Playboy was forced to sell a club in 1982 that it had purchased from an English zoo owner who used gambling to move to the centre of what?
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Clermont Set The Clermont Set was an exclusive group of rich British gamblers who met at the Clermont Club at 44 Berkeley Square, in London's fashionable Mayfair district now located at 27–28 Curzon Street and called Aspinall's. It was the first London casino opened by John Aspinall after he received a gaming licence under Britain's new gambling law. Clermont Club had become famous among British celebrities at once but Aspinall sold this club in 1972 to Playboy Enterprises; Playboy was forced to sell this club in 1982 when it lost its licence.
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John Aspinall (zoo owner) John Victor Aspinall (11 June 1926 – 29 June 2000) was an English zoo owner and gambling club host. From middle class beginnings he used gambling to move to the centre of British high society in the 1960s. He was born in Delhi during the British Raj, and was a citizen of the United Kingdom.
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Isle of Wight Zoo The Isle of Wight Zoo, previously known as the Sandown Zoo is a sanctuary inside a fort on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight. The zoo is privately owned, and the collection focuses principally on big cats and Madagascan animals.
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Wildlife law in England and Wales Wildlife law in England and Wales is the law relating to the protection of wildlife in England and Wales. The law is "confusing" and "complicated", and contains "inconsistencies", and as of November 2013 the Law Commission has recently finished a consultation about the possibility of reform. Much of the existing law dates from pre-Victorian times when wildlife was viewed as a resource to be exploited by the landowner or occupier. It was normal to kill animals for fun; phrases such as "game" or "sporting rights" are revealing word-choices in this respect. Public opinion is now much more in the birds' and animals' favour than the landowners. In response to this there have been a substantial number of laws passed (often private members' bills) that aim to prevent cruelty or to protect particular species, but the approach has generally been piecemeal.
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Dubai Zoo Dubai Zoo (Arabic: ‎ ‎ حديقة حيوان دبي) is a 1.5 km located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne Cremorne Gardens was a pleasure garden (now referred to as amusement parks) established in 1853 on the banks of the Yarra River at Richmond in Melbourne, Australia. The gardens were established by James Ellis who had earlier managed and leased similar gardens of the same name on the banks of the River Thames at Chelsea in London. He had been declared bankrupt and emigrated to Australia to take advantage of the business opportunities made possible by the Victorian gold rush and its accompanying population explosion. His first venture in the entertainment world in Melbourne was Astley's Amphitheatre, but his experiences in catering in London inclined him to a profit making business with a wider basis. Because of previous experience he had established contacts in the theatrical world of London. he took advantage of them to create a venue with viable entertainments to divert the population of the rapidly expanding capital of the new Australian state where entertainment was demanded by a predominantly male society.
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Dazzeland Dazzeland was a two-storey indoor amusement park occupying the top levels of the REMM Myer Centre in Rundle Mall, a major shopping mall in Adelaide, Australia. The centre was built between 1988–1991, at a cost of $1 billion. Some years later, the centre was sold for $140 million, contributing to the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia.
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Peter Beatty Peter Randolph Louis Beatty (2 April 1910 – 26 October 1949) was an English racehorse owner and breeder, businessman and member of the aristocracy.
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Wonderland Sydney Wonderland Sydney (originally known as Australia's Wonderland), was an amusement park in Eastern Creek, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park was the largest one in the southern hemisphere. It remained open for almost 19 years and was the premier theme park in New South Wales for much of its life until its closure in 2004.
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Billionaire Boys Club The Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) was an investment-and-social club organized by Joseph Henry Gamsky, also known as "Joe Hunt", in southern California in 1983. It was originally simply named "BBC"; the initials of a business named the Bombay Bicycle Club, a restaurant Gamsky had frequented in his earlier years while growing up in Chicago.
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Michael Wilde Michael Wilde, born on the Wirral, Cheshire in 1952, is a businessman who became Chairman of Southampton Football Club for two periods after the Club's relegation from the Premiership, resigning on 2 April 2009, the day after the Club's holding company, Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc, went into administration.
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Club Regent Casino Club Regent Casino is a casino located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is one of two casinos in the city (the other being the McPhillips Street Station Casino), both are owned and operated by the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, and in turn, the Government of Manitoba. The casino opened in 1993, after an assessment regarding the distribution of gambling revenue, was released. Connected to the casino is the Canad Inns Club Regent Hotel.
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Pubic Wars Pubic Wars, a pun on the Punic Wars, is the name given to the rivalry between the pornographic magazines "Playboy" and "Penthouse" during the 1960s and 1970s. Each magazine strove to show just a little bit more than the other, without getting too crude. The term was coined by "Playboy" owner Hugh Hefner. In 1950s and 1960s America, it was generally agreed that nude photographs were not pornographic unless they showed pubic hair or genitals. "Respectable" photography was careful to come close to, but not cross over, this line. Consequently, the depiction of pubic hair was "de facto" forbidden in U.S. pornographic magazines.
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Zoo di Pistoia Zoo di Pistoia is a Zoo and Amusement park in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy, created in 1970 with an area of 75,000 square metres.
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Animal theme park An animal theme park, also known as a zoological theme park, is a combination of a theme park and a zoological park, mainly for entertainment, amusement, and commercial purposes. Many animal theme parks combine classic theme park elements, such as themed entertainment and amusement rides, with classic zoo elements such as live animals confined within enclosures for display. Many times, live animals are utilized and featured as part of amusement rides and attractions found at animal theme parks.
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Le Mirage (brothel) Campo Alegre (Spanish for "Happy Field", also known as Le Mirage) is a large, open-air brothel, which has operated near the main Curaçao airport since the 1940s. Originally an army encampment, it is located just off Franklin D Roosevelt Way. It is the largest legal brothel in the Curaçao. Curaçao, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, permits the business of prostitution within its territory. This facility has been extensively upgraded and refurbished, and bears little evidence of its earlier origins.
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Admiral (gambling) Admiral is a British gambling company, with high street venues and gambling websites. It is a subsidiary of Luxury Leisure (previously known as Nobles), which is owned in turn by Novomatic.
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Trident Television Trident Television Limited was a British holding company with broadcasting interests. Trident acquired Halas and Batchelor (well known for their cartoons), Scarborough Zoo, Windsor Safari Park, Trident Casinos, Playboy Club, Watts & Cory Scenery, Victoria Casino, The Clermont Club, as well as Trident Holdings (Australia Pty Ltd) and several other companies.
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Edward Cross (zoo proprietor) Edward Cross ("baptised" 3 February 1774 – 26 September 1854) was an English zoo proprietor and dealer in animals.
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Antwerp Zoo Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: "ZOO Antwerpen" ) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
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Playboy Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), "Playboy" played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of "Playboy" are published worldwide.
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Cashino Cashino (a portmanteau word combining "cash" and "casino") is a British gambling company, with over 148 high street venues and an online presence. It is part of Praesepe Holdings L.t.d., which is in turn owned by the German gaming and gambling company Gauselmann.