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| Bingo Archive (January 2006) |
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Bingo Bids Bye-Bye to Oregon's Largest Casino
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| In a sad move, Spirit Mountain Casino, the state of Oregon's largest gambling establishment, has closed down its bingo hall. Citing a desire to introduce yet another slot machine parlor to the gambling complex, casino officials seem to be more interested in their venue's bottom line than the satisfaction of their clientèle. Bingo patrons, who for years attended daily and weekly bingo games at the Oregon casino, expressed great sorrow over the loss of their favorite hall. |
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| Monday, 30 January 2006 |
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IRS Attempts to Take a Bite out of Church-Goer's Bingo Winnings
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| A woman from St. Louis recently received a shocking letter in the mail from the IRS, demanding that she fork over over $50,000 in taxes owed for a bingo win of $150,00 in her local church game. What is shocking about the letter is that the woman, Rose Waggoner, never won anywhere near that much bingo money in the first place. Although Waggoner has won other more modest sums of money at her church's bingo functions in the past, the amounts were not large enough to require being reported to the IRS. |
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| Saturday, 28 January 2006 |
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Bingo Gets Kidnapping Victim Out of Troubles in Northern Ireland
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| Yesterday, bingo played a prominent role in Northern Ireland's conflicted landscape. “Troubles” of another sort occurred last night as a teenager was abducted and held for ransom. A relative of the 18-year-old kidnapping victim, who is an orphan, was contacted by members of a gang and instructed to drive over to a bingo hall to retrieve ransom money from a safe there. |
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| Thursday, 26 January 2006 |
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Illegal Utah Bingo Parlors Making Headlines
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| Within the span of two weeks, two separate clandestine bingo operators in Utah have been in the news for allegedly running illegal gambling operations. While the owner of one Utah bingo venue was vindicated in a jury hearing, a second bingo vendor pleaded guilty to four gambling-related charges. |
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| Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
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Microsoft Looks to Boost Fortunes Through Online Bingo Offer
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| Microsoft announced that it has forged a partnership with Parlay Entertainment Inc. and Bingos.co.uk to begin offering bingo games on the MSN network. The bingo offering, which can be accessed through the MSN Games portal, is aiming to target the bingo-loving UK audience. Players who wish to access the bingo games can visit msn.co.uk and then click on the Games tab to try their luck. |
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| Monday, 23 January 2006 |
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Mobile Content Provider Abiro Allows People to Bingo on the Go
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| Abiro, a company that helps enable mobile access to Internet services, has introduced bingo to its mobile casino. With its focus on supplying content for mobile service providers, Abiro has invested a lot of effort into improving its mobile casino offerings. Having added bingo to its already large range of casino games, Abiro is aiming to capture the untapped audience of bingo-loving commuters in the UK. |
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| Friday, 20 January 2006 |
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Bingo Buddies Split £200,000 Bingo Bounty
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| It's common practice for friends who enjoy bingo to couple up when playing and promise to split any winnings. That friendship pact was tested, however, when a Scottish woman won a huge £200,000+ bingo jackpot over the weekend. Would you give £100,000 to your friend based on a verbal agreement? |
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| Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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Bingo Winner Gets a House Call from Three Robbers
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| Usually, a big bingo win guarantees smiles for those fortunate enough to get their numbers called. Unfortunately for Patricia White, however, three thieves had other ideas for her bingo winnings. White, who lives in the ironically-named Pleasanton, California, with her sister, was followed home from a charity bingo event where she had just won $2,200. Three robbers, all aged between 19 and 22, accosted White upon entering her home in the wee hours of the morning, and injured her and her sister in the process of nabbing the bingo loot. |
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| Sunday, 15 January 2006 |
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Free British Bingo Debuts Online
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| For the first time ever, British bingo can now be played online for free, courtesy of freebingo.co.uk. Until now, people who wished to play online bingo for free had to be content with the American version of the game, which features only 75 numbers and differently formatted bingo cards. The free British online bingo games use cards with 90 numbers that look exactly like the bingo cards at popular land-based bingo halls in the UK. |
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| Saturday, 14 January 2006 |
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Lights Out for Gala Bingo Online
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| In a surprise move, Gala Bingo, the largest land-based bingo hall operator in the UK, has gone offline. The sudden withdrawal of its online bingo site has left thousands of bingo players, as well as all of Gala's online affiliates, in the dark until the site restarts its Internet bingo operations next month. The bingo site went offline upon the termination of Gala Bingo's partnership with St. Minver, an online bingo network. |
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| Thursday, 12 January 2006 |
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Gala Bingo on a Roll with Acquisition of County Bingo
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| Taking advantage of a recent easing of gambling regulations in the UK, Gala Bingo has been on an acquisitions frenzy. The company most recently purchased rival County Bingo for the tidy sum of £64 million. County's 10 bingo halls are primarily located in and around Glasgow, Scotland. Gala Bingo has thus instantly increased its presence in Scotland by 50% and now owns 30 bingo halls in the country. |
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| Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
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The Jamaicans are Ready to Bingo Man!
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| Proving that bingo fits in perfectly with the stereotypical Jamaican “party” lifestyle, the Kingston Lions Club will be throwing a bingo party to benefit physically-challenged students of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. Lions Club members will gather in the country's capital city on January 20th for a night of bingo to help fund a high-tech resource center for hearing-impaired and visually-impaired students. |
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| Sunday, 8 January 2006 |
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Gala Bingo Staff Successfully Solicits Funds for Children's Hospital in Sheffield, England
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| It is not uncommon for charities to stage fundraisers by hosting bingo games. The staff of the Gala Bingo Hall in Wadsley Bridge, England, however, has taken charity fundraising to a new level – doing it themselves. The bingo staff decided to undertake a more active role in their evening activities and act out a pantomime to raise money for Children's Hospital in Sheffield, Enlgand. |
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| Saturday, 7 January 2006 |
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Gloucester Man Succeeds in Becoming First Blind Bingo Caller in Britain
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| Britain has found its first ever blind bingo caller in visually-impaired ex-soldier Ray Peart, a 60-year-old from Gloucester. The former corporal lost his sight in a 1973 Belfast bomb blast. Despite his physical incapacitation, Peart has never lost sight of a desire to achieve. He found that opportunity in bingo. |
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| Thursday, 5 January 2006 |
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Bingo Revenue Losses Paint a Sorry Picture for Canadian City's Arts Promoters
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| The pristine city of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada, greatly values culture and the arts. Unfortunately, however, it appears as though a main arts promoter, Arts Hamilton, might have to discontinue its nonprofit operations due to a steep receipts decline in one of its primary sources of funding, bingo. |
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| Tuesday, 3 January 2006 |
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