It looks like another bingo hall is set to close this year, and the manager is making no bones about the cause of the club’s closure. General Manager Gary Bell is pointing his finger firmly at unfair bingo taxation. He is quoted as stating that the extra 5% tax that his club pays on annual […]
Category: Land Bingo
Profits Down For Mecca Bingo Clubs
After the very hot summer of 2013, it appears that Mecca Bingo clubs who suffered during the period did not make a comeback in the Autumn months. Profits were down 38% on the same period in the previous year which is a considerable amount. Owners the Rank Group, also showed a 26% drop in profits […]
Boost Bingo Campaign Marches On
It seems that support for the boost Bingo campaign is slowly gathering momentum. Over the weekend over 400 signatures were collected for the petition at Mecca Bingo in Bridgewater, and more signatures are being collected up and down the country. But time has moved on and now support is also being gathered from social media […]
Changes To Bingo Club Parking
As our readers will know on some occasions I like to visit our local bingo hall, this is the Mecca Bingo hall in York. As it is quite a trek, my friends and I usually travel by car which means using the parking facilities at the club. A recent news article caught my eye in […]
MP Visits Biggelswade Flutters Bingo
The Boost Bingo Campaign is well under way, and last Friday North East Bedfordshire MP, Alistair Burt, visited Flutters Bingo in Biggleswade to show his support for the launch. Support has already been shown in the commons, but now MPs are actually being proactive in promoting the campaign in the presence of the people that […]
Bingo Association Gets Support From MPs
It looks like things are really starting to move in the battle against the unfair bingo taxation level. The campaign initiated by the Bingo Association now has the support of over 50 members of Parliament. The ‘Boost Bingo’ campaign got off to a big start over the weekend with free bingo link games in it’s […]
Farnborough To Get Bingo Hall
There have been very few openings of new bingo halls over recent years, a few takeovers, but of late we haven’t seen much in the way of investment in new bingo premises. Farnborough however should be getting a brand new bingo hall this year if things go to plan. Apparently local residents travel as far […]
Free Bingo Link Games Across UK Clubs
If you’ve been reading this blog you will know that the bingo industry in the UK has been struggling for some time now, and many claim that unfair taxation is doing further harm. It is the only area where the government can intervene to help one of Britain’s well loved institutions survive. But why should […]
Tyneside Bingo Halls Live On
One of Britain’s oldest bingo halls is to change ownership as current owners Tommy and Michael Hearn have decided to call it a day, and at the ages of 80 and 81, who can blame them. They opened Crown Bingo Hall in Hudson Street in 1961, not long after the Gaming Act 1960 was passed, […]
Full Monty Stripping Gets Ayr Mecca Bingo In Trouble
We recently reported on an advertised night of stripping in Mecca Bingo in Catford, and although we don’t know how the evening went we’re guessing that it went well, as other Mecca clubs have recently been following suit. The Scottish based Fantasy Boys have recently been getting their kit off in Mecca’s Romford, Aberdeen, and […]
