Slated Hotel and Casino Resort
A note from the Slated Hotel and Casino Resort — written by the Foundation at Wythern House Hotel and Casino Resort, for adult readers — on responsible conduct on the casino resort floor.
The view from the Foundation
A country house hotel of any age has met guests at every disposition: those who arrived light and those who arrived heavy, those who left rested and those who left less so. The Foundation at Wythern House Hotel and Casino Resort holds standing instructions about this. They are short, they are followed without exception, and they do not change with the weather.
The casino resort floor of the hotel is presented as a feature of the property — a restored slate-cutting workshop — and is not held out as a gambling venue. We take no wagers, hold no accounts, and operate no platform of play. What follows is the standing of the Foundation on the room itself, on those who use it, and on the help we can give where help is wanted.
What we ask, and what we do
- Age
- Persons under eighteen are not admitted to the casino resort floor. The duty manager has standing authority to ask, and is asked by the Foundation to do so without apology.
- Self-exclusion
- Any guest who wishes the casino resort floor to be off-limits to themselves for the duration of their stay may say so quietly at reception. The request is kept in the day book; the floor staff are informed without further mention.
- Distress
- Any guest exhibiting distress will be invited to leave the floor for the library, where tea is brought, and the duty manager will sit with them for as long as is wanted.
- Credit
- We do not advance credit. We do not loan against personal effects. We do not extend hours.
- Pace
- The room closes promptly at midnight. There are no after-hours, no private rooms, and no exceptions for the chair, the trustees, or the long guests.
- Companions
- Where a guest is travelling alone and shows reluctance to leave the floor, the duty manager will walk with them as far as the foot of the stair, and bring word to the night porter that the room is to be checked at one.
When the help we can give is not enough
The Foundation is not a treatment service, a counselling service, or an advisory service. Where help beyond a quiet hour and a cup of tea is needed, we can ring on a guest’s behalf. The duty manager keeps the numbers of the National Gambling Helpline, GamCare, and the local out-of-hours surgery in the day book. There is no charge for the call. There is no entry made in the day book about the call beyond the time and the duty manager’s initials. A guest who wishes to remain anonymous to the Foundation papers may say so at the time, and the entry will be marked closed.
If you would like to speak to someone outside the hotel, the National Gambling Helpline (0808 8020 133) is open without charge, twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. We are happy to ring on your behalf, or to put the line through to the room.
A reminder on these pages
These pages describe a hotel and a single restored room within it. They do not host wagers, hold accounts, or operate as a gambling platform. Nothing on this site is intended as inducement, instruction, or recommendation in play. The room is presented as architecture; the architecture is presented in plain words; the words are reviewed once a year and amended where they have aged.
Last reviewed February 2026.