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| Bingo Archive (February 2005) |
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Suspected Bingo Thief Pleads not Guilty to Assault Charges
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| Although admitting to charges of robbing an elderly woman of her $450 bingo winnings, the alleged perpetrator claimed not to have hit the woman intentionally. The 31-year old homeless man was charged with unarmed robbery of a person over age 60, assault and battery and burglary and assault on occupant. |
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| Monday, 28 February 2005 |
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Canadian Bingo Hall Ordered to Close
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| The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Association demanded a local bingo hall close its doors for four months. Months of financial woes put the bingo hall in such a position that they had a hard time paying out prizes. Employees had supposedly even taken tax cuts to cushion the damage, but to no avail. |
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| Sunday, 27 February 2005 |
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World Bingo League Lifts off
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| Budding online bingo software provider World Bingo League, known until recently as Trade Zap, announced that it plans to begin trading its common shares in the coming days. World Bingo League also announced that it successfully completed the non-brokered private placement of 500,000 common shares. |
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| Saturday, 26 February 2005 |
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Bingo Amendment Proposed in Alabama to Expand Bingo, Use Revenue for Medicaid
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| An Alabama State Representative recently proposed an amendment to the state constitution to expand the number of venues that would carry electronic bingo games. The proposed amendment would also tax the games to benefit the state's Medicaid program, which is in severe need of funding. |
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| Friday, 25 February 2005 |
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Online Bingo Machines to Be Installed in Montana Resort
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| Online, real-time bingo machines will come to the Best Western KwaTaqNuk Resort in Polson, Montana within the coming week. Twenty such Rocket Bingo machines will be installed as part of an extensive remodeling and expansion on part of Flathead Lake's tribal enterprise. |
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| Thursday, 24 February 2005 |
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Bingo for Seniors Gets Busted in BC
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| Authorities in Galiano Island, British Columbia have been cracking down on some of the town's most weathered criminal minds. And who are these criminal masterminds? They are none other than local grandmas and grandpas who get together to...gasp... play bingo. |
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| Wednesday, 23 February 2005 |
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Bingo Pushes Rank Film Division out of Spotlight
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| UK gaming and entertainment corporation Rank is expected to announce intentions to demerge the company's film division, known as Deluxe, in order to focus its energies on bingo-related pursuits. |
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| Tuesday, 22 February 2005 |
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Bingo Funds Distributed to Charities
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| Local authorities in Tallahassee recently distributed funds to charitable organization previously denied their share of a local "charity" bingo game. These organizations were paid a portion of the funds which were previously embezzled by a local bingo operator instead of distributed to charities according to the law. |
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| Monday, 21 February 2005 |
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World Bingo League to Take over Where Trade Zap Left off
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| Recognizing the burgeoning growth of the online bingo industry, Trade Zap Inc. has officially changed its name to World Bingo League. The company's new name reflects the new direction it plans to take, which includes providing gaming software and services platforms in order to create, as the name would imply, a global online bingo league. |
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| Sunday, 20 February 2005 |
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Online Bingo Site Giving Away Girl's Night out
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| Bingo is the fastest growing game in the UK's online gambling industry. And though the boys are more likely to head to online poker rooms, it's the girls who know that Bingo is where it's at. That might be why UK bingo site Get Minted Bingo's new prize offering targets its female players. |
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| Saturday, 19 February 2005 |
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Online Bingo Site to Give Away 2005 VW Beetle to Lucky Player
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| Online bingo site 888bingo .com is giving Online Bingo players the chance to win a Brand New 2005 VW Beetle for only $50! The new Bingo for a Beetle game is played at 888bingo.com every Saturday at different hours throughout this year. |
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| Friday, 18 February 2005 |
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Bingo for Oscar Night
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| True bingo fans might find themselves in something of a dilemma, come Oscar night on February 27th. Play a great game of bingo or catch the action at the Academy Awards? Well, thanks to a creative marketing stunt by Masterfoods USA, an Academy Awards sponsor best known as the makers of M&M's chocolate candies, you don't have to settle for just one. |
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| Thursday, 17 February 2005 |
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Bingo and Casino Operator recapitalizes, Linklaters Offers Help
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| Linklaters, a law firm specializing in advising corporations undergoing major financial maneuvers, is advising Merrill Lynch International, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Intermediate Capital Group plc regarding Gala Group Limited's £1.025 billion recapitalization. |
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| Wednesday, 16 February 2005 |
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Online Bingo Site's Ad Campaign Takes to the Streets, Targets Women
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| Although most online casino advertising efforts target male audiences, more than half of all online gamblers are actually women. Rather than playing in the internet's poker rooms, however, women gamers are more likely to be found in online bingo halls. |
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| Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
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Bingo Operator Accused of Racketeering
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| A jury in Orange County, Florida decreed that a businessman and former casino hall operator, engaged in racketeering activities during the mid-90's through his bingo operations. The civil verdict also established that defendant Philip Furtney's former corporation, Pondella Hall for Hire Inc., earned $710,686 through racketeering activities. |
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| Monday, 14 February 2005 |
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Bingo Affects Housing Authority Race in Canton
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| The results of local elections for Housing Authority in Canton, Ohio are resting on, among other issues, the fate of bingo. Controversy stirred in the Ohio town last summer, after the current Housing authority voted to rid itself of. |
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| Sunday, 13 February 2005 |
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Bingo Player Arrested for Counterfeit Bill
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| A Pennsylvania resident was recently placed under arrest for attempting to use a counterfeit $100 bill at a Shippensburg bingo hall. A bingo staffer at the Shippensburg Firefighters Activity Center called police after receiving the fake $100. |
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| Saturday, 12 February 2005 |
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Bingo Winner in Scotland Takes Home Over £102,000
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| A 33-year-old student, preferring to remain nameless, recently took home over £102,000 in winnings from the Mecca Club in Drumchapel, Scotland. Her total winnings were divided between the £100,000 national game prize, the £2151 regional prize and the £212 club prize. |
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| Friday, 11 February 2005 |
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Alabama Joins Effort to Change Bingo Prize Regulations
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| Joining the ranks of U.S. states which have either passed or are in the process of considering bills to raise the prize cap on bingo games, such a bill has passed early legislative stages in Alabama. |
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| Thursday, 10 February 2005 |
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Dakota Tipi First Nation of Manitoba Reopen Bingo Hall
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| Since being revoked of the agreement that allowed the Dakota Tipi First Nation to hold bingo games in 2002, the First Nation has been hard at work fighting to reopen its Dakota Tipi Bingo Palace in Manitoba province. |
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| Wednesday, 9 February 2005 |
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Bingo Fans in North Carolina Heading South for Bigger Payouts
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| Many residents of North Carolina towns close to the South Carolina state lines are traveling south for Bingo in pursuit of the latter's famed payouts. North Carolina's bingo halls can offer but a maximum of $1,500 on any given night, and only twice a week. |
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| Tuesday, 8 February 2005 |
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New York State Senator Tries to Raise Bingo Prize Cap
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New York State Senator Michael Nozzolio has proposed a bill to allow charitable organizations
sponsoring games of chance, such as bingo, to offer prizes of casino caliber. Similar bills have already passed in Oregon and Washington State, and one such bill is currently up for debate in Missouri. |
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| Monday, 7 February 2005 |
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Bingo Hall Stifles Wakey Wakey Victory Calls
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| A 57-year-old man was thrown out of his local bingo hall for yelling with excess enthusiasm when his numbers were called. The Mecca bingo hall in the town of Stevenage, England decided to ban John Wells for a month following complaints filed by fellow players that Wells' shouting disturbs them. |
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| Sunday, 6 February 2005 |
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Bingo Reappears at California Casino
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| Bingo is back at the Jackson Rancheria Casino, Hotel & Conference Center in Jackson, California. After two bingo-free years during a major expansion and remodeling of casino grounds, the Jackson casino has reinstated its regular bingo games, as of January 29th. |
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| Saturday, 5 February 2005 |
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Bingo an Endangered Species in Vegas
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| Although in places like the UK, bingo has been growing in popularity, it seems that bingo aficionados in Las Vegas have increasingly fewer places to play their favorite game. |
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| Thursday, 3 February 2005 |
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Proposed Rule in Indiana Would Mandate Bingo Charity Cut
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| Indiana's Department of Revenue has launced efforts to reinstate a rule requiring charitable gaming operators to contribute 10 percent of gross earnings to charity. In 2003, such a rule was adopted, but never truly made it off the ground before a judge eliminated the rule after the state never submitted for fiscal analysis by the Legislative Services Agency. |
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| Wednesday, 2 February 2005 |
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