Thirty‑five years under the same neon. Everything else like this on the road now belongs to a national company. We still don’t — same building, same name, same person behind the counter who knows yours.
Richmond Leisure — independent adult gaming centre, Shirley High Street, Southampton
Checking the doors…Adult gaming centre · 112 Shirley High Street, Southampton
01Every half hour
The Rainbow Wheel
Every machine in the room is colour‑coded, and the wheel carries the same colours. On the half hour, it spins. Land on your colour while you’re playing that machine and there’s £10 in credit on the spot. If it lands on a colour nobody’s playing, everyone playing gets £5.
Friday and Saturday nights, 9pm to 2am, the amounts double — £20 and £10.
Needs at least three people playing to spin. You must have been in fifteen minutes before the spin and playing at the time. Credit must be played through. Full conditions on the terms page.
This one’s just for fun — the real wheel hangs in the shop.
02Every day
Your tenner is our tenner.
Stake £10 and we match it with £10 in credit — £20 in play. Once the full twenty has been wagered, anything you’ve won is yours.
Monday to Thursday, 9am–9pm. Friday and Saturday it runs twice: 9am–9pm, then again 9pm–2am. One match per session. All credit must be wagered. Full conditions on the terms page.
03The room
Lit the way it’s always been.
One long room, carpeted, air conditioned — red neon along the coving, blue across the ceiling. The change booth has a sign over it that has outlasted most of the shopfronts on the road.
Machines from the older reel cabinets through to the newer touchscreens, seating at every one, and somebody behind the counter the entire time we’re open. Not a card machine and a buzzer — an actual person who’ll get you change.
Free tea, coffee and snacks
All day, and all night on Friday and Saturday. Crisps and biscuits alongside. It’s for customers playing, not a café — but if you’re in and you’re playing, nobody’s counting your cups.
04Straight answers
- Over 18s only, and we Think 25If you look under 25 you’ll be asked for photo ID. No exceptions, and it isn’t personal.
- No alcohol on the premisesIt’s not permitted here by law. It’s also the reason the room stays calm at one in the morning.
- Somebody is always onStaffed from open to close, every day we’re open. CCTV throughout.
- You can set your own limitsLimit-setting is on the machines. If you want to self-exclude, ask at the counter — it’s straightforward and nobody makes a thing of it.
- Licensed and inspectedOperated by Landmark Entertainments Ltd under a Gambling Commission operating licence, with a premises licence from Southampton City Council.
05Find us
A few doors from the Precinct.
Richmond Leisure112 Shirley High Street
Shirley, Southampton SO16 4EZ
The bus stop is directly outside the door and Sainsbury’s is across the road. Coming from town, get off at Shirley Precinct and we’re a few doors along.
| Monday to Thursday | 9am – 9pm |
| Friday & Saturday | 9am – 2am |
| Sunday | Closed |
Open until two in the morning on Friday and Saturday. There isn’t much else lit and staffed on this stretch of the high street at that hour.