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11th of June 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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When you think of a bingo player do you have a certain look in mind? Some think bingo is a game for elderly ladies but I’m not elderly and I play the game often. As a matter of fact, do gamblers in general have a certain look? Can you p...
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1st of June 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A drug addict has been banned from entering a bingo hall for a year after police witnessed him injecting himself in the toilets.
Stephen Greenhorn, 32, stopped off at the toile...
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19th of May 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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One lucky Powerball lottery ticket, containing numbers 22, 10, 13, 14, 52, and a Powerball of 11, has brought a lucky Florida punter the second bi...
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19th of May 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Green Valley Ranch (GVR) in Henderson, NV has launched a new Bingo hall as of May 13, 2013. The bingo hall is the replacement for a live entertainment lounge and bar called Ovation. Bingo is increasing in popularity and this move is falls in line with the trend in Nevada.
The new bingo hall will be open every day...
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23rd of April 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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News came this week that Spanish gaming firm Codere plans to cease its operations in Argentina and close fourteen bingo halls in Buenos Aires.
Apparently, the reason for such a move lies in the fact that the company has difficulty repatriating capital from the country to its other operations, as in concerns about the call of trade unions for the...
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17th of April 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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The UK Competitions Commission has this week approved the Rank plc land and online gambling group acquisition of Gala Coral's land-based estate in a GBP179 million deal, therefore making Rank Britain's largest land gambling firm.
It was May last year when Rank made its bid to acquire t...
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1st of March 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A Mecca Bingo club in the UK has started the year with a bang after paying £300,000 in prizes over the course of one month.
Bingo players have had a lucky January at Mecca Doncaster. General Manager Sarah Whittaker said, “To pay out more than £300,000 worth of prize money to our customers in just one month is fantastic.
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2nd of February 2013 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Many factors affect the economy but would you consider weather to be one of them? The UK has seen a decent amount of snow recently and it’s enough to force bingo players to stay indoors and out of the Rank Group’s Mecca Bingo clubs.
"Allowing for the slow start to...
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11th of November 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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The popularity of bingo clubs around the London area is steadily declining. What are the reasons for the decline of the bingo hall? Well, there are several factors that contributed such as the smoking ban, the introduction of a new gambling tax and the main factor is the convenience of online bingo.
Television adverts are filled with marketing c...
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16th of September 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Yes, we all love our online bingo sites but sometimes you need to experience the real thing live and direct. Online bingo offers the convenience of playing from your cozy chair but land based bingo can be an unforgettable experience. Those that don’t think that the words bingo and unforgettable belong in the same sentence have never seen what...
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16th of July 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Aletha Stainbrook 24, not an avid bingo player, claimed a bingo when in fact she really didn't in a crowd of about 300 people playing Pride Family Wednesday hosted by drag queens at Circus Circus in Las Vegas.
The native from Las Vegas got her 15 minutes of fame for the bingo error after Norma Llyaman and Diana Prince, the two drag queens callin...
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12th of July 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Joseph “Fred” Parry spent much of his time playing bingo in a Plymouth, Devon Gala Bingo hall in the UK. He even celebrated his 100th birthday with his Gala Bingo community. He became known to his friends as Fred. The perfect gift for this s...
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3rd of July 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A Chesapeake Beach bar and grill was spared in the nick of time after they were ordered by the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year to remove their instant bingo machines by July 1. 48 hours before they were about to pull the plug on the ma...
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28th of June 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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One woman opted for an electronic cigarette and was asked to leave a bingo hall in the UK.
Julie Cummings, 52, was diagnosed with emphysema and turned to electronic cigarettes to aid her in quitting. She contacted Castle Bingo on Cowbridge Road prior to her arrival to ensure that there were no issues with using the electronic cigarettes within t...
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9th of June 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Gateshead couple both bought tickets by mistake, using the same numbers
Even though we find miscommunications irritating most of the time, this error turned out to be a beautiful one for John Ord (44) and his wife Karen (44), who both bought a lottery ticket last week, using the same numbers. And guess what? They both won!
Thanks to this mist...
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28th of May 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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Although the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has banned slot machines from bingo halls there seems to be a fine line between electronic bingo devices and slots. The Ontario government website states the introduction of break open tickets, bingo and instant games all played on electronic devices, are for the revitalization of bingo halls....
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9th of March 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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After McGregor’s recent acquittal for allegedly buying and selling votes in an effort to protect electronic bingo machines, he plans on opening his VictoryLand Casino in Shorter, Alabama.
"Now I'm focused on getting 3,000 people back to work and charities and governmental agencies receiving revenue, as they should have been all the time,"...
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20th of February 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A 28-year-old man was arrested on February 16, 2012 for purportedly using counterfeit bills at an electronic gambling station in Manila.
Sencon Sabidin, of Taguig City, was found carrying several fake P500 bills. Apparently he had used these bills to play an e-bingo machine. After getting caught, Sabidin claimed that he got the bills from a frie...
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14th of February 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A Pennsylvania man has made bingo news this week. The man attended bingo at a church fund raiser and had the audacity to fake his win. Local police say that he has since returned the $400 jackpot. Was he touched by a bit of guilt?
On Monday, police told the media that the man was playing at Mary Mother of Hope parish. He called bingo and one of...
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13th of February 2012 - latestbingobonuses.com
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A second complex in North Staffordshire to offer employment possibilities
In addition to its Octagon Retail Park, Hanley venue, Mecca Bingo recently announced its plans to open a new club nearby, and thereby provide employment for around 50 people.
According to Mark Jones, managing director of Mecca Bingo, "We are actively seeking a new locat...
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