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Monday, 22 June 2009

stop the bullying players...No matter how old they are!

You would think in today's climate that there would be plenty of seats available in the bingo hall to accommodate everyone. Well not for a 96 year old pensioner from Scotland who has now been banned from every club in the country after punching a manager in the face!!!!

After finding out that her regular seat had been taken, the OAP decided to have a shouting match demanding her table back. Apparently when the assistant manager came to calm down proceedings he was rewarded with a left hook from the pensioner! She now has been banned from every one of the companies clubs for life!

Reading between the lines on this it seems to me that this player has been a constant menace for a while: Every club seems to have one such member (most clubs have at least a dozen!!!) and reports suggested that this was not the first time that the player had acted out of order. It's just a shame that they could only take action on the disruptive member after a physical altercation had taken place. And kudos to the assistant manager for not reacting to being smacked one. I don't think I would have shown the same restraint.....imagine if they had reacted....the pensioner would have sued and the papers would be going on about how an adult had smacked a poor old defenceless 96 year old lady!!! Will the assistant manager get justice for being whacked in the face....I doubt it!!!


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Sunday, 14 June 2009

I like very much,,,,,,,,,its nice

Remember a couple of years ago when Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Borat' invaded America causing mayhem, not to mention several lawsuits. Well his new alter-ego 'Bruno' has started where Borat left off; only this time he has upset the US bingo community!!

A woman who ran a charity bingo game in America is suing the former Ali G star after she claims she was 'offensively touched, pushed and battered' which caused her to fall to the floor (sometime later apparently) and hit her head on concrete: confining her to a wheelchair ever since!

Now, this could be clever PR for the movie. All the hype from the Borat movie mainly came from Americans filing damage's claims left, right and centre (or should that be center!?!?!) and maybe they are doing the same sort of stuff for this film. Or it could be a genuine claim for what could have been a very distressing situation?

It's funny though that this suit has been filed after the victim realised that this was a motion picture film and not just a small Austrian documentary crew. America, it seems, hates to be the butt of any sort of jokes; especially when it makes them look stupid, un-educated, homophobic or racist.

I have a funny feeling though that when Bruno is released worldwide then we shall see what actually happened in the incident and realise that the law suit is being filed out of embarrassment rather than victimisation.

Now can I get a free ticket for the premier Sacha? hmmmmmmmmm?

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Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Where's my hair??

Just a selfish little thing. I searched for my name on Youtube and this little gem popped up!!!!! Me on the automated bingo TV service. Thanks to the person that uploaded it (I think I know who you are!!)
Click and watch it and maybe I'll get a million hits!!!


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Watch out taxman.........bingo wants it's money back!!!!

Yeah!!!!!!! Gordon Brown might have been perplexed the other day when the bingo player ranted at him about the unfair taxation on the bingo industry, but he will be fully aware of the game now as the bingo companies will be seeking to reclaim around £500 million for being overcharged on tax on ancilliary games.

This story has been around for the last 18 months or so and it is pleasing to see that the judgement has been upheld (One of the few advantages of being in the European Union!)

Although this might be another headache for our countries economic security, at least it could save the jobs of a lot of people in the bingo halls and ensure that the remaining operating clubs in the country stay open and in business. Although I do agree with this site that the government are sure to make the bingo industry pay for 'doing them over' with some other inventive tax on the game!

Nice one!!!!!!!

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Tuesday, 2 June 2009

You don't need to see to play bingo!!!!!

Here is a story about a blind woman in the states who has won a battle to make electronic tickets audible when a claim is found so that she can stop the game. Apparently in the US, up until this judgement the consoles played on in bingo clubs there had to be silent. Over in this country the sound on these machines vary from club to club and from each different brand of electronic gaming machine.

I know that I have been rather technologically minded in my last few post's, but I think the bingo industry is missing out on something here. Believe it or not, in my time working in the halls I had several players that came in and played who were either visually impaired or totally blind. They played the game either by bringing in a carer to assist in the game, or in the case of one of my old regulars in Bognor Regis we photocopied the tickets to A4 size so that they could see them. If we could make these electronic terminals more user friendly for the visually impaired in the community then we could open up the bingo clubs to a whole new breed of player.

And to solve the problem of customers complaining about the beeps and whistles of these terminals then there is this great invention that can combat this.......something that could also be used by the ignorant kids on buses and trains when they play there tinny music constantly on there mobile phones.......an invention called the EARPHONE!!!!!

Most modern clubs now have hearing loops installed so that people with compatible hearing aids can play along and listen to the caller clearly.....so why not do something to assist the blind to play the game?


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