Bingo

UK bingo hall operator Gala Bingo is starting an 18 month long mammoth fund raising effort to raise money for the Sue Ryder Care charity.

A recent study by the University of Kentucky has found that bingo halls in Lexington are unsafe due to second hand smoke.

A bingo hall in the midlands is one of the first numbers game operators to seek a new gaming licence, which will allow it to place slots on its premises.

The UK's National Lottery produced an advertisement that unfairly denigrated bingo clubs by implying that bingo is a dying industry, a watchdog has ruled.

A 20-year-old from Scotland has won more than £313,000 playing bingo at a local Mecca hall, having only played the game three times before.

Blue Square Premier League team Oxford United held an open day on Saturday that involved a specially-organised game of bingo.

A pensioner from Shap in the north of England has won £27,000 after playing bingo at one of her local clubs.

The future of bingo halls in Liverpool is under threat unless tough tax laws are relaxed. Managers of bingo clubs in the city are lobbying the treasury minister for a change in the law, emphasizing the value of bingo halls on a social front.

The perception of bingo in the eyes of non-players is still very much of elderly women in smokey bingo halls, but according to many recent reports, online bingo play is a very strong market, and positioned to get even stronger.

Gary Sutcliffe, the Sports Minister, has now announced plans to reverse changes that had been introduced last September. The policy had reduced the limit of slot machines allowed in a bingo club from eight to four.