Latest News in bingo
Online gaming operator Bingo.com announced a partnership deal with social iGaming developer and operator Roadhouse Interactive to launch a beta version of its new Trophy Bingo proprietary social bingo game. The Anguilla-based firm stated that the...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Microgaming announced the launch of its second bingo site with Broadway Gaming, Glossy Bingo. David Reynolds, head of Bingo at Microgaming, said that following the success of the Butler’s Bingo collaboration, Microgaming is “confident...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Miles Baron, boss of the Bingo Association, has called the sector 'vulnerable' and warned British MPs that it is facing a catastrophic decline if the current tax system is not altered. Baron was speaking at the recent All Party...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
UK gaming operator Rank has called on the government to 'identify a different approach to gaming legislation' in order to maximise benefits to society and the economy in its newly released report, entitled 'Game Plan'. In the paper,...
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Rank Group announced that it is trialling iPad-style tablet devices at its Mecca bingo hall in Reading, in an effort to target a wider demographic audience. The gaming company said it is seeking to make the game more accessible to players who want...
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Almost a third of Welsh bingo clubs have closed in the last seven years according to figures released by the Bingo Association. Chief executive Miles Baron said In 2006 there were 34 halls operating in Wales, with 11 now closed because of the UK...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Katie Simpson has been appointed to the new post of Head of Gambling Therapy at the Gordon Moody Association. According to MD Elaine Smethurst, Simpson is an experienced project manager who has worked with a number of private and voluntary sector...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The UK Bingo Association responded to yesterday's budget by warning the UK government that the industry has once again been ignored following the Chancellor's Budget announcement. George Osborne set out a number of measures in his speech to...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Nearly 200 bingo halls are facing closure owing to the UK government's £9.2m tax regime according to the UK Bingo Association. In a pre-Budget appeal to chancellor George Osborne, the association pointed out that at 20pc, bingo has one of...
Monday, March 18, 2013
UK gaming and leisure organisation BACTA told HM Treasury officials that it 'remains concerned' with the technical analysis underpinning the current machine games duty (MGD) rates, calling it flawed in a number of 'significant...
Monday, March 4, 2013
