Posted June 25th, 2008 by admin
The government announced plans to relax limits on the number of slot machines allowed in bingo clubs in a move it hopes will reverse the increasing trend of closures within the industry.
Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe, whose responsibilities include gaming, has proposed the maximum number of 500 pound jackpot slot machines allowed in bingo clubs be [...]
Tags: bingo hall news, Bingo Halls, slot machines
Posted June 18th, 2008 by admin
Another Gala bingo hall is set to close next week, this time in Birmingham where they blame a triple blow from the smoking ban, increased taxation and new gambling laws banning big jackpot machines.
Seventeen jobs will go at the Bingo club in Great Barr, which will be closing its doors to players on June 23.
Gala Coral is [...]
Tags: Bingo Hall Closures, Bingo Halls, Bingo Players
Posted June 16th, 2008 by admin
Proposals to demolish a Hamilton landmark have be given the go-ahead.
The former Vogue Bingo building is to be replaced with a four-storey office block with parking and landscaping and is part of the Hamilton Towers scheme which includes the cinema, hotel, restaurants and flats.
Originally a cinema, the building dates back to the 1920s and sits within the Hamilton [...]
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Posted June 9th, 2008 by admin
Pondella Bingo of North Fort Myers- A group of bingo players got a shock when masked men burst through the front door during their last bingo game early Sunday morning.
The two men struck the 78 year old security guard and held the bingo playes at gunpoint, before running away with thousands of dollars in cash.
A witness [...]
Tags: Bingo Hall, Bingo Players
Posted June 5th, 2008 by admin
The Flutters Bingo Hall in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire appears to have upset the Town Council as they have taken umbrage to the brightness of the lights outside the bingo hall.
The hall apparently neglected to apply for planning permission to have the lights erected, and were originally erected to catch attention to help with flagging [...]
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Posted June 3rd, 2008 by admin
Detectives are hunting three armed robbers who stole a large sum of cash from an Armagh bingo hall.
Three masked men entered the hall on Dobbin Street at around half-eleven and threatened staff with a hand-gun or a hammer.
The PSNI said all three men were around 5′10” tall and wore balaclavas.
The first man had fair hair and wore blue [...]
