More Good News For the Internet Bingo Industry
Posted on June 17th, 2009
The news for the internet bingo industry keeps getting better and better. Smoking bans and excessive taxation have hurt traditional brick and mortar bingo halls across the UK. The misguided government policies have caused many bingo halls to shutter their doors forever. In the meantime the internet bingo industry is thriving despite the global recession. [...]
Bingo in the Far North
Posted on June 15th, 2009
When most people think of the far north in Canada they think of deep snow, dogsleds, thick forests, and tundra. In villages and hamlets across the Canadian north bingo has become a popular form of entertainment. Radio bingo is a fast growing business in northern Canada.
In Edmonton Canada the expansion of a rural aboriginal radio [...]
Bingo Resisting the Recession
Posted on June 14th, 2009
The UK offices of PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Limited have revealed in a report that the gaming industry including bingo is performing better than any other leisure industry during the current global recession. The report said that the gaming industry revenues only declined 5% last year compared with larger losses in other leisure industries.
The report states that [...]
Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen aka. ‘Bruno’ Heats Up
Posted on June 10th, 2009
The recent lawsuit filed against British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has received extensive press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic. Richelle Olson’ has filed a lawsuit against Cohen aka. ‘Bruno’ for an incident that happened at a Palmdale California charity bingo game. Olsen alleges that Cohen and his camera crew assaulted her when she [...]
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen Sued Over Bingo Game
Posted on June 3rd, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen aka hip hopper ‘Ali G’, Kazakh journalist Borat, and the outrageously gay ‘Bruno’ is being sued over a row at a charity bingo game in Palmdale California. Richelle Olson has sued Cohen and NBC Universal alleging that Cohen in the persona of ‘Bruno’, a gay Austrian fashion journalist assaulted her at a [...]
Bingo Group Bans 76 Year Old Pensioner
Posted on June 1st, 2009
UK bingo giant Mecca has banned a 76 year old pensioner from all of the 100 Mecca bingo halls across the UK. The incident has received extensive coverage from well known newspapers such as the Sun and the Mirror. Her offense? She organized an excursion with friends to a Runcorn bingo hall for a change [...]
