THE PENTHOUSE CLUB
1971 The Penthouse Casino Club in London with its scantily dressed hostesses lost its gaming licence in September due to its connections with organised crime syndicates. The gaming licence was held by a syndicate of businessmen, one of them, Mr John Halifax Weller-Poley a former “High Sheriff” of Suffolk in 1965 said, “I had no idea what was going on?” It is claimed the club had “regularly engaged in business transactions with undesirable criminal elements in the United States of America. Allegations that deals were done by the club for the financial benefit of both sides. Americans were able to gamble in the club illegally.