UK gaming operator Sceptre Leisure has secured three new sole-supply contracts with Joseph Holt, De Vere hotels and the McManus Pub Company, worth an estimated £1.5m to provide amusement and gaming machines.

Joseph Holt has awarded a new two-year contract for 100 per cent sole supply to its 130 location managed and tenanted estate.

De Vere Hotels has extended its current two-year sole-supply agreement for a further 12 months to August 2012. The contract covers De Vere’s nationwide estate of hotels/

The McManus Pub Company has awarded a new two-year contract for 100 per cent sole supply to its 13-strong pub estate.

Commenting on the deals Ken Turner, Sceptre’s chief executive, said: "These new deals demonstrate our continued progress towards becoming the number one machine operator in the UK pub market. Sceptre will continue to follow its strategy of growth both through organic contract gains, and also through selected strategic acquisitions."