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Bingo Halls
Two bingo halls fined for smoking
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 February 2009
Two Pennsylvania bingo halls have become one of the first premises in the state to be issued a citation for allowing smoking. The State Department of Health last week issued citations to King’s Hall Bingo on South 29th Street, Harrisburg for permitting smoking and not displaying no smoking signs. The hall will be fined $500 [...]
Pensacola to get its own bingo hall
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 January 2009
Pensacola, Florida is set to get its own bingo hall after the City Council voted 9-1 in favor of allowing one. An empty building on North Ninth Avenue has been designated as a suitable property for the bingo hall and is being rezoned to allow bingo play. Residents of Pensacola currently currently have to drive [...]
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Arkansas legislator aims to repeal bingo tax
Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 January 2009
A Democrat legislator has introduced a bill to reform bingo playing in Arkansas; it would include repealing the one-cent bingo card tax, raise prize funds in bingo game sessions, decrease the cost of a bingo permit and increase the number of sessions bingo operators can play per week from two to three. Rep. Tracy Pennartz, [...]
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Bingo dabber ‘used as a weapon’
Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 January 2009
A couple in Springfield, Illinois found themselves under arrest after an argument in which they threw a bingo dabber at each other. Police arrested Jerry J. Pitts, 23, and Chyrl S. Miller, 22, both of the 1100 block of South 16th Street, after Ms Miller called the police to complain about a shoulder injury allegedly [...]
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Tonkawa, OK bingo hall operator arrested
Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 January 2009
The operator of the Tonkawa Bingo and Casino has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of filing a false income tax return over a three year period. Edward Eugene Street, 43, was arrested and arraigned in federal court on Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney John C. Richter. The indictment states that Street, the [...]
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Police searching for Shelbyville bingo thief
Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 January 2009
Police in Shelbyville, IN are searching for a thief who stole money from the American Legion Bingo Hall. The man, who is described as “skinny with very little teeth”, fled from the hall with an undisclosed amount of cash. City police said bingo players had chased the thief down Miller Avenue but had failed to [...]
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Iowa operators lobby for lower tax on bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 14 January 2009
Iowa’s charity bingo operators are asking for state taxes on their bingo halls to be lowered as the current rate makes them unviable. Iowa law currently imposes a 6 percent sales tax and 1 percent local option sales tax on every ticket sold, making a total of 7 percent on gross revenues. Operators are lobbying [...]
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Kentucky pastor says no to bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 14 January 2009
A LaCenter pastor is opposing a school district that plans to use bingo to raise funds. Richard Hicks of Resurrection Fellowship Church in LaCenter, KY says that bingo will only increase the number of gambling addicts and the Ballard County School District should find other ways to raise funds. The Ballard County School District wants [...]
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Florida bingo players look for refund
Posted by Debbie Archer on 11 January 2009
Bingo players in Fort Myers, Florida are still waiting for a refund from a New Year’s Eve bingo celebration that never took place. Players paid between $50 and $100 per ticket for the Port Charlotte Bingo event but it was cancelled and players are still waiting for a refund. Bingo hall owner Hernan Vizcaino has [...]
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Profits slump for bingo in Powhatan, Virginia
Posted by Debbie Archer on 8 January 2009
Player number and revenues have fallen sharply for charitable bingo operators in Virginia, according to local organisers. “Our game is declining and meeting our charitable obligation is becoming more difficult,”said Deb Clements, president of the Powhatan High School Band Boosters, in an interview with her local newspapers. Her group holds weekly bingo games at the [...]
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Wind Creek bingo opens today
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 January 2009
The new Wind Creek Bingo and Casino facility in Alabama opens today. The 57,000 square foot facility in Atmore is owned and operated by The Poarch Band of Creek Indians. It is just 55 miles from downtown Pensacola. The new operation boasts 1,600 electronic bingo machines but will not offer blackjack or poker. A 236 [...]
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Oneida Bingo suffering from recession
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 January 2009
Wisconsin’s Oneida Bingo and Casino operation is suffering from the recession but still doing better than Las Vegas or Atlantic City. General manager Neil Cornelius told the Green Bay Press Gazette that the bingo hall and casino in Ashwaubenon is seeing customers be more careful in their spending habits. They are looking to concerts and [...]
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Franklin Bingo Hall destroyed by fire
Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 January 2009
The Franklin Bingo Hall on the Kentucky state line was completely destroyed after a fire that started in a kitchen, The 27 December fire saw crews from Simpson county, Orlinda, Portland and White House, Tennessee battle to save the bingo hall but with no luck. 200 people were playing bingo when the fire broke out [...]
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Greensboro bingo hall robbed
Posted by Debbie Archer on 26 December 2008
Police in Greensboro, New Jersey reported that a man robbed Marcella’s Bingo on the day before Christmas. An armed masked man wearing a camouflage jacket approached a female employee as she was leaving the premises at 1am and stole company and personal cash. Marcella’s Bingo is at 811 W. Lee Street in Greensboro, NJ.
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Hundreds apply for bingo jobs
Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 December 2008
Hundreds of people linked up at Alabama’s Gadsden State Community College to apply for jobs at a new bingo facility. 400 jobs are likely to be on offer at the bingo hall which will be located at the Little Canoe Creek industrial site in Etowah County, Alabama. Developer CBS Supply was running the job fair [...]
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Carlton’s Whitley Bay bingo ‘is safe’
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 December 2008
Carlton Bingo have been reassured that their Whitley Bay bingo hall will not be affected by redevelopment plans. A council regeneration plan appeared to ask developers to come up with ideas for replacing the bingo hall as part of a proposed £64 million redevelopment of the Spanish City site. Carlton bosses were stunned when they [...]
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Bingo halls escape smoking bans
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 December 2008
Bingo halls in Corpus Christi, Texas look set to win a special exemption to a smoking ban in a vote tomorrow. The city council will vote on a smoking ban in bars, billiard parlors and bowling alleys, which are all currently exempt from a ban on smoking in public places. But smoking at bingo halls [...]
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Michigan bingo robbers sought
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 December 2008
Police in Kent County, Michigan are searching for two robbers who grabbed cash at a local bingo hall. The men walked into the Westgate Bowl bingo hall on Alpine Avenue at about 6pm on Saturday and one snatched a cash drawer from an employee. They ran away and drove off in a dark colored Chevrolet [...]
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Move to close Greenetrack bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 8 December 2008
Greenetrack, West Alabama’s only major bino hall, is being investigated amidst claims it is operating outside the law. The Greene County Sheriff’s Department confirmed they had been investigating the bingo hall since 2007; the investigation is being led by Sheriff Ison Thomas, a former head of security at Greenetrack. In addition, State Senator Hank Sanders [...]
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Sheffield bingo player wins £174,367
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 December 2008
A Gala Bingo player in Stannington, Sheffield has picked up winnings of £174,367 after scooping the national High 5 jackpot. The 45 year old woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, also sparked a £165,352 win for the remaining players at her local bingo club. Under the High 5 rules half the jackpot goes to [...]
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Jessica Simpson plays at Bingo Hall
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 December 2008
Jessica Simpson decided to bring some glam to bingo, although she wasn’t playing actually playing our favorite game. Last month she sang in the 2,500 capacity Highland Bingo Hall in California, a far-cry from the glitzy venues that she’s used to. Admittedly, her career has hit the buffers recently, so much so that ‘J-Simp’ was [...]
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Dublin locals fight to save Star Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 December 2008
Residents of the Crumlin district of Dublin are fighting plans to demolish the well known Star Bingo Hall and replace it with apartments. Dublin City Council recently gave permission for the Star Bingo Hall to be knocked down, even though it has been a local landmark for more than 25 years. Developers plan to turn [...]
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Surprise win at Opera Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 December 2008
A bingo player won more than £5,600 but failed to claim it after leaving early after claiming just £110 in winnings. The woman, who was playing at Workington’s Opera Bingo Hall in Cumbria, hit the national and regional zone prizes, scooping £5,682.88. But she thought she had just won the club prize of £110.16. She [...]
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Texas bingo revenues announced
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 December 2008
Texas charitable bingo raised $6.1 million for states and local city and county coffers in the third quarter of 2008, according to information released by the Texas Lottery Commission. Cities and counties received $2.9 million while the Charitable Bingo Operations Division allocated $3.2 million to the state’s General Revenue Fund. The $6.1 million figure was [...]
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National Bingo Game offers Christmas bonus
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 December 2008
The National Bingo Game, which is played in bingo halls across the UK, is offering a special promotional bonus on Sunday 21st December which will make it easier to win their platinum jackpot prize. Players normally need to call a Full House on the number 90 and be the first person to get a house [...]
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North Scotland bingo hall threatened
Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 December 2008
The last independent bingo hall in north Scotland is under threat after plans were announced to demolish the hall and build houses on the site. The Quayside Bingo Hall in Baker Street, Lossiemouth has been hit by the smoking ban, high VAT on bingo tickets and the growing popularity of online bingo, according to managing [...]
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£350,000 Gala High 5 Bingo jackpot won
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 November 2008
A woman playing only her third ever game of bingo has scooped £350,000 after winning Gala’s High 5 jackpot. The 42 year old Brighton-based winner, who has asked not to be named, was only at the bingo hall because she was caring for a regular player. Her £2.50 winning ticket hit the jackpot when she [...]
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Gordon Brown a bingo hit
Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 November 2008
A letter to The Independent this morning tells us how British players in Malaga bingo halls seem to love Gordon Brown a lot more than they did Tony Blair. A reader wrote to say that she often joins other British expatriates in playing bingo in the bingo halls of the Spanish Costas. Before Gordon took [...]
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Bingo player arrested after 6 years
Posted by Debbie Archer on 25 November 2008
Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia has finally arrested an avid bingo player after she spent six years on the run. Lorie Creekmore, 41, was wanted on 20 outstanding warrants, including 14 felonies. Counts listed against her include passing bad checks and obtaining money under false pretenses but police had been unable to trace her. However [...]
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Attorney General seeks Alabama bingo ban
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 November 2008
The Alabama Attorney General has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to delay or stop the introduction of electronic bingo in the state, An Etowah County Circuit Court ruling on October 17 allowed a $200 million bingo development to go ahead which proponents say will create 1,000 jobs, Two developers, Coosa Entertainment Group and CBS Supply, [...]
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Bingo coming to Dunn, NC
Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 November 2008
A bingo hall will be opening in Dunn, North Carolina after the City Council gave approval for a 35 seater premises. Beach Bingo will open at 711 West Broad Street and prizes will be limited to maximum prizes of $10. The hall will be open on Mondays and from Thursday to Saturday between 6 pm [...]
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More bingo for New Mexico
Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 November 2008
New Mexico has a new bingo hall following the opening of the Fire Rock Casino in Gallup, New Mexico. The Najavo Nation casino includes slots, poker and a large bingo hall. 4,000 people turned up for the opening of the casino. A large number of those were forced to wait in line to get in [...]
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Woman arrested in bingo hall
Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 November 2008
A woman was arrested after disturbing customers in a Louisiana bingo hall. Barbara Ann Miller, 50, was asked to keep her voice down and after she refused a police officer’s request to cash out and leave was arrested. An office duty office arrested the woman at Metro Bingo Hall in Monroe, LA. The player claimed [...]
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Alabama shutters eight bingo halls
Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 November 2008
Fire officials have ordered eight Alabama bingo halls to be closed temporarily after they breached fire regulations. The charity bingo halls, all in Walker County, Alabama, were told they had inadequate fire protection for their clients. State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk said. “We didn’t have an adequate sprinkler system in any one of these buildings.” [...]
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Bingo players hit by nitrogen leak
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 November 2008
175 players at the Select Auditorium bingo hall in Muskegon, Michigan were evicted from an early evening bingo session after a nitrogen leak. A storage tank at a nearby laboratory had cracked, leaving the area covered by a white cloud of liquid nitrogen. The gas can cause nausea, vomiting and even death if large quantities [...]
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Bingo players foil robbery
Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 October 2008
This week’s bingo news seems to be dominated by bingo hall robberies. Bingo clubs around the world seem to be hit by thieves this week. The latest story is from a Gold Coast, Australia bingo hall, the Musgrave Hill Bowls Club at Southport, where players and club managers prevented a man from stealing the bingo [...]
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Bingo manager shoots raider
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 October 2008
A bingo manager shot an armed robber dead after the raider fired a shot into the bingo hall ceiling and demanded money. The 20 year old robber, Alton Prewitt, walked into the Beachside Bingo hall, Pensacola, Florida last Wednesday carrying a shotgun. The manager, Chad England, picked up a handgun and fired in self defense, [...]
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Video bingo brings in $4.5 million
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 October 2008
The three video bingo parlours in Hammond, Louisiana won $4.5 million from players over the past year. The parlors, which are in their second year of operation, paid $216,898 in taxes to the city, which represents 20 per cent of the net win from the bingo operations. The three operators - Cypress Palace Bingo, Hammond [...]
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