The Sunderland Echo has reported that the boss of the Yoden Way Buckingham Bingo has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for stealing a massive £31,000 from the club safe.
Helen Walker was also guilty of commiting fraud by cashing vouchers that were intended for customers to the value of £500 .
The defence made the comment “the [...]
Tags: Bingo Halls
It has now been a year since Wales went smoke free in all public places, and the verdict is in on what impact the smoking ban has had on the bingo industry there.
Figures have shown that the smoking ban has helped people kick the habit and has shown a major improvement on the public’s health. [...]
Tags: Bingo, Bingo Halls, Smoking Ban
Another Mecca Bingo hall is facing closure.
This time it is a club located in Regent Circus, Swindon, however the patrons of the club have tried hard to stop the closure by getting a petition together signed by all the halls members.
The hall, that first opened in 1974, was closed yesterday. It was sold by The Rank Group to the local council [...]
Tags: Bingo Hall, Closures, Mecca Bingo
It seems that we are not the only country to have problems with Bingo Hall closures since the smoking ban has taken effect. Recent articles published on USA gambling websites has described the same situations facing Bingo hall closures.
The grip on smoking laws has been tightened in many states over the past few years, with [...]
Since 2005, 81 of the 189 clubs identified as being ‘at risk’ have already closed, with 43 clubs across the country closing in the last 14 months. A further 108 are also at risk as government tax demands and the impact of the smoking ban take their toll, according to a study in the UK.
The [...]
The sale of two more bingo halls by the Carlton Clubs bingo operation has been announced in Edinburgh and Grangemouth, showing further evidence that on-line bingo is where it’s at.
This is not the first time this week that sales of bingo halls has been in the news, with the conversion of a bingo hall in [...]
Ambitious new plans have been put forward to transform a former bingo hall into a church and multi-purpose community centre in Moordown, Bournmouth.
On hearing the rumours Gala Coral were approached to discuss the company’s plans for the site, with negotiations currently under way between the two parties.
Plans for the building include the upper level of [...]
A report has come in from Norway, where a group of bingo players have restrained a man who was about to rob the Stovner Bingo parlour in Oslo Sunday night. There were 4 or 5 bingo players holding him down when the police arrived and weren’t about to let let him make off with their [...]
