Looking through the weekend’s news, i stumbled upon the same story a few times regarding the closed bingo hall in Harrogate due for demolition.
There had been plans to build flats on the site of the Lucky Numbers bingo hall, however, this week the plans to demolish the hall have been reversed, due to some strong opposition [...]
Tags: , Bingo Hall
The National Bingo Game was dealt a huge blow last night after Gala said it is going to pull out in August.
The decision will see the loss of a third of the current 500 clubs taking part around the UK every day, and is likely to see jackpots plummet.
This will be a major blow for small bingo clubs, who [...]
Just when we thought the tables were turning in the Bingo Hall world, we get news of an old hall being bulldozed.
Developers have pulled down the old Odeon building in Bradford which opened in 1930 despite its architectural merits.
Despite the Bradford Odeon Rescue Group making numerous applications to save it, the seventy-seven year old former cinema [...]
Gerry Sutcliffe the UK’s Gambling Minister has recently addressed the Bingo Association’s AGM and is to introduce measures to help land-based bingo clubs.
It is speculated that measures include reducing restrictions currently placed on gaming machines found in many bingo clubs.
The industry is unlikely to see relief from the double tax burden which sees bingo clubs paying [...]
Tags: Bingo Halls, Online Bingo
A trading report issued by Rank has shown good news. Improved trading figures have shown that trading was down on the same period as last year, although this was expected due to the smoking ban. There has however been a drop of 14% in like-for-like sales, admissions down by 13% and spend per head down by %1. The good news [...]
Tags: Bingo, Bingo Hall Closures, Bingo Halls
