Anyone in the know will know that over the past few years the land based bingo industry has been suffering leading to the closure of many bingo halls. The perceived causes of the problem are the smoking ban, taxation, image, and the poor economy. Obviously, nothing can be done about the smoking ban, and there […]
Tag: Smoking Ban
The Deal Regent Closes – New Lost Halls Page
I spotted the news story early last week about the closure of the Regent Bingo in Deal, Kent. The club is an independently run one, and has been in the Bingo business since the mid 60s and remarkably, run by the same person since its opening. The club’s managing director Robin Bloom blames the smoking […]
Stop The Press – Positive Smoking Ban News Event
The Belfast Telegraph run a piece today that made me smile, given all the recent bad news and dismay in the industry it’s nice to recall the happy side (for non smokers like myself anyway) of the smoking ban. They’ve reported that in a recent survey of its members 87% of them thought the ban […]
Gala Coral Profits Raise And No Club Closures Expected
News from the FT that Gala Coral have seen a profit rise in its last year of trading. The rises come on the last trading year up to September 2007, so the changes brought in to by the 2005 Gambling Act affecting gaming machines won’t real have bitten in much with this report, but it […]
Derbyshire Bingo Hall Closures
Sad news of another small club closure from Belper in Derbyshire. The town’s Bingorama club in King Street has been forced to close citing both the smoking ban and current tax regime as creating an ‘economically unviable’ business. The club is owned by Stylus Sports – it’s been in business for 37 years. UPDATE: The […]
Southampton Bingo Hall Closes Its Doors
Another independent Bingo Hall has closed its doors over the weekend, as a direct result of the effects of the Smoking Ban. The New Century Bingo Club in Woolston, Southampton had its final session yesterday. Like many of the smaller clubs around the UK, the hall had previously been a cinema until it was converted […]
South Wales Bingo Halls Experiencing Loss Of Sales
icWales have an article on the Bingo industry in south Wales, where, 6 months into the smoking ban, a clearer picture of losses related to the ban is appearing. According to a survey carried out by the South Wales Echo, many clubs are reporting a loss of between 15 and 20 per cent. Whilst so […]
Summer Rain Clouds Have Bingo Silver Lining
With all the doom and gloom forecast ahead of the Smoking Ban, it’s good to see the game surviving and thriving. There seems to be lot in the press about the growth of the game recently. It’s too early to see the impact that the much heralded 2005 Gambling Act will bring to the game’s […]
Brett’s Corner – All About The Smoking Ban
Well, we’re a little bit late with this one, it’s July’s column from Bingo Caller Of The Year Brett Hyrjak. We’ve both been busy with holidays and house moves and stuff – so I apologise for those of you who were wondering where his column was. It’s up now and in it Brett take’s a […]
Smoking Ban Breaker Starts Own Campaign
A Bingo player in Wigan was given a warning by the manager of her Bingo club after sneaking off to the loos for a sly fag. As a result of her annoyance of both her treatment and the wider ban, Margaret Paddick has started her own petition signed by a 100 players at the Gala […]
