Bingo News: November 2007 Archives
Since the inception of the smoking ban a lot of Bingo Clubs have felt the pinch, the question is how are they planning on catering for their smoking clientele?
Amy Ramsdale, 20 and a student nurse bagged herself £45,000 at Gala Bingo Club in Robin Park by playing a hunch. Usually Amy plays bingo on a Sunday with her mum Jean but decide she would play on a Wednesday as she couldn't shake a "lucky feeling".
Firefighters arrived at the bingo hall in King Street, Watford complete with breathing apparatus, thermal imaging camera and a hose reel at 12.31pm to extinguish the fire.
The bingo session wasn't under way and only 4 members of staff were in the building at the time, all were evacuated without injury.
Mirapex is often used to treat Parkinson's disease. Mirapexin, or pramipexole dihydrochloride, is a dopamine receptor agonist drug used in the treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Was licensed for use in the UK in 1998 and is supplied in the UK by Boehringer Ingelheim Limited.
Casino and bingo operator Rank (owner of mecca Bingo) has rejected an approach from U.S. casino giant Harrah's Entertainment, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday.
Leaders of an association of charities are wondering if state Sen. Gibson E. Armstrong is deliberately holding up a bill they believe would help nonprofits raise money using bingo as a fundraising tool.
The bingo world held its version of the Oscars this weekend. Blake from Mecca Bingo scooped the jackpot.
Outside his 1960s three-bed house Ruddick said: "I have got nothing more to say about the Labour party donations apart from that today I'm off to the bingo to try and win the kind of money they say I have. Then I'll be able to make the kind of donations they say I have too."
NetPlay TV (owners of Big Box Bingo the interactive TV and paper based Bingo)
Whilst announcing its results for the six months ended 30 June 2007 we had a good insight into their new TV based Bingo format.
Highlights
* Successful launch of BigBoxBingo in Beta test format 3 July 2007
* Live Roulette now trading profitably, gross bets exceeded £15m in August
2007; 440% increase since acquisition (December 2006 gross bets were £3.4m)
* Acquisition of Play Monday database 18 January 2007, relaunched as fixed
odds game 11 June 2007, sales doubled since acquisition
* Abstract Games Limited acquired 23 February 2007, quiz members grown from
5,000 to 21,000 and trading profitably
The Sun is currently promoting online and to it's 7.9 million readers its recently re-launched mobile internet portal. All games will be available in an instantly downloadable format on the portal.
The agreement with Probablity plc and the UK's daily leading newspaper includes real money branded Bingo, Slots and Casino games. The agreement, a twelve month revenue share, will primarily offer its customer base Blackjack, progressive jackpots, casino type slots, Roulette, Hi Lo, Video Poker and the recently introduced "Jumping Jack Cash". All is anticipated to go live in November 2007 with minimum bets of 50p for a Bingo strip of six tickets and a Casino and Slots minimum bet of 10p.
Probabilty's subsidiary, based in Alderney, will operate the mobile gambling service under its e-Gambling Licence for the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. Age verification will be required by all customers before they are able to deposit money into their account.
Limits have been introduced by the company to recognize and avoid problem behaviour.
Already available to The Sun's online customer base is Bingo in association with Tombola, and with Ladbrokes - Casino, Sportsbook, Games and Poker.
The CEO of Probability, Charles Cohen has said "We are very excited to be working with The Sun and expect the agreement to develop into a very successful partnership for both of us. The Sun is clearly committed to the mobile market in general and more specifically, fully understands the exciting growth opportunities in the mobile gambling sector. News Group joins our growing list of blue-chip partners for whom we provide white label products including Rank Group plc, which brands our games under the Blue Square trade name."
A 48-year-old bingoer from Kirkby has told the UK bingo operating body that she will share some £20,000 in bingo winnings with her sister. She has been a bingo fan since she was 18 and plays the game with her sister as often as she can at her local Gala Bingo Club in Telegraph Way. "I was shocked when I realised I had won. Everybody was cheering so I was a bit embarrassed but I'm very happy."
Other members of her family set to benefit from her bingo win include her children and grandchildren, who will be treated this Christmas.
Her sister plans to use her share of the winnings to go on a family holiday as well as carry out home improvements.
Meanwhile, a man from Anglesey who says he has been playing bingo "for donkey's years" is celebrating winning £22,500 while on holiday in Blackpool.
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"Where betting shops and casinos only pay 15 percent gross profit tax, we must also pay 17.5 percent VAT on our bingo income, putting us at a significant commercial disadvantage," the bingo company executive said.
Riva is one of the most technologically progressive of the bingo operators in the UK, introducing electronic bingo innovations earlier this year.
The industry is meeting with government to discuss the matter this week.
The company has also had new restrictions on gaming machines as well as an increased tax burden.
Three lucky bingo players from Leigh are celebrating winning over £160,000.
Players at the BJ's Bingo Club in Leigh cheered as Jenny Brocklehurst announced a £90,150 win on Sunday.
The previous Sunday £20,070 was won by a differnt player on the National Bingo Game.
On October 31, someone else scooped the £50,000 jackpot. A spokesman said: "All our winners have shouted house on the National Bingo Game, and to win the National Jackpot you have to be the lowest call in any of the 470 clubs playing nationwide, to win the £100,000 top prize and the club prize of £150."
But more was to come. Because five numbers on her completed ticket were also BIG'N numbers that night, she was just one number away from scooping the Silver Jackpot, which would of won her an additional £120,000.
There have already been six winners of the silver jackpot since the game started in September, while the Platinum prize is yet to have its first winner and currently stands at £1m.
Following a £22,500 national bingo jackpot success, most players might already be jolly.
But for one recent winner of the prize, it's a case of Jolley by name, jolly by nature, reports National UK Bingo.
Debbie Jolley, a 22-year-old bingo player from Wigan, scooped the cash after completing her full house in 47 calls.
"My mum was talking to a friend on the other side of the club when it was announced, so she came running over to me and gave me a big hug," Ms Jolley reveals.
Number 13 really does seem to be unlucky when it comes to the lottery, for it has appeared fewer times than any other ball in the UK s National Lottery.
As it turns out, 13 has come up only 146 times, eight fewer than any other ball, ever since the lottery was launched in 1994. Not appearing in 49 consecutive draws between July and December 1997, the doomed numbered ball is followed by 6, 9 and 11.
Top Ten Holdings PLC, along with its subsidiaries, operates the third largest UK chain of bingo clubs operating at sites across England and Wales. Since joining the AIM market in 2002 the company has expanded through a series of acquisitions.
SCOTLAND'S champion bingo caller is bidding to bring the UK crown back to Edinburgh later this month.
James Cook, 31, from the Fountainpark Mecca Bingo club, will take on five other callers from across England and Wales.
He beat his Capital rival and mentor Alan Brown, of Gala Wester Hailes, at the Scottish final last month.
November 16, 2007
The Aumsville volunteer firefighters have scheduled their 62nd annual Bingo Turkey Shoot on Saturday. The event is open to the public. All in attendance will get five free raffle tickets. Four tickets will be drawn each hour for a free turkey.
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