Harrogate Luckiest UK Bingo Town
Bingo is one of the few games of pure chance. While poker and blackjack players have some control over the outcome of the game the very nature of bingo makes controlling the outcome impossibility. Despite that fact most bingo players believe they can determine the outcome of the game through various talismans and superstitions. Most [...]
Gala Considers Rescue Plan
It is no secret that land based bingo in the UK is in real trouble financially. The draconian national smoking ban hit bingo clubs hard and then came a rise in taxation. For some reason bingo is taxed at a higher rate than any other form of gaming. For gaming companies that operate internet bingo [...]
US Should Legalize Internet Bingo
Internet bingo used to be a very popular diversion in the US until 2006 when the Bush administration
under pressure from right wing religious groups
passed the onerous Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. (UIGEA) The law sent the internet bingo industry
and the online gaming industry
into shock. Publicly traded gaming companies watched helplessly as [...]
Bingo Industry Wins Legal Battle With Tax Man
No one enjoys paying taxes and internet bingo providers are no exception. Bingo industry giant Mecca has had a prolonged legal battle with the tax man and received some good news this week. Yesterday (Dec. 15th) a tribunal riled that Her Majestys Revenue & Customs will have to refund 25.9m ($42.1million USD) in VAT taxes [...]
Mt. Everest Bingo Players Set Record
The Sue Ryder Charity is well known to many UK internet bingo players. Earlier in the year US President Barack Obamas step mother sponsored sever highly successful bingo games that raised a considerable amount of money for the Sue Ryder Charity. Kezia Obama teamed up with bingo giant Gala with the goal of raising 1 [...]
Bingo Games Aid WW 2 Vets
Bingo has been used as a fundraising tool by charitable and veterans organizations for decades. The increasing popularity of internet bingo has prompted many internet bingo websites to sponsor games for various charities. Earlier in the year US President Obamas stepmother
who lives in the UK
sponsored several highly successful charitable bingo games. In the [...]
A Rare Piece of Good News For the Bingo Industry
Bingo in the UK has been hit hard by a combination of three factors which have contributed to the demise of many land based bingo clubs and halls across the country. The first blow was struck by the national smoking ban which resulted in a 60% drop in attendance at bingo halls. One study estimated [...]
