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| Bingo Archive (October 2005) |
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Pennsylvania Profiting From Bingo?
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| The Pennsylvania Legislature is currently debating proposals to enlarge maximum bingo payouts, and thus increase proceeds from the games. The plan has already passed through the state House, but remains to be confirmed by the Senate. |
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| Saturday, 29 October 2005 |
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Bingo Used at the Workplace to Help Educate Latinas about Breast Cancer
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| The scene was a typical hotel conference room in Sunnyvale, California. The female audience, however, was comprised mostly of people statistically more likely to be cleaning the establishment's rooms than listening to a speaker there. The people sitting around tables playing bingo were none other than the hotel's housekeeping staff, and, while having fun playing, they were also there to learn about breast cancer. |
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| Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
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Will Terror Strike Kentucky Bingo Halls?
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| State officials in Kentucky have secured a grant for $36,300 from the Office of Homeland Security, meant to assist in keeping terrorism out of bingo halls. The state Office of Charitable Gaming says it will use the grant to guarantee that money from bingo and pull-tab games will not be channeled to fund terrorism. |
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| Tuesday, 25 October 2005 |
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Student Sexually Assaulted Near Bingo Hall
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| The 19-year-old female Oxford student was on her way home from a night out in the town's Cowley neighborhood. She passed by an abandoned bingo hall when a man approached her, speaking with a foreign accent. |
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| Sunday, 23 October 2005 |
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Bingo Woman Wins Double at Classic Bingo V
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| Pearlie Mae Williams, 53, from Detroit, Michigan, is the lucky bingo jackpot winner at Windsor Ontario's Classic Bingo V. Williams has been playing in various bingo halls for over eighteen years, and has earned more than $170,000 by winning two giant jackpot bingo prizes over the course of approximately six months. |
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| Friday, 21 October 2005 |
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Melange and GameTech Work Together to Integrate Bingo Systems
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| GameTech International Inc., a supplier of electronic bingo equipment and hand-held units, announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with Melance Computer Services Inc., a bingo and casino products company. According to the agreement, the two companies will work to integrate their systems. |
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| Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
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Play Bingo – Win Rolling Stones Tickets
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| Bingo players can compete for $2,000 worth of VIP tickets for the upcoming Rolling Stones concert in Seattle. The concert, which is a part of the band's North American “A Bigger Bang” tour, sold out within only minutes after being put up for sale. |
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1 comment | Monday, 17 October 2005 |
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Bingo Bingo Faces Danger of Closing
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| Bingo Bingo Charities Association has requested that the alcohol and gaming commission allow its owners to change the proceeds pay out ratio, which currently stands at 60% going to non profit organizations and 40% to Bingo Bingo's profits. |
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| Saturday, 15 October 2005 |
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New Bingo Inspector Appointed in Fulton, Missouri
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| Fulton's Mayor, Daryl Hayden, appointed a new bingo inspector last week. Jim Weinhold, who was talked into applying for the job by his wife, will be serving as the bingo inspector until the mayor's term expires, two years from now. |
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| Thursday, 13 October 2005 |
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Bingo Boogie Chases Skirts
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| Jackpot Gaming Limited has launched a new bingo site, which targets the young, bingo-loving women. BingoBoogie.co.uk offers several 90-ball bingo rooms and several other casino games. The company hopes to attract the currently overlooked group of working females aged 18 to 35. |
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| Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
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Boy Sets Fire to UK Bingo Hall
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| An eleven year old boy from the UK was sentenced to thirty months in a secure unit after having set fire to a Yorkshire bingo club while 60 pensioners were playing inside. |
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| Saturday, 8 October 2005 |
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Bingo Killers Remain Free
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| October third marked the one year anniversary of the gruesome death of a Brierley Hill (UK) pensioner. Edith Johnston, a retired 73 year old nurse, had just returned from a fun bingo evening at the Mecca bingo hall on Brierley Hill High Street. |
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| Wednesday, 5 October 2005 |
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New Online Bingo Site for Launched for UK Players
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| The Winward Gambling Group has partnered with Next Generation Entertainment. The new alliance will launch a new online bingo site this week for the UK audience, entitled BingoPalace.co.uk. |
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| Tuesday, 4 October 2005 |
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The Return of the Bingo Cow Splats
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| The Hollis-Brookline Rotary Club, based in New Hampshire, crowned a winner in yet another version of Cow Dung Bingo – the Cow Pattie Bingo. It seems that citizens across the USA can simply not get enough of this animal's special sludge. Oh, and bingo, of course. |
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| Monday, 3 October 2005 |
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