The Casino at Mint United Kingdom - Venues and Gaming

What The Mint Casino Name Actually Refers To

In the UK there are three different gambling venues that use the Mint name in one way or another, and they are completely separate places. This is where the confusion usually starts, long before anyone steps through a door.

Two of them are part of the Genting Casinos UK Limited estate: Genting Casino Cromwell Mint in South Kensington, London, and Genting Casino Mint Casino at 108 Commercial Road in Portsmouth. Genting is a major, fully regulated operator. Its management office is at Resorts World Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PU, and the group appears under account number 537 in the UK Gambling Commission public register.

The third site is different in feel and scale: The Mint Casino at 16 Le Strange Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5AJ. It is far more local in focus, heavy on slots, and the atmosphere is closer to a seaside arcade than a central London casino.

All three locations work under their own premises licences and attract slightly different crowds. Before you plan travel or book a hotel, it really pays to be sure which Mint venue you are actually aiming for.

Genting Casino Cromwell Mint in London

Genting Casino Cromwell Mint is at 45 Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2EF. The casino operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, under Genting Casinos UK Limited. Gloucester Road and Earl’s Court Underground stations are the nearest stops; you can walk from either in a few minutes.

Before Genting put its name on the door, the site traded as The Mint Casino London, sometimes shortened to Cromwell Mint. Older descriptions mention roughly 22 table and poker games, around 10 gaming machines, and a poker room that opened from 7 pm. That was then. After Genting’s rebrand and layout changes, the current mix of tables, machines and poker may not match those older numbers at all.

If you want to contact the venue directly, the phone number is +44 (0) 20 7589 4041. Genting maintains a dedicated page for Cromwell Mint at gentingcasino.com/casinos/casino/genting-casino-cromwell-mint/ and lists the full estate at gentingcasinos.co.uk.

Planning a First Visit to Cromwell Mint

It is worth doing a tiny bit of homework before turning up in South Kensington. Start with the Genting site: check which games are currently running, whether poker is live or seasonal, and if there are any membership rules or dress notes that might affect you.

Getting there is straightforward enough. Travel to Gloucester Road or Earl’s Court on the Underground, then walk to 45 Cromwell Road. The entrance is street-facing, you will not be hunting through a mall to find it.

You should bring valid photo ID. Under UK law, casino customers must be at least 18 years old, and most venues operate a “think 25” approach, meaning staff ask for identification if you look under 25. At the door your age will be checked, and you may be asked to sign up as a member or confirm details for the casino’s records. That routine is normal across UK casinos, not something unusual about Cromwell Mint.

Once inside, you can look for a floor map or simply ask the first member of staff you see to point you toward tables, poker, or gaming machines, depending on what you came for. Before you sit down, it is sensible to set a personal limit on both time and money. UK casinos have to promote responsible gambling by law. If you want help putting a cap on your spend or taking a break, staff can explain self-exclusion options or other controls in plain language. During your visit, if anything feels unclear, the cashier desk or a floor supervisor are usually the people who can sort it out quickest.

The Mint Casino in Portsmouth

The Portsmouth venue using the Mint name sits at 108 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 1EJ. On the UK Gambling Commission public premises register, it appears under Genting Casinos UK Limited, which confirms there is an active casino licence in place. At this address, “Mint Casino” forms part of Genting’s official brand for the property.

Commercial Road is one of the main shopping and leisure streets in the city, so you are right in the centre of things. That usually means straightforward public transport links from Portsmouth Harbour station and Portsmouth and Southsea station, plus standard bus routes running along or near the road.

Publicly available sources do not list exact opening times, game types, or details of any poker offering for the Portsmouth Mint. Rather than rely on second-hand claims, the safer move is to contact Genting directly or use the gentingcasinos.co.uk site to check the current position before you set off.

To keep the locations straight, this is how the three Mint-branded venues line up:

The Mint Casino Hunstanton - North Norfolk Slot Venue

Hunstanton’s Mint Casino, at 16 Le Strange Terrace, PE36 5AJ, sits in a seaside town on the North Norfolk coast. It is built around slot-style gaming rather than the full casino setup you see in London. Based on public information, you should not expect table games or a dedicated poker room here.

The venue calls itself North Norfolk’s number one slot casino. It is a clear, narrow promise aimed at people who like machine play in a holiday-town setting rather than those chasing high-stakes roulette.

Opening hours look like this:

So you can walk in from 9 am every day of the week. From Sunday through Thursday, machines shut down at midnight; on Friday and Saturday play runs on until 2 am.

What To Check Before You Visit Hunstanton

Seaside gaming venues tend to flex their hours when summer ends and visitor numbers drop. Because of that, it is genuinely worth confirming the current schedule with the venue before you travel, especially in the off-season.

Getting to Hunstanton usually means one of two things: drive along the A149, or take a bus from King’s Lynn, which is the nearest mainline rail point. Once you arrive in town, Le Strange Terrace is central and close to the seafront, so you are not far from food, arcades, and the promenade.

You should plan on taking cash with you. Small gaming venues in the UK are often still heavily cash based, and card acceptance for machines at this particular site is not confirmed in public sources. As with any gambling premises, bring valid ID if you are between 18 and 25 years old, because age checks are not optional under UK rules.

When you walk in, a quick chat with staff can save a bit of wandering. You can ask which machines are live, which are out of service, and where any higher or lower-stake terminals are positioned. If you prefer to play within set limits, you can agree a spend or time cap with yourself in advance, then use the responsible gambling material in the venue as a reminder. Should anything go wrong or feel off after your visit, complaints can be raised directly with the venue. If the issue appears to involve licensing or regulatory breaches, then it becomes a matter for the UK Gambling Commission.

UK Gambling Regulation - What It Means in Practice

Every casino-style venue in the United Kingdom has to work within the Gambling Act 2005. Oversight sits with the UK Gambling Commission, whose public website at gamblingcommission.gov.uk includes a searchable register of both licensed operators and licensed premises. Anyone can use that register; it is not restricted to industry professionals.

Genting Casinos UK Limited appears there under account number 537. That entry covers its entire UK portfolio, which includes Genting Casino Cromwell Mint in London and the Mint-branded casino in Portsmouth. If you choose a licensed British casino, certain protections apply automatically: you can ask to self-exclude, you must have access to clear responsible gambling information, and you should be playing games that are tested and monitored under regulated conditions.

Staff in licensed casinos receive training to recognise potential signs of gambling harm and to direct people towards support such as GamCare or BeGambleAware. None of that removes your personal responsibility, but it does mean there are procedures and support pathways in place if you need them.

For the Hunstanton Mint site, the exact category of licence is not clearly visible in the Commission’s public register on the basis of information available. It may operate under a permit such as an adult gaming centre licence rather than a full casino premises licence. That legal difference affects what kind of gaming can be offered and at which maximum stakes. Keeping that in mind helps explain why the Hunstanton offer feels so different to Genting’s Cromwell or Portsmouth casinos.

Why the Mint Name Confuses So Many Searches

The word Mint pops up all over the UK and only some of those uses relate to gambling. The Royal Mint, for example, is the official body responsible for producing British coins and medals, based at royalmint.com. It has nothing to do with casino operations or slot halls, but search engines do not always make that distinction for you.

Inside the casino world, you may also see references to “Mint Casino London” or “Chellarams PLC Mint Casino” in older news items and directories. Those phrases usually relate to branding or ownership structures that were in place before Genting reworked the Cromwell Road venue. The current legal and commercial name at that address is Genting Casino Cromwell Mint. Any site that still lists “Mint Casino London” on its own is almost certainly working from stale data.

To add a final bit of noise, there is The Mint Gaming Hall in Franklin, Kentucky, USA. Same word in the name, completely different company and country. If what you want is UK information only, it is often quicker to:

1. Filter by UK postcode or city when you search.
2. Use the UK Gambling Commission public register to verify which Mint venue you are looking at.