The effects of the reduction of bingo taxation in the 2014 budget are already being felt. We’ve already noted how Crown Bingo in Portsmouth was saved from the chop as a direct result of the budget announcement, and week by week we are hearing more good news from the bingo industry. The budget whilst supporting […]
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Chancellor Plays In Cardiff Bingo Hall
To counter claims that the present coalition are not in touch with their electorate, Chancellor George Osbourne has been visiting the ‘hardworking’ people of Britain on a whistle stop tour, one of his stops being in Castle Bingo, Newport Road in Cardiff. The Chancellor spent his time chatting to ‘hardworking’ pensioners and staff, posing, and […]
Bingo Budget Does What It Says On the Tin
Only last week it was announced by the Treasury that tax on bingo halls would be reduced by 10% to save jobs. And, bingo, a club has been saved already! Crown Bingo in Portsmouth was due to close in April this year, but the manager has announced that thanks to the tax reduction it will […]
Portsmouth Crown Bingo To Close
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 […]
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, […]
2009 Online Bingo Award Nominations Announced
With the 2009 Online Bingo Summit barely weeks away, the nominations have been announced for the 2nd Annual Online Bingo Industry Awards. Interesting to note there’s been some changes in the way the votes will be awarded this year. Following last year’s event I had concerns that the voting for the event was unfair as […]
Crown Bingo Feature
I meant to mention this over the weekend but got waylaid with other things. icNewcastle carried an interesting feature on Dan Smyth, the man behind Crown Bingo. Having had email conversations with Dan in the past, it’s good to see the business is growing so well. Crown Bingo have featured in the news a few […]
Crown Bingo’s Network Name Change
One of the smaller online bingo networks, Crown Bingo not only provide their own game, but network with Bingo Loopy and Simply Bingo under the name of the Crown Bingo Network. But, deciding the name not apt enough, Crown Bingo Network is now the Better Bingo Network. From their press release: The Crown Bingo Network […]
Bingo Community Site Launches
If you’ve been on the web for any length of time, you can’t have failed to come across MySpace. If you haven’t it’s a dumbed down web publishing platform that gives anyone the chance to make a web page, network it with friends and contacts and customise it to your hearts content. Well, now there’s […]
UK Bingo News Round Up
A few stories popped up this last couple of days that I didn’t mention as I was heads down spending some dosh and reviewing Bingo sites for the review section. There’s now a review for Crown Bingo and Bingos UK if you’re looking for an insight into online bingo. A quick round up then of […]
