Southend Maxims & Mint Casinos are a gambling

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 establishment located in Western Esplanade, Westcliff-on-Sea

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, Essex

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, England

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, on the seafront overlooking the Thames estuary

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The original "Westcliff" and "Waterfront" Casinos were established in the 1970s and it was originally at the Mill House in Station Road. It opened at its present site, formerly an open air swimming pool and then a boat deck as part of The Westcliff Leisure Centre, in 1987. It has developed into the largest provincial casino

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 and the second largest in Britain

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. The casino was first run by Brent Walker

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, and then by R J Bown Holdings. It was bought by Genting UK

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 for an estimated £30,000,000. It undertook a £1m Refurbishment plan which is current layout seen today.

The casino currently features many slots and twenty-three table games (single zero American roulette, dice, punto banco, three card poker, blackjack and casino stud poker) as well as an internal reception linking it to its sister casino and card room.

Only a small part of the entire building is used by the public. The Building itself actually decends 3 floors down. As well as many long walkways and rooms the building houses 6 Squash Courts, A Night Club, A Salon and a large Swimming pool among other leisure areas. All of these have since been abandoned. One long serving member of staff at the casino said of the underground section.... "Its like Someone just turned out the lights one night and never went back. The used glasses are still on the bar in the night club waiting to be washed since it closed that night in 1987"

In November 2007, the two sister casinos, "Spielers' Casino" and "Westcliff Casino", were refurbished by Genting Stanley to create the new clubs named Southend Mint and Southend Maxims respectively.

Up until 2008, the casino has sponsored the annual Southend Air Show.