Arcade Owners Resent New Bingo Slots Ruling

The poor UK Government have been in hot water with the Bingo Association and UK Bingo operators for their unfair treatment of them in the past, and finally when the Government relents and gives them a break, someone else is unhappy with the decision. This is the case with the fact that the Government has said that it will allow Bingo Halls to have eight of the highly lucrative ₤500 jackpot, ₤1 wager, slot machines in clubs instead of the four that was introduced last September.

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£10 Million Tax Rebate Wanted for UK Bingo

The British Bingo Association is set to demand £10 million in respect of tax rebates to offset the cost to UK bingo from the recently enforced smoking ban in Scotland. The Chairman of the British Bingo Association, Sir Peter Fry wants Gordon Brown – The Chancellor of the Exchequer to cough up this amount to compensate for a 20% drop in income for Scottish bingo clubs, caused by the ban. Sir Peter Fry is about to commence on a campaign to meet with the media and politicians in order to set this in place.

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Bingo and Breast Cancer Fundraising Week

Bingo has been an activity that has traditionally always supported various charitable causes. Churches and other organisations have always found that bingo fund raisers are popular and it is great to know that the game of bingo, other than just being a gaming pastime, is actually responsible for raising funds for various charitable and fund raising activities.

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Bingo Association News

A survey undertaken by the UK Bingo Association has released results that indicate a steady decline in the amount of people playing land based bingo games. This comes in the wake of tax increases and the smoking ban on land based bingo halls.

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