Iowa moves on legalization of online
gambling. Iowa lawmakers are said to focusing on the legalization of
online poker and online gambling within the state. Rumors are
circulating that this could be the first state in the USA to adopt the
move. Representative Doug Struyk said that the time is now right for
Iowa to be the one to lead the country back in the world of online
gambling – he went on to say that over 50,000 residents in the state
regularly play poker online. But he believes that many of the Iowa
residents are losing thousands of dollars to corrupt off-shore companies
that include bots that are dealt better hands and beat the real player
more often than not. The proposal sees players have to visit one of the
17 casinos in Iowa to make their online deposits so that the money would
always stay within the state and head back to the casino to collect any
winnings. This would pass the UIGEA which stopped banks from carrying
out transactions from the public to online gambling companies – it is
perfectly legal to deposit to a land based casino and then play online
due to the sketchiness of the UIGEA.
Bovine bingo is a traditional
rural fundraising game that is often played at country fetes and summer
fairs, usually for fundraising purposes. Bovine bingo is not really a
form of bingo, but a form of lottery. The game is set up by marking out
a grid of rectangles on an enclosed land area, such as a paddock or farm
field. This is usually done by chalking lines. The grid cells are then
numbered or otherwise identified in some way, and chances are sold on
each cell. A cow (or other livestock animal) is then let loose within
the enclosure. Where the first "cowflop" (defecation) lands determines
the winner. Another popular variation of this game takes place during
parades, usually with horses. Same rules apply, however. The game is
sometimes controversial because of the stress the animal may be exposed
to. The game is also known as "Cow Chip Bingo", "Cowpie Bingo",
"Fertilizer Lottery", "Cow Patty Bingo", "Cow Pat Lottery", or "Bossy
Bingo."
Bingo raid man Craig Stephenson jailed
for four years A thug who took part in a terrifying bingo hall
robbery in which a woman was held at knifepoint has been jailed for four
years. Craig Stephenson, 25, admitted attempted robbery at Norwich Crown
Court after he helped carry out a botched raid at the Mecca centre in
Norwich. The dad-of-one was tracked down to his home in Tottenham, North
London, through DNA on a knife at the scene.
Still Calling Bingo Balls at 100 A
centenarian who still holds her long-time job of calling bingo ball
numbers three times a week and insists that retirement is “out of the
question.” Cecily Gaunson who has just turned 100, insists that she
feels as healthy as ever. Born on New Year’s Day in 1910, Ms. Gaunson
who is from New South Wales, recently celebrated her 100th birthday with
a cake decorated with 100 candles and pronounced that she felt as
energetic as she did in her 20's and says that an healthy lifestyle is
the secret to her longevity.
Good news on overturning the UIGEA
Representative Barney Frank and his fellow lawmakers will begin
discussions on overturning the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement
Act on Thursday, December 3rd. The discussion may not lead to any major
changes in the immediate future, but they will begin a process.
Truck
Driver Runs Over Woman, Steals Bingo Money
A woman was taken to the
hospital after being run down for her bingo money. Police said a truck
drove onto the sidewalk and hit the woman outside of the Jessop Club in
Washington Friday night. The driver allegedly got out of the vehicle and
stole a briefcase full of money that the victim's mother was carrying.
She is one of the game's organizers and was leaving the club with all of
the money raised at the event. Police are looking for a white truck with
a tool box in the back.
Online
gambling thrives while casinos struggle
With gambling revenues down
in casinos, you might wonder what all the gamblers are doing now. Well,
they might be at home, gambling online. Online gambling has increased as
many may feel they are saving money by staying at home rather than
making a trip to a casino hotel. When the economy recovers casinos are
hoping that the computer gamblers will return to gambling around people.
Bingo
Addiction Prompted Embezzlement
Authorities say a northeastern Pennsylvania woman who claims she is
addicted to bingo embezzled at least $100,000 from an organization that
helps the disabled. Fifty-eight-year-old Anne Patricia Hudanick (hoo-DAN'-ick)
of Wilkes-Barre is the former bookkeeper for Creating Unlimited
Possibilities. Authorities say she confessed to stealing up to $120,000
over 10 years to feed a bingo addiction. Hudanick was arraigned Tuesday
on a charge of theft by unlawful taking and released on bail. She
declined comment following the hearing. Creating Unlimited Possibilities
was formerly called United Cerebral Palsy of Luzerne County. The group
helps adults with mental and physical disabilities.
Windsor police seek bingo hall
burglars Police in Windsor are asking for the public's help in
finding two people they allege broke into a local bingo hall early
Monday. Police believe the two suspects broke into Classic Bingo, at
1385 Walker Rd., at 2 a.m. ET and stole money from several metal safes.
Officers found a large hole in the drywall accessing the building's
electrical room. The building's alarm system "had been tampered with"
and "was not functioning," police said. The break-in was discovered by a
bingo employee at 7 a.m. ET.
As currently written, Massachusetts law does not specify that online
poker is illegal.
Attorney General of Massachusetts Martha Coakley is a well-known
gambling opponent. Last week, she informed the Poker Players Alliance
that she would be rejecting their attempt to have an online poker
initiative put on the ballot in November. The PPA was seeking to
clarify whether or not online poker was included in the list of gambling
activities that are prohibited in Massachusetts.
She stole and gambled
$350,000 IT'S hard to put down a
ripping crime novel - even if you're waiting to be sentenced for
defrauding your employer of nearly $360,000. Susan Mary Riley, 55, had
her nose stuck in her Patricia Cornwall novel for several hours at Bowen
District Court yesterday where she was waiting to be sentenced for
gambling away $354,724.83 belonging to Tourism Whitsundays. Riley
only closed her book and tucked it away in her handbag when her
barrister, Roger Griffith, directed her to sit in the dock. The court
heard Riley gambled away 23 per cent of Tourism Whitsundays' annual
income between January 29 and September last year.
PayPal changes policy regarding online gambling business PayPal has
made its payment processing services available once again for online
gambling payments transfer in the UK. The processor which enables money
transfer from one account to another, now allows online casinos and
bingo websites in the UK to use its services. US players are still
excluded. In 2002, the company took the decision to stop accepting any
online gaming transaction in order to avoid prosecution in the US.
PayPal enables gamers to send and receive money on the internet without
disclosing financial details, via their credit cards, bank accounts or
account balances. Presently, the number of online gaming websites using
PayPal reaches almost 75.
Odds Look Good For Gamblers - Forbes.com
"There is a reasonably good chance that the U.S. will introduce some positive online legislation in terms of gambling first at a state level in September and then at a federal level," said Nick Batram, an analyst at KBC Peel Hunt, a brokerage firm in London.
US military recruiting 'hacker
soldiers' Military giants
including Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and
Raytheon are now busy with recruiting "hacker soldiers" to address the
new demand for an unconventional cyber war and in a way to blend the new
capabilities into the nation's war planning.
Online Gambling Bill gains representation
Congressional representatives Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio), Jared Polis
(D-Colorado), (D-Arizona) and Steve Israel (D-New York) all added their
names to the HR 2267 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection
and Enforcement Act, which would regulate and license non-sports betting
online gambling in the United States.
Blind woman wins at bingo after protest
A blind New York woman says it is a joy to be able to hear her
electronic bingo card in the wake of her two-year battle to allow the
devices to be audible. The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle said
Wednesday Joanna Richardson, 51, who was born blind, won a game of bingo
this month after convincing state officials to allow the electronic
bingo devices to audibly notify users if they won. The state Racing and
Wagering Board, which supervises bingo games in the state of New York,
previously had banned audible electronic cards due to complaints from
other bingo players. But after Richardson's two-year campaign of
e-mails and telephone calls, the state group capitulated to her request
and allowed the devices to alert users if they are victorious or are
only one square away from winning.
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Harrah's Joining
The Battle For Legalized Online Gambling
There has always been the usual
supporters of Internet gambling freedom. They range from the everyday
citizen, to the big online gaming companies that will benefit from
legalization. This time around, however, Representative Barney Frank has
allies in places that before were against online gambling. Harrah's
Entertainment has registered to lobby for the first time, and it is
largely because they are in favor of legalized Internet gambling. The
company has spent over $400,000 in the first quarter of 2009 on lobbying
efforts.
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Sports Betting Closer to Reality in Delaware The deal could allow
Delaware to profit off football betting. Gamblers could soon lay
down bets on pro sports in Delaware. A reworked sports betting bill
passed the Delaware House of Representatives Friday. After negotiations
the bill included a compromise that allows for table games to be allowed
at the three Delaware racetrack casinos as soon as possible. The
racetracks will also see a biggest piece of the state's gambling
revenue, according to Delaware Online.
Finland Debates Banning All Gambling Marketing Finland's parliament
is now debating a countrywide ban on all gambling marketing, which would
include online poker and live poker tournaments. The marketing ban is
expected to pass as early as this autumn. The ban would forbid "indirect
advertising and other sales promotion activities", including all
sponsorship in exchange for the display of a brand's logo. That means
gaming operators could neither sponsor sports event or players, nor
brand media such as caps or cabs, even when no direct enticement to
gamble is made.
Care
home bingo queen is 103 Mrs. Hooper said: "I can’t name one highlight in my life as I’ve had so
many. Everything has been a highlight. But my children were always my
main focus. "I love being in the home with everyone. The people are so
friendly and the staff can’t do enough to help. I’m the oldest one in
here and I was the first one to reach 100."
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bring Alabama more gambling than ever.
Charity bingo ruled OK in Ashville.
The Gambling Task Force set back.
Obama's stepmother is currently in South Africa playing bingo to help
raise money for Operation Hunger, which helps feed people living in
impoverished and conflict-stricken areas. Kezia Obama, 67, said, "I like
playing bingo and helping people. I'm here to raise funds to help
children." She will also visit charity organizations countrywide as well
as Constitutional Hill and the Apartheid Museum. Operation Hunger also
works with local communities to initiate locally specific development
programs designed to create an environment conducive to optimum child
growth.
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Man robs metro-east Bingo hall, flees with cash On Easter Sunday,
according to Granite City police, an armed man walked into the Knights
of Columbus Bingo Hall at about 7:12 p.m. and showed a weapon to the
workers. He demanded money and was given an undisclosed amount of cash.
The man then walked out and fled the scene in a dark-colored small SUV.
He is described as a black male with a thin-to-medium built,
approximately 6 feet tall to 6-foot-3. No one was injured, according to
Granite City Police.
"check his card"! Bingo play gets lively at retirement center New
Rotary-donated board helps to add 'magic' to residents' days Residents
at Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community are a lively and competitive
bunch. "Bingo!" Alden Moberg, 76, a resident who lives at the retirement
community, shouted during a recent bingo game. The collective response
from other players was "oh, no." When Moberg won the second game minutes
later, players again reacted, saying "not again," "check his card" and
"he already won a game." Coming together on a weekly basis to play bingo
offers seniors at the residence camaraderie, mental stimulation, and an
element of surprise and competition, said Raeann McDonald, the
facility's executive director. "It's magic in their day, thanks to the
(East) Salem Rotary Club," she said.
Bishop
of Manchester may have objected to gambling in casinos . . . but he
had no problems being a bingo caller during a parish visit. He was able
to see how bingo halls play a role in the community.
He said: "I've no objection to small-scale gambling, which can be
helpful in joining people together.
"For a lot of people, bingo is the only time in the day they get to talk
to anybody. It's only when people are encouraged to spend too much money
in big casinos that there is a problem and that's not going to happen
here."
“I owe Lee, his colleagues and the off duty nurse everything.
If it wasn’t for them my family would be grieving now as I’d be pushing
up daisies." Sandra Andrews, 56 from Kidderminster, was at Mecca Bingo
with her sister on Tuesday February 24 when she suddenly collapsed.
Fortunately for Sandra was close by Lee Farley, an off duty paramedic,
was dropping his wife off for bingo when he noticed a commotion across
the bingo hall and rushed to her aid. "Thank you for saving my life."
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donation of diapers to Bingo Day. Local charities that support the needy
are in need of many more diapers. Proceeds from Andy Bingo will go
toward the purchase of toiletries and supplies for local food banks that
have higher demands than ever before.
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Soup and Bread Supper Wildwood Grove will host a double whammy of
Free Bingo and a Soup and Bread Supper. The Free Bingo games will start
at 3 p.m. at Wildwood, but participants can come anytime and join the
games whenever. Then the Soup and Bread Supper will begin at 5 o'clock
with a variety donated crockpots of homemade soup being offered for the
meal. Homebaked bread, supplied by Wildwood will have been baked by that
time and it will be added to the menu along with coffee and water.
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Royal Mail worker stole to pay for online bingo Royal Mail worker
was jailed for 12 months for stealing more than £75,000 to pay for her
addiction to slot machines and online bingo. Patricia Barnes, 39, from
Norwich handled special delivery post in the Norwich sorting office for
14 years before being caught in a surveillance operation. She admitted
to taking cash to pay for her gambling addiction.
Littlefield Corp. closes on purchase of South Carolina halls
Littlefield runs charitable bingo halls in four states through its
subsidiaries. More than 100 charities conduct bingo in the facilities
operated by Littlefield Corp., and last year they raised $3.7 million
for various causes.
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Bad Weather No Deterrent To Bingo Players In Green Park. Senior
adults look over their bingo cards during a free event held at the Green
Park Senior Living Community. Despite the gloomy weather seniors didn't
let a little snow stop them from going to play bingo. "It was so much
fun; I hope they have this event monthly!" said bingo player Laura.
15 arrested in Turkey for charity bingo night! Suspected of playing
the bingo game, they were taken to Altinkum police station and asked to
sign a number of forms. After a number of hours, six were fined 125 YTL
each, while others were allowed to go free.
Bingo Addiction? Police arrested 41-year-old Lorie Creekmore on
Sunday after a search that involved several officers and detectives,
including some who had gone undercover in bingo halls in an effort to
catch the avid player. She was arrested in a Norfolk bingo hall, of
course. Creekmore was charged with nine counts of passing bad checks and
obtaining money under false pretenses. She faces similar charges in
Newport News and Chesapeake.
Former East Enders actress backs bingo fund raiser Actress Michelle
Collins has posed in a unique ball-gown made of bingo tickets to launch
Bingo for Breakthrough 2008, which sees bingo clubs across the country
turning pink to fund vital research for Breast Cancer. As over seventy
percent of UK’s three million bingo players are women, breast cancer is
an issue of real importance to them. All of the money raised helps to
fund Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s research, campaigning and education
work
Avid bingo player gets 99th birthday surprise The soft-spoken
99-year-old Marysville native was admittedly a little shell-shocked when
a massive cake was wheeled out and the entire hall erupted into singing
'Happy Birthday" between games Saturday evening. The likable senior has
been attending bingos in Belleville faithfully for the past four
decades. "I'm not sure if everybody here even knows her real name --
they just call her mum." In addition to raising 10 children (she now has
25 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren), Bernhardt has won numerous awards for
volunteering and community service.
Lexington Rotary Features Cow Plop Bingo On Saturday, July 19 at
6:00 p.m. the Lexington Rotary Club will present the popular “Cow Plop
Bingo” with proceeds helping to “fertilize” our future by benefiting the
Club’s Scholarship Fund. Cow Plop Bingo is an event with only 3
participants – 3 cows who will enter an arena numbered as a bingo grid
in the 4-H Livestock Barn. The cattle will remain there until they 'have
done their job' and indicated the 3 winners.
Civic chorus unveils bingo plaza The Hattiesburg Civic Chorus and
Concert Association unveiled its working in the making today with the
opening of a bingo plaza. Proceeds generated from the bingo hall will be
used to promote and benefit the arts in Hattiesburg. “In our efforts to
do better fundraising and to make more art activities available to the
community, we are opening bingo to support the arts in the Pine Belt,”
said its director.
Care worker stole to fund bingo trips A 38 year old supervisor with
a care firm has been convicted of stealing thousands of pounds from
elderly residents. The jury at court was told that T D had debts and
made withdrawals from elderly residents' bank accounts. Money was used
to pay for trips to bingo, and to play on slot machines.
High school students fulfill service requirements with bingo The
young faces stand out on bingo night. Residents of the retirement
community look forward to more activity than usual when South Hagerstown
High School students help with the game. "The last time we were here, we
had applause and a standing ovation," said junior Emily Forrester, a
member of South High's National Honor Society and Key Club, the school's
service organization. The young people spin the bingo wheel and call out
the numbers or play along with the residents. "They like being visited.
They're all really nice and it's fun," one student said.
After the Smoke Cleared, Where Did All the Bingo Players Go? Banning
smoking at charity bingo games may have health benefits, but it is
proving harmful to earnings In Minnesota, which adopted a statewide ban
on smoking in all indoor workplaces in October, revenue from all charity
gambling dropped nearly 13 percent in the last quarter of 2007, compared
to the same quarter the year before, according to state officials. More
than half of the drop — the equivalent of about $100 million annually —
was attributed to the new law, they said.
Sisters celebrate court bingo win Linda Kenny and Doreen Thomas The
sisters said they were delighted with the judgment Two women who sued
their sister for a share of a £50,000 bingo win have been awarded the
money by a judge. Linda Kenny, 53, and Doreen Thomas, 57, took their
sister Edna Sexton, 59, to court over a claim for a third each. A judge
at Chester County Court ruled that Mrs Sexton had gone back on a 2005
oral agreement to share any winnings. He awarded each of the sisters
£17,463 - their share with interest. However, the pair, from Runcorn,
later claimed that Mrs Sexton had spent the cash.
Legislation would allow bigger bingo games, bigger prizes Church
bingo nights potentially could offer high-stakes prizes under
legislation that is drawing fire from Indian gaming groups and those
concerned about the California's expanding gambling practices. The
Catholic Church and other charities are backing the legislation that
would allow players in multiple locations to join the same bingo game
through an audio or video link. Larger numbers of players would make for
larger prizes, up to 37 percent of a game's gross receipts. California
now limits prizes to $250 per game.
Woman Charged With Stealing $17G of VFW Bingo Money A former
treasurer who oversaw bingo games has been indicted on 97 counts of
diverting funds and forgery. A grand jury charged Julie L. Weedman, 36,
of Evarts, last week. Weedman is the former treasurer of the Ladies
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge 11139 in Middlesboro. The
missing funds came to light in the fall of 2006, when a bank notified
the charity's president, Patricia Howard, that a check bounced.
BABY AT BINGO IS LUCKY OMEN Most prospective parents might object to
their child being regarded as an "omen", after the film exploits of a
certain Damien. But for one bingo fan, the word proved slightly more
positive recently, as she attempted to shock her daughter into labour.
While the trick failed, National Bingo reveals that 44-year-old Tracey
Firth instead landed in the money. Following a win at the Buckingham
Bingo hall in Bradford, Tracey says of her daughter: "She was definitely
my lucky omen." She adds that the £18,000 UK bingo jackpot is to be
shared between herself and four others.
Man accused of stealing money from bingo parlor Heath Volk, 33, is
accused of stealing $136,000 from the Bingo Palace in Grand Forks over a
three-year period. The bingo parlor is operated by the North Dakota
Association for the Disabled. NDAD President Ron Gibbens said Volk had
been an employee for more than 14 years but was fired late last year
after the theft allegations surfaced.
Man accused of stealing from bingo operation A Louisville man has
been charged with taking money from a bingo operation run by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3636. Acting on a tip from a VFW post
officer, the state Office of Charitable Gaming conducted an
investigation and accused Terry Wayne Houtchens of taking more than
$1,479 over several gaming sessions. If convicted, He faces from one to
five years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine on each of the three
counts.
New York laws taking effect Jan. 1 include the deregulation of free
bingo. Beginning in 2008, running a free bingo game at senior
centers, schools, offices, schools and at home will no longer be a crime
punishable by as much as a year in jail. Operators of low-stakes bingo
games, in which there is no fee to play, will no longer be subject to
licensing backed up by the misdemeanor. The licensing requirements still
apply to anyone running bingo for profit or proceeds.
UK government pushes online gambling regulation to Americans Support
for initiatives by the European Union Trade Commission in trying to
persuade the US to drop the anti-online gambling law the Unlawful
Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) have received a boost with the
support of the UK government which has come out in favor of promoting
regulation in the US over prohibition.
PAPHOS Municipality sense illegal cybercafés are luring young people
to participate in illegal gambling online by converting their businesses
into “mini-casinos” and allowing customers to play on illegal online
betting machines. The cafes are luring young pupils of nearby schools to
play on illegal gambling machines such as Fixed Odds Betting Terminals –
computerized machines normally found in betting shops.
EU gaming companies saw their stock market value plunge in
2006 after the United States shut off their biggest market. In May
this year, after being defeated at the World Trade Organization,
Washington took the rare step of withdrawing its WTO commitment to allow
foreign firms into its gambling market.
Tourists seized for playing bingo Sarah
Holland and Carla Harrison, both 25, were among a group of around 30
tourists playing bingo for a free drink at the bar in Altinkum, Turkey.
They said they were unaware unlicensed gambling was illegal in Turkey,
and were fined 117 Turkish Lira (£42) each. "We thought we were on
Candid Camera until we were hustled into a van and taken to the police
station", said Sarah.
Legionnaires donate bingo money
Decatur Legionnaires know how to give away money, distributing
$23,600 from their bingo fund. Burney said the money represents 51
percent of total proceeds from bingo, the percentage that the post is
required to donate. “We all come together for a good cause,” said
Morgan, as he and Jones dipped catfish into a boiling caldron. “We’re
pleased to offer our services.”
Bingo player dies 11 days
after bus accident Phylis McDonnell, 80, was making her way to the
Majestic Bingo Hall, in Durham City, when she was struck by an Arriva
single-decker. Mrs McDonnell was a regular and well-known bingo player.
Last night, a spokeswoman for Arriva said: "We would like to express our
condolences and our thoughts at this time are with the family of the
lady."
Hundreds Of Thousands Stolen In
L.I. Bingo Scam (video)
It's an unlikely scam: Hundreds of thousands of dollars in bingo
proceeds that are supposed to benefit the disabled, but instead vanish
into someone's pockets.
Bingo is still BIG on Long Island
(video) "It was definitely the smoking that killed us, said Janet
Dowling, who for 10 years has managed Island Bingo in Farmingville, a
commercial hall where charities rent space to hold weekly games. She
said business dropped more than 35 percent after the ban.
Bingo for Books: Tavern regulars shell out for library It's bingo
night at the Hilltop Tavern, where the bingo is free, the beer is cheap
and the prizes are cool. And for a chaser, Judy L:undren offers people
the chance to kick in a dollar or two for a worthy cause - an outreach
program for families with newborn babies called Books for Babies. The
Port Townsend Library is also going to donate some mugs and bags with
the library logo.
Two sentenced in bingo conspiracy case Two men who operated a Garden
City bingo game have been sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the IRS.
Each sentenced to six months in prison and fined $30,000 and also
ordered to spend nine months on home detention. Idaho law says that
certain charities can run bingo and raffle games. But at least 20% of
the gross profits must go to charity.
Bingo parlor robbed at gunpoint
Employees of Shamrock Bingo parlor reported they were confronted at the
door by two men wearing ski masks, gloves and dressed in dark clothing
as the last customers were leaving the business early Saturday morning.
The gunmen forced two employees and three customers back inside the
business, bound their hands and proceeded to take an undetermined amount
of money from the business and from the individuals.
'Double Taxation'
The UK's bingo companies have been lobbying government over its current
'double taxation' policy, in which they are charged VAT on the price
players pay for each bingo game, while gross profit is also taxed.
Operators are arguing that, while being inherently unfair, it puts the
industry at a major disadvantage when competing with other forms of
gaming.
Bingo is back.
After a three-month scramble to obtain permits from the state, Edison
Township's five senior citizens clubs have received permission to resume
their weekly bingo games and 50/50 raffles. The Bonhamtown seniors
didn't waste any time. They immediately started exchanging quarters for
bingo cards, playing again for $2 prizes. "We hand out maybe $30 in $5
increments for our 50/50, so what are we taking in? Maybe $30 a week?"
Eileen Davis, president of the Stelton club, complained about the need
for permits.
Bingo the bitzer dog defied the odds and survived swimming through
freezing waters
and a night in the open before being found on Waiheke Island with a wag
in his tail last night. He leapt off a boat – possibly to "chase some
dolphins" – on Wednesday, one nautical mile offshore from Waiheke
Island. Coastguard spokesman Jo Ottey said they "didn't hold much hope"
for Bingo because of the very cold water temperature and choppy
conditions. But Bingo did survive the sea and dragged himself up to the
Man O War Vineyard where he collapsed at the door of the caretakers'
house on the north east side of the island. Vineyard owner Odette Brown
said caretakers heard a whimper at the back door and found Bingo "cold
and a bit quivery, but in pretty good shape considering. He was an
extremely lucky dog." Bingo was "a bit traumatized" since returning
home.
Police Believe Bingo Hall Killer May Be In Norfolk / Chesapeake Area
Police say the man who gunned down his estranged wife in the parking lot
of a bingo hall in Edenton, North Carolina may be in Hampton Roads.
Monday night James Earl Freeman shot and killed his wife outside of the
American Legion Bingo Hall. He was last seen driving a white 1992
Plymouth Voyager mini van with North Carolina plates OBX-23130.
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE FOR BINGO WINNER Completing a full house led
to a five-figure win for the 65-year-old uk bingo fan who was first to
fill her card at Reading's BJ's club in Gillette Way. "I was shaking
like a leaf when I realised I had won," she told operating body National
Bingo. "I jumped up and clapped my hands in the air!" the lucky punter
added. For her husband, three children and five grandchildren, the money
might be spent on a series of treats, as well as on new carpets for the
winner herself, she said.
Cautionary Tale National bingo winner Karen Bryson has won £27,880
in compensation from her ex-partner after he broke a promise to give her
a share of his house. Bryson claimed that Alex Bunce had offered her the
property deal after she scooped a £103,247 national jackpot at her local
bingo hall. The pair then spent the jackpot in under 12 months, on
'exotic holidays, a sports car and paying off credit card debts'. The
couple had been seeing each other for six months before the win. Bryson,
told the court they had met with a solicitor to change the title deeds
to include her name. She said: "It all sounded so simple - I give him
half the money and I get half the house. But the transfer of the title
deeds never happened. There were always excuses as to why it hadn't gone
through."
Jekyll-and-Hyde style CHAD BRIGGS STUDIED film at the University of
Texas in Austin and sketch writing at Second City. He’s trying to make
it as a stand-up, but for now he pays his bills as a clerical assistant
in the accounting department of a local law firm. Durwood Wilkes drinks
and swears and nothing much else. He’s racked up seven ex-wives in his
time and currently works just once a week—as a bingo caller. What do
the two of them have in common? They’re the same man. Every Sunday after
sundown, the 31-year-old Briggs transforms, Jekyll-and-Hyde style, into
Wilkes, the loudmouthed host of Honky Tonk Bingo at the Pontiac Cafe.
Age-Sensitivity Training A group of sophomores from Toms River High
School South made a lot of new friends last week — and all they had to
do was join them for bingo. "It makes me feel good inside to do this,"
said Isabella Leone, 16, one of the students, during an evening at the
Haven at Silverwoods, an assisted-living facility on Route 37. The five
students, who had already undergone age-sensitivity training, were there
with their English teacher, Mary Downing, to get to know the senior
citizens as part of a program organized by the Caregiver Volunteers of
Central Jersey.
Authorities say the Casne Foundation, established by the couple in 2005,
ran bingo games from the basement of Casne World Las Vegas without a
permit. Dan Casne, an Elvis Presley impersonator, and his wife, Jo
Anne, bought the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on Hays Avenue two years
ago for $100,000 and turned it into the "Casne World Las Vegas," a place
where people could go to catch a show by music impersonators called "The
Legends," eat a home-cooked meal and, starting in December, play a game
or two of bingo. But a police raid March 23, in which authorities seized
bingo machines, television monitors and bingo flash boards, has Casne,
58, rethinking his plans to establish a little bit of Las Vegas glamour
in the tiny borough. "I felt like we were Al Capone's bootleggers,"
Casne said. "They made us feel like we were criminals."
No ill fan, no show The country music duo of "Big Kenny" Alphin and
ex-Lonestar singer John Rich left fans disappointed after they backed
out of an April 12 concert at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino at
the last minute because of a dispute over the wishes of an ill
5-year-old girl when a local radio station had arranged for her and her
family to meet them and see the show. But the casino, which bans anyone
under 21, wasn't notified. About 1,600 people were allegedly kept
waiting in the arena for over an hour before it was announced that Big &
Rich wouldn't perform. Rich said "We did have the opportunity to spend
some quality time with the young girl and her family on our bus that
evening. I am sorry for the girl, the family and all our fans that did
not get to see the show."
booing in bingo? Father Robert Evancho posted notices on the doors
and elsewhere stating bingo would end March 31. To add further insult,
after players booed him upon learning of the decision, Evancho ordered
March 20 to be bingo's last stand. Evancho says he never heard the
booing. The decision to cancel the last three game dates was made
because he thought if people were already angry about bingo ending, they
would just become angrier if they came back for the next few weeks.
HUH?
Bingo on the Brain
Bingo players have many rituals and routines. Some sit in the same chair
every week, some bring stuffed animals or good luck charms. Many players
have custom boards that hold their cards at a dauber-friendly angle;
others clip, tape or paste their cards to the long tables.
Like most classic games, bingo appears simple but allows players to
increase the complexity depending on skill level. Twenty-five squares on
a 5-by-5 card are numbered and the middle square is a freebie.
There are more than 552 septillion possible number arrangements — that's
552 followed by 24 zeroes.
Calculating odds in bingo is difficult because the number of cards being
played, the number of called numbers and the pattern that determines the
bingo have to be considered. Some games require a standard horizontal,
vertical or diagonal bingo, others a special design such as a "postage
stamp" block of four or "Texas Black Out," in which the entire card is
filled.
Like other table games and some video games, bingo is good for the
brain, said Teenie Matlock, professor of cognitive science at University
of California at Merced. "Reading, games like bingo or Scrabble,
anything where you're mentally manipulating numbers or letters is like
exercises for your brain."
Healthy advantages of bingo
1. Maintains memory skills
2. Improves concentration
3. Provides social interaction
Bingo player says the game beats
twiddling thumbs all day
Bingo is more than just a casual pastime for people such as Margaret
Martyn. For bingo hall regulars such as her, it's a lifestyle. Martyn,
78, visits Carnival Bingo up to five times per week. She explained that
seniors like her, who have some health problems, it's a good place for
an outing. "I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs all day," she said. Though
Martyn spends about $30 per day on bingo, she wins some back at least
once per week. In fact, she won $400 twice last summer.
Big Bucks Bingo!
A monthly Village Square Conference Center in Clarksburg event draws
hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from across the country. "Back
in October, I won $31,494," says Doreen Snelsire of Pittsburgh. Snelsire
comes prepared -- bingo cards in hand, a family picture by her side and,
of course, her lucky rock. "I have no other addiction!" she says. During
the busy summer months, Big Bucks Bingo pays out $100,000 a day.
Casinos Are Mini-Vacations
A new survey reports that millions of New Englanders who visit
Connecticut's two tribal casinos consider the trips mini-vacations.
That means they're spending on more than just the slot machines, poker
chips and bingo bets. According to the study, it’s translating into
millions spent for lodging, entertainment, shopping and food, according
to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
What can stop a bingo game? Not much -
not even a robbery.
Around 6:45 p.m. Monday, a man with a hooded sweat shirt pulled over his
face walked into American Legion Post 19, 415 N. 13th St., New Brighton,
grabbed a tray of bingo money and ran back out the door, New Brighton
Area police said. The man didn't produce any weapon and didn't say
anything, police said. Bob Mugwit said the robbery didn't stop the
games. He said a lot of people were excited, but after the police
arrived and everyone calmed down, they resumed play. "Does anything stop
bingo games?" he asked with a laugh.
Bingo hall robber accused in court
A TEENAGER accused of tying up his mother during a robbery at a bingo
hall where she was a cleaner has made his first appearance at court.
Colin Chapman,18, formerly of Eccleston Road, South Shore, now of no
fixed address, is charged with robbing Apollo Bingo on Waterloo Road
where he also worked as a cleaner, of an unknown amount of cash. The
offence is alleged to have taken place on October 28 last year. Chapman
was refused bail by Blackpool Magistrates and remanded in custody to
appear at Preston Crown Court on May 10.
Drinking and dabbing Bingo hall
operators wary of being allowed to sell liquor
Coming soon to a bingo hall near you -- a long, tall cool one to park
beside your purple dabber and lucky charms. Starting February, bingo
hall operators in Ontario will get the chance to bring another vice into
their gambling dens with a pilot project allowing them to apply for
liquor licences. A spokesman for the Ontario Alcohol and Gaming
Commission said bingo halls have been taking it on the chin for years
and need help competing with casinos.
Grandma sentenced to three years for
running drugs
A 62-year-old Douglas grandmother who a prosecutor accused of running
drugs to pay for her out-of-control bingo habit was sentenced Friday to
three years in prison and fined $150,000. Leticia Villareal Garcia was
arrested in February 2005 when Arizona Department of Public Safety
officers, acting on a tip from an informant, stopped her car near Bisbee
and found 214 pounds of marijuana hidden in the trunk.
Mother scoops £100k at bingo
A BINGO fan in West Lothian is celebrating after scooping a £100,000
jackpot. The 50-year-old woman from Livingston, who wants to
remain anonymous, won the top prize at the Carlton Club in the town's
Almondvale Centre earlier this month. She is the fifth national
winner at the club in the past eight months. The jackpot was won during
the club's national bingo game, which is played simultaneously with
hundreds of other outlets across the UK. The mother-of-one said:
"I was in total shock when I realized how much I had won."
"Bingo" on stage
"Bingo" is a dinner theater play; it is
the story of three hardcore bingo enthusiasts,
Vern, Patsy and Honey, who brave a hurricane to get to the most
important bingo night of the year. There they meet Alison, daughter of a
long-estranged friend on a mission to reunite her dying mother with her
long-lost bingo buddies.
Take a moment to try to visualize a stage full of brightly dressed,
enthusiastic women singing a song about how "anyone can play
bingo/bingo/bingo" and, furthermore, "anyone can win," and you may begin
to approach a faint idea what to expect.
In addition, there's a heavy emphasis on audience participation in this
show. If you go, be prepared. You'll not only get to participate in a
few bingo games yourself, but you may even be accosted by an irate Vern,
who takes her bingo very seriously. In fact, Vern came out into the
audience and tore a door prize from a woman's hand that "Bingo" begging
her to be reasonable.
Men held over armed bingo robbery
Police hunting a masked gang armed with swords who robbed a bingo
hall in Leeds
have arrested two men.
Three men threatened staff at Mecca Bingo in Balm Road, Hunslet, on
Sunday evening
before taking an unknown amount of cash.
About 300 players were in the building at the time. No one was injured.
The men, aged 23 and 30, are being questioned. A car thought to have
been used in
the robbery has been seized from the Belle Isle area of the city.
A West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said the arrests resulted from calls
received
from members of the public after an appeal and the release of CCTV
images of the
robbery on Monday.
Joke:
An 87-year-old woman came home from bingo
to find her 92-year-old husband in bed with another woman.
She pushed him off a balcony on the 20th floor of a seniors' apartment
tower, killing him instantly.
Brought before the court on a murder charge, the judge asked if the
woman had anything to say in her defense.
"Yes, your Honor. I figured that at 92, if he could have sex, he could
also fly.
Two cousins keeping up a bingo
tradition
The ladies dropped their bingo dimes in a plastic cup and smiled at
Sam's grandsons as they got ready to call the numbers for the Tuesday
night game at Park Avenue Seniors Apartments in Burbank.
"We're all in love with those boys," Dorothy Dunn said as the other
ladies nodded in agreement. "If we were younger, we'd be chasing them,
that's for sure."
Anne Pisano looked up from her bingo card and smiled. Those boys, her
grandsons - Mike Pisano, 24, and John Brillantes, 23. Her late husband,
Sam, would have loved this scene, she thought. Loved what his grandsons
were doing in his memory. whole article
Sunday gambling ban to be lifted
The government has announced plans to allow bookmakers and bingo halls
in Northern Ireland to open on Sundays. Northern Ireland is the only
part of the United Kingdom where these premises have to close on
Sundays. The changes would allow bookmakers' offices to open between
1030 GMT and 1830 GMT and bingo clubs to open between 1400 GMT and 2300
GMT. There are also plans for new employment rights to protect staff who
do not want to work on Sundays. "Some betting and bingo club workers may
not wish to work on a Sunday," he said. He said any relaxation of the
Sunday restrictions would be accompanied by "important new employment
rights for such workers".
Scotland - Bingo behind
bars turns jail into 'Butlins'
BOSSES at Edinburgh's Saughton prison have sparked controversy by
putting on bingo nights for prisoners. The weekend treat, which started
last month in a remand hall at the jail, has proved so popular that
bosses are understood to be considering spreading it out across other
wings in the jail. The prison has even bought a bingo machine for
warders to pull out the numbers at the Friday night events, where lucky
prisoners are rewarded with chocolate, hair gel and cigarettes.
However, some warders are reported to have criticized the move, which
they say is turning the prison into a "fun park" for criminals.
Some warders have said that the prison is "getting like Butlins", while
others have argued that there should be more focus on educational
programs for prisoners rather than bingo nights. The Scottish
Prison Service said: "We're looking to provide a range of activities for
prisoners."
Online Bingo unlike Land
Based Bingo
Although Bingo played at land based casinos is fair and
square, fun and pleasing, its online casino versions are operated by the
most advanced and trusted technologies. This way it has improved its
already high reliability features. But perhaps the greatest advantage
that online casino Bingo has over land based casinos, which is also a
claim about the difference between the entire two industries and venues,
is the prizes. New players at the online casino Bingo games can enjoy a
welcome bonus and other promotions. It can only be compared to walking
into a Bingo hall at a land based casino and receiving a few bills to
take home just for coming to the place.
Bingo player robbed by man, police say
AKRON: A 60-year-old woman who won a $1,000 jackpot in bingo Monday
night was slightly injured when a man grabbed her purse as she was
walking to her car in the parking lot at the Ellet Amateur Athletics
Association Bingo Hall on East Market Street, police said. The suspect,
identified by Akron police as Raymond C. Poore, 24, was being held
Tuesday night in the Summit County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
CHARITY CALENDARS TOPS £3,700
STAFF at a Glenrothes bingo club who bared all for a special charity
calendar have raised more than £3,700 ... so far. The 23 brave employees
from Gala Bingo, based in the town's Flemington Road, hoped their
numbers would come up after dropping everything for Breakthrough Breast
Cancer earlier this year.
Two get 63 months in bingo
bilking
Two Madison County women were sentenced yesterday to more than five
years in prison and must pay the Internal Revenue Service more than
$30,000 each for bilking bingo proceeds intended for charity. Rita
Tipton, 64, and her sister, Gloria Williams, 65, were convicted earlier
this year by a federal jury of several counts of mail fraud and income
tax invasion. Prosecutors say Tipton and Williams operated Jackpot
Charity Bingo in Madison County and used a series of schemes including
selling illegal pull-tab games -- which are similar to scratch off
lottery tickets -- and pocketed the cash. They used that money to gamble
at area river boats.
Farepak victims in
£100,000 win
A group of women who lost money
in the Farepak collapse are celebrating after scooping a £100,000 bingo
win. All except the friend who actually won the game had lost between
£150 and £400 in Farepak vouchers when the Christmas savings company
went bust. They had a pact if any of them won they would share the money
and will now receive around £16,000 each. The women have been going to
Newcastle together for the past nine years.
Wilmington Bingo Hall
Robbed
Police are searching for the man
who robbed a bingo hall late Friday night. They say the man came into
the bingo hall off Shipyard and Carolina Beach Road and demanded money.
Police say the man was armed.
Drugs fund bingo habit.
A grandmother found with a
trunkful of marijuana was convicted of drug running in what prosecutors
said was an attempt to earn cash for a bingo habit. Villareal, 61, told
jurors before they convicted her Thursday that her only regular income
was a $275 monthly welfare check, but she frequently played bingo and
occasionally won thousands of dollars. Villareal faces three to 12 years
in state prison when she is sentenced Dec. 18.
She struggled to hold on to
her purse.
The robber ripped it off her arm
and ran off. A local grandmother who won at bingo then lost her
winnings to a purse snatcher. The 77-year-old grandmother of two was
hurt and her right arm remains severely bruised. She was on her front
porch in Footedale when someone came behind her and grabbed her purse.
Bingo! is a hit with children/patients to play from their
rooms
Caitlin Byles, 12, shows her frustration as she watches a TV monitor and
waits for a Bingo! in her room at Sutton Children's Medical Center in
Shreveport, where she is undergoing 14 days of IV therapy to treat
cystic fibrosis at Christus Schumpert Sutton Children's Medical Center.
The once-a-month event is a new project of the Junior League of
Shreveport-Bossier. It brings kids who are able together into the
playroom and with the use of video monitors and television screens
allows children to play who are too sick to get out of bed or in
isolation.
The patients love it. And so do the staffers.
"Bingo allows every child to participate. It allows socialization and
that helps," said Paige Cox, Sutton Children's childlife specialist.
"There is music going and people acting goofy. The patients can say,
"OK, I can act goofy too. It is bingo time."
7 YEARS FOR BINGO ROBBER
Salinas A Seaside man was
sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for his role in the 2005
robbery of a weekly bingo game.
Marcus Crooms and his girlfriend, Michelle Chioino, pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit the robbery with the understanding that Chioino
will be placed on probation and sentenced to a maximum of a year in jail
when she is sentenced Jan. 18.
Crooms, 25, and Chioino, 27, must register as gang members for five
years under the terms of the plea agreement. According to prosecutors,
the crime was carried out for the Crips street gang.
The pair pleaded guilty in connection with the Nov. 11, 2005, robbery of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars bingo game at Oldemeyer Center. Three men
attending the tills at a table outside the bingo parlor were robbed
while about 150 people played bingo nearby, unaware of the event.
According to testimony at a preliminary hearing, the two masked robbers
made off with about $1,300 in cash, leaving a trail of money on the
floor as they ran out.
