Governor Signs Bingo Ban
CALIFORNIA, USA (October 1, 2008) -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger late Tuesday signed last-minute legislation that bans electronic bingo machines but allows large charities to run "remote caller" bingo games, which joins multiple sites into one contest.............Subscribers

California Charity Bingo Association: SB 1369 Trojan Horse Legislation That Would be Devastating to Californians
SACRAMENTO, California (September 16, 2008) -- SB 1369 is a gut and amend bill headed for the Governor’s desk that would devastate hundreds of local charities while allowing California’s tribal casinos to expand their gambling operations onto the internet, essentially amounting to the greatest expansion of legal gambling in California’s history................Subscribers

Lawmakers to Tackle Bingo Tax Controversy
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (September 16, 2008) -- At the first of two hearings scheduled this week and next at the Capitol, lawmakers Thursday will begin evaluating a controversial state bingo tax that opponents say cuts into proceeds that should being going to charity.............Subscribers

California Charity Bingo Association: Last Minute Bingo Machine Ban Rushed Through Legislature Could Do Lasting Harm
SACRAMENTO, California, USA (September 4, 2008) -- One of many bills pushed through the California legislature at the last minute is SB 1369, a hurried gut-and-amend that was one of.................Subscribers

Agreement on Bingo Heads to Governor
SACRAMENTO, California (August 30, 2008) --  State lawmakers yesterday agreed to revolutionize “traditional bingo” with bigger games and prizes in exchange for an explicit ban on electronic bingo machines unless they are in Indian casinos..................Subscribers

Lawmakers Push Ban on Electronic Bingo Machines
CALIFORNIA, USA (August 29, 2008) – State Lawmakers are moving fast on a bill, SB1369, that would ban electronic bingo games which a growing number of charities now operate, games that casino tribes say violate their statewide monopoly on gaming [slot] machines.................Subscribers

Legislative hearings On Controversial Bingo Tax Planned
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA (August 16, 2008) -- The Legislative Council on Friday endorsed requests for studies into eliminating an unpopular state tax on charitable bingo games, and officials said a legislative panel will take public testimony on the issue at a hearing next month at the state Capitol..............Subscribers

Charitable Bingo Allocations For 2008 1st Quarter Issued To 143 Local Jurisdictions
AUSTIN, Texas, USA (July 25, 2008) – Allocation checks for the first quarter of 2008 totaled more than $3.03 million from the conduct of charitable bingo in cities and counties across Texas..................Subscribers

BOCC to Raise Fees for Electronic Bingo Machines
CALVERT, Maryland, USA (July 17, 2008) – The Calvert Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is reportedly moving ahead with plans to impose stiffer fees on electronic bingo machines....................Subscribers

Punters in the Clover As Bingo Jackpot Set To Top £1 Million
UNITED KINGDOM (July 11, 2008) -- Bingo players are looking at a record jackpot as one of the mini slot games on William Hills online gaming site is fast approaching £1 million....................Subscribers

State Attorney General Rules Against Use of 'Instant Bingo' Machines
FLORIDA, USA (July 12, 2008) -- Instant bingo machines deliver tickets with pull-tabs that reveal winning combinations, they function much like lottery scratch-offs. However, in Florida the tickets, it would appear, fall within the bounds of the law, but the machines that hold them might be another story.............Subscribers

Two Victories for e-Bingo in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, California, USA (June 26, 2008) -- A Southern California lawmaker’s bill banning electronic bingo died in an Assembly committee hours after a Sacramento federal judge ruled electronic bingo machines could...............Subscribers

Rules Relaxed on Bingo Hall Slot Machines
LONDON, UK (June 25, 2008) - The government announced plans to relax limits on the number of gaming [slot] machines allowed in bingo clubs on Wednesday in a move it hopes will.................Subscribers

Bingo Revenue Far Exceeds Projection
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA (June 23, 2008) -- Revenue from a new state tax on charitable bingo games has exceeded projection by $500,000.................Subscribers

Parlay Entertainment Unveils Parlay 5, the Next Generation of Bingo Software
LONDON, United Kingdom (June 17, 2008) - Parlay Entertainment Inc. will today debut the next generation of online bingo software, Parlay 5, at the Third Annual Online Bingo Summit in London................Subscribers

Chartwell Technology to Launch New Online Bingo
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada (June 3, 2008) -- Chartwell Technology Inc. and Parlay Entertainment Inc. are pleased to jointly announce their intention to launch an online bingo network, powered by an Internet platform that combines...............Subscribers

Charities Appeal State's Ban on Electronic Bingo
SACRAMENTO, California (June 3, 2008) -- Two Northern California charities are asking a federal judge to block California's new ban on electronic bingo..................Subscribers

Gaming Machines Cutting Into Nonprofits’ Bingo Revenues
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (May 31, 2008) -- Lawmakers have advanced legislation to allow the state’s volunteer firefighters and other nonprofits to conduct more weekly bingo games with bigger prizes.....................Subscribers

Charities Form Alliance to Preserve and Improve Charity Bingo
CALIFORNIA, USA (May 26, 2008) -- The California Charity Alliance (CCA) announced its formation to advocate for the use of traditional and technologically advanced forms of bingo as a responsible, legal and consistent funding source for nonprofit charities.................Subscribers

Blow For Bingo As Gala Quits
LONDON, UK (May 21, 2008) -- Britain’s National Bingo Game was dealt a blow last night after Gala said it will pull out in August..................Subscribers

Littlefield Corporation Announces Formation of the Texas Association for the Advancement of Charitable Bingo
AUSTIN, Texas (May 16, 2008) -- Littlefield Corporation announces that it has participated with others representing approximately thirty-five (35) licensed commercial lessors in the founding of the Texas Association for the Advancement of Charitable Bingo............Subscribers

Study Says Casinos Cut Into Bingo Profits
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 13, 2008) --  Legalized, for-profit gambling is undercutting profits at bingo games, a recent graduate study at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School of Public Policy found...................Subscribers

Government Expected to do a U-turn on Bingo Rules
LONDON, UK (May 11, 2008) -- New measures are on the way to help Britain’s struggling bingo clubs after a wave of closures..................Subscribers

Government Poised to Offer Relief for Bingo Operators on Gaming Machines
LONDON, UK (May 2 2008) -- Bingo operators expressed cautious optimism that the Government is about to announce a series of measures aimed at halting the number of club closures...............Subscribers

Report Bets on Bingo
JERSEY (May 2, 2008) -- Commercial bingo should be allowed in Jersey, according to a States report.................Subscribers

Bingo Association AGM 2008
LONDON, United Kingdom (May 2, 2008) -- Speech given by Brian Pomeroy to the Bingo Association AGM.
Click here to download Chairman's speech (61.8Kb, ).
SOURCE: UK Gambling Commission.

House Defeats Bill to Legalize Electronic Bingo at Tracks
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, USA (April 16, 2008) -- The Alabama House has refused to consider a bill that would have legalized electronic bingo games at greyhound dog tracks in Mobile and Birmingham..............Subscribers

BingoLotto Axed After Six Weeks of Low Ticket Sales
LONDON, UK (April 8, 2008) -- BingoLotto, the lottery TV game broadcast on Virgin 1 and Challenge, is being axed after six weeks because of poor ticket sales...........Subscribers

State's Bingo Industry Is In Decline: Report
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 3, 2008) -- The Victorian bingo industry is in decline, unable to compete with poker machines and in need of new rules to keep it attractive to punters, Victoria's gaming office says..............Subscribers

Budget Leaves Bingo Halls Under Threat
LONDON, UK (March 12, 2008) -- The bingo industry has reportedly responded with "disbelief" that today's Budget included nothing to ease its tax burden. The future of many of the UK's bingo halls is now under threat, the Bingo Association says....................Subscribers

Tax on Charitable Bingo Provokes Complaints
ARKANSAS, USA (March 3, 2008) -- Some bingo operators say the tax on charitable bingo is too excessive and the money would be better spent on community causes rather than state administrative costs to oversee bingo.................Subscribers

E-bingo Issue is Far From Settled Despite Favourable Court Ruling
SACRAMENTO, California, USA (February 29, 2008) -- A preliminary court ruling on Thursday has left standing a Sacramento County ordinance allowing some types of electronic bingo.............Subscribers

Bill Could Raise Bingo Jackpots to Battle Casino Competition
PITTSBURGH (February 21, 2008) – Masters students at Carnegie Mellon University have launched a comprehensive study to determine the effects of the Pittsburgh casino on area bingo halls..........Subscribers

Linked Progressive MegaBingo Promises Big Payouts
3,000 Cards Sold First Night
MINNESOTA, USA (February 20, 2008) -- A change in state law last year allows vendors to link participating charitable bingo outlets to create one big ongoing game broadcast on closed-circuit televisions..............Subscribers

Electronic Bingo Bill Likely To Surface In Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, USA (February 18, 2008) -- Rep. Marcel Black has reportedly said he expects to introduce a bill to legalize high- stake electronic bingo games at greyhound race tracks in Birmingham and Mobile...............Subscribers

BingoLotto: Top of the Shop'; BingoLotto Gamecards Go On Sale
LONDON, UK (February 15, 2008) -- BingoLotto, a new lottery and bingo TV game sensation hosted by Joe Pasquale and Suzanne Shaw has commenced selling its first ever lottery Gamecards today (Friday 15 February). The TV game, BingoLotto..............Subscribers

House Approves Bill That Would Increase Bingo Payouts, Reduce Wait Time
PENNSYLVANIA, USA (February 9, 2008) -- The state House of Representatives last week approved a proposal that would double the amount of prizes that nonprofit organizations could award and loosened rules about who can work at the games.............Subscribers

GSN Premieres 'BINGO AMERICA' on March 31
TV Icon Patrick Duffy Hosts Innovative New Game Show, Weeknights at 7PM/6C
SANTA MONICA, California, USA (January 30, 2008) -- GSN announced today the premiere of BINGO AMERICA, an original, 40-episode series, beginning Monday, March 31 at 7PM/6C. Developed by executive producer Andrew Glassman, the fast-paced, "free-to-play-along-and-win" .................Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.6

Spanish Gaming Group Cirsa Clinches Chinese Bingo Deal
MADRID, Spain (January 25, 2008) -- Barcelona-based Spanish gaming group Cirsa has signed a deal to supply the necessary technology for the installation of a chain of bingo halls in China. The Catalan group is putting the finishing touches to the opening of China's first bingo hall in the Tianjing province...............Subscribers

New Lottery and Bingo Game Launched for Retailers
LONDON, UK (January 21, 2008) -- A Swedish game combining a lottery and bingo is being launched on three UK digital TV channels.............Subscribers

Sweden’s ‘BingoLotto’ to Launch in UK
LONDON, UK (January 20, 2008) -- Swedish entrepreneur Gert Eklund is planning to launch a new national lottery game next month..............Subscribers

Lottery Seeks to Tighten Bingo Reporting Rules
BOISE, Idaho, USA (January 15, 2008) -- Charities that offer bingo and raffle games could face stricter requirements for tracking their proceeds under legislation proposed by the Idaho Lottery Commission in the wake of a bingo scandal that sent two men to federal prison...............Subscribers

Bingo Tax Increases Taking Effect January 3
MARYLAND (January 3, 2008) -- Maryland's sales tax will rise from 5 percent to 6 percent today..............Subscribers