, the London team which Enjoying a spot of lunch
customer, Mr Ye, scooped a huge win of £28,075.
included Veronica Fiore, Renata Wisloka, Zoe Ferguson, Chris
Hall, Hoa Truong, Zuzana Polaskova, Amy Perry and Oliver Shorten,
Only having replaced the former Baccarat bonus with the Fortune demonstrated the standards of professionalism and levels of customer service which
8 jackpot a few weeks prior to Mr Ye’s win, he certainly felt like his contribute in making Crockfords the most renowned brand in the gaming world.
luck was in. Mr Ye explains: “I couldn’t believe it when I realised I had
won – I was totally blown away. Even when I Despite a busy six week schedule, the team were still able to enjoy
was presented with the giant cheque it the glorious weather and cultural delights which Cairo had to offer,
didn’t seem real!”
but it was the hospitality of the Crockfords Cairo team that made
the visit a truly unforgettable experience.
Korin Hennesy, Marketing
Advocate for Genting Mihail commented on behalf of the London team: “We would like to
Chinatown Birmingham, Real spirit thank everybody involved in giving us the opportunity to be a part of
commented: “We love to this venture. It was an amazing work opportunity, both challenging and
see our customers win big rewarding. We have all developed skills and learned new ones as a part of
and really enjoy celebrating this project, along with providing a unique experience to travel with the
with them. Mr Ye is a regular What a team! company and work in such an exciting city with amazing people. Thank
customer of ours and we you to the team at Crockfords Cairo, who welcomed us so warmly, for their
couldn’t have wished for the hard work and positive attitudes - we look forward to hearing of all their
money to go to a nicer young future success. “
man.” Mr Ye celebrates his win Players Colin, Rob and Jayne