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| Bingo Archive (August 2005) |
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Louisiana VFW Goes From Bingo to Hurricane Shelter
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| Veterans of Foreign Wars bases around the country are best known for their bingo games, but the DeRidder VFW in Beaumont, Louisiana, has become a temporary home to 150 people and their pets. |
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| Wednesday, 31 August 2005 |
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Potawatomi Bingo Casino Gears Up for Expansion
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| Plans are on the table to expand the Potawatomi Bingo Casino. The Forest County Potawatomi Community has filed extension plans, requesting a zoning change that would allow them to make a $240 million expansion of the bingo casino. |
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| Tuesday, 30 August 2005 |
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Bingo Teaches Children to Read
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| Coreen Dennis, a Jamaican teacher, has taken bingo to a new level, using it not just as a game, but as a way to teach children to read. She may not be the first to use a word bingo game, but she’s taken it even further, |
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| Sunday, 28 August 2005 |
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Philippine Government to Adopt Bingo-Combo Game
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| As a measure to combat the illegal, and wildly popular Jueteng numbers game, the Philippine government is reportedly attempting to launch a similar game, going by the name “bingo-combo.” The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is expected to be responsible for operating the bingo-combo game. |
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| Saturday, 27 August 2005 |
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UK Bingo Player Wins £201,387 at Local Mecca Bingo Club
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| A woman from the West Midlands town of Telford won a whopping £201,387 ($364,018) playing bingo at a local Mecca Bingo Club, earlier this week. A loyal Sunday night bingo player, the 33-year-old mom won the £200,000 national prize, plus regional and club prizes totaling £1,387. |
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| Friday, 26 August 2005 |
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Carlton Clubs Gets Ready to Open New Bingo Hall in Scotland
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| Scottish bingo operator Carlton Clubs is getting ready to open its new £6 million (~$10.8 million) bingo hall tomorrow in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. Less than two months after the Fife site is scheduled to debut, another £6 bingo hall is slated to open its doors in Inverness, also in Scotland. |
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| Wednesday, 24 August 2005 |
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Permira buys out 30% of Gala
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| Gala, one of the UK's foremost bingo operators, has dropped the idea of a float for now, following investor Permira's purchase of 30% of the company. Permira agreed to pay £200 million for their 30% stake in Gala. |
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| Sunday, 21 August 2005 |
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Bingo Show Hits NYC
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| Bingo hasn't hit Broadway yet, but it's close. Bingo fans can see the show 'Bingo' at The Theatre at St. Luke's starting October 21. The show, of course, includes an interactive game for audience members. |
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| Saturday, 20 August 2005 |
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First Steps Made Towards Legalizing Bingo in Calera, Alabama
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| Calera, a city in Shelby County, Alabama, is on the road to legalizing bingo. The City council voted that if Representative Mike Hill drafts a bill to hold a referendum on bingo in Shelby County, they would support the referendum. |
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| Friday, 19 August 2005 |
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Online Bingo Operator Bingo.com Reports Good Results for Q2 2005
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| Bingo com, operator of several cash and free online bingo sites, released positive results for Q2 2005. Among the achievements for Q2 was the launch of cash bingo games, a private placement offering of about 1.3 million common shares, and purchased two cash bingo websites. |
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| Thursday, 18 August 2005 |
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Omaha Tribe Opens Bingo Casino
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| The Omaha Tribe in Nebraska opened its new Lucky 77 casino on Monday, August 15. The casino is what is referred to as a Class II casino, meaning that it will have bingo machines and bingo and lottery games, but no slot machines. |
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| Tuesday, 16 August 2005 |
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Catawba Bingo Reduces Hours: Financial decision or ploy?
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| The Catawba Bingo hall of South Carolina has decided to cut its losses by cutting back significantly on its operating hours. According to tribe spokesmen, the hall will be closed Tuesdays through Fridays |
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| Sunday, 14 August 2005 |
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Greensboro Bingo Goes “Over the Rainbow”
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| If you see a man in a blue calico dress carrying a basket into the Empire Room in Greensboro, North Carolina, don't worry, he's headed for bingo. |
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| Saturday, 13 August 2005 |
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First Nation Bingo Hall Brings Back Smoking – For Now
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| At Lac La Ronge, the Saskatchewan reservation where the First Nation bingo hall stands, the voluntary smoking ban has been lifted for now. Initially, the band intends to lift the ban for three months. |
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| Thursday, 11 August 2005 |
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Stirling Ranked #1 for Bingo Winnings in the UK National Bingo Game
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| Rankings from the UK’s National Bingo Game are out, and the luckiest town is Stirling. With six big wins in a single club over the past year, and total prizes of £471,266, ($836,402) Stirling's winnings were way ahead of the second place holder, Coatbridge. |
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| Monday, 8 August 2005 |
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Former Atomic Kitten Member to be Face of Online Bingo Site Bingos.co.uk
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| Kerry Katona, one of the original members of the girlie pop group ‘Atomic Kitten,’ has signed an agreement with a UK online bingo operator to launch their new site. Katona, 24, is a bingo fan, and part of the £500,000 ($890,400) deal is that she’ll play bingo on the site. |
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| Thursday, 4 August 2005 |
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Casino San Pablo Bingo Machines Popular, if Somewhat Confusing
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| This week, Casino San Pablo rolled out 500 new video bingo games, instead of the slot machines the casino had planned to offer. While the class II machines do not produce as much revenue as regular class III slot machines, they are nonetheless creating some controversy. |
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| Wednesday, 3 August 2005 |
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Online Bingo Site Bingo777.com Pays Out 102.4% to Players
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| Online bingo site Bingo777.com encountered favorable payout results in their July accountings. They paid their online bingo customers 102.4% of the money deposited over the course of July. Even more impressive is the fact that there were 60% more withdrawals than deposits in July. |
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| Tuesday, 2 August 2005 |
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Shippensburg, PA Community Fair Hosts Lions Bingo
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| Shippensburg Lions Club in Pennsylvania is celebrating another year of bingo. The yearly fair is an exciting event for the whole community, and the Lions Club is an important part of it. Earl Nollenberger, a Lions Club member, organizes the bingo tent each year. |
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| Monday, 1 August 2005 |
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