Click here to play at Gala Bingo Gala Bingo have recently rejoined the Bingo Association after a five year absence. They left in 2008, and I’m hoping that this return to the fold is a signal that bingo is going to get serious with the government over taxation issues. The Bingo Association is the main […]
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Miles Baron Is New Bingo Association Chief Executive
The Bingo Association has announced that their current Chief Executive, Paul Talboys, has resigned with effect from today. Miles Baron is to take up the post as of Monday 8th October. Mr Talboys has been with the Association since May 2000, and has obviously seen the bingo industry through arguably its most turbulent era, one […]
The Bingo Association Tackle The Government With Facebook
There’s been a few more stories floating around about the backlash against the rise in bingo tax at the last budget. Here’s another one this time from Rochdale, and one from Lothian. Interestingly, The Bingo Association has turned to the world of web 2.0 to try and get their message across with a campaign on […]
Bad Budget For Bingo Halls
There’s been a lot of ripples following the budget for the gaming industry. I have to say I missed the news about the raise in gaming duties in the general news on TV Tuesday, but there’s been plenty on the web since. I also missed that the contentious VAT issue had been won, but unfortunately, […]
VAT Deadline And Gaming Act Update
The Bingo Association have posted a couple of news posts the last couple of days that will be of interest to the operators out there. First up, there’s a reminder that all VAT Reclaims for the period between 1973 – 1996 have to be lodged by the cut-off deadline of March the 31st. I have […]
Gala Bingo Pulls Out Of The Bingo Association
News from the Bingo Association that Gala Bingo have pulled out of the UK trade body. I suppose it’s not surprising, following their departure from the National Bingo Game, it seems Gala Bingo are intent on going it alone at the moment. It was interesting to see the Bingo Association’s spin on the departure, stressing […]
Camelot’s Bingo Advert Banned
There’ll be smiles from the Bingo Association on this one. The Advertising Standards Authority has agreed with them that Camelot’s add which depicted a closed Bingo hall was indeed denigrating the Bingo industry. After some careful consideration, the ASA has stated the ad must not be shown again. You can read the ASA’s full adjudication […]
Playing Bingo’s 3rd Online Bingo Summit Coverage
Well, I’ve been busy the last week running through the information I gathered at the 2008 Online Bingo Summit. I attended the event last month in London and took lots of notes which I’ve been shaping it into a number of articles and opinion pieces for the site. You can read all the Bingo Summit […]
Double The Slots For Bingo Industry
So, the long awaited announcement is in. Bingo clubs in the UK have been given a small helping hand from the government in the form of an easing of restrictions on the amount of high stakes gaming machines allowed. The Gambling Act 2005 restricted the amount of these machines (classified as B3) allowed in clubs […]
Bingo Association Awaits Slot Machine Announcement
The Bingo Association posted yesterday that it was impatient at the lack of a response from the Government. It’s been more than 50 days since to the Minister for Sport’s promises of good news for the industry with regards to change the limits of £500 jackpot slots allowed in Bingo clubs. Their protestations might just […]
