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After the lobbying and protests outside of parliament last week to lower land based bingo hall tax rates, the Government has not budged on the issue. Bingo fans and industry insiders wanted the Government to backtrack on its 7% increase in tax to the industry introduced in the last budget and reduce the tax back to 15%.

Unfortunately the rate will now remain at 22%, a much higher rate that it’s bookie and casino counterparts.

Bingo players feel that they are being ‘stabbed in the back’ by the government and a Chester bingo hall has retaliated by making voodoo dolls of Alistair Darling.

Gemma Morgan said in the Chester Chronicle, “Alistair Darling is stabbing in the back the very people who put him and the Labour party in power. Now we want him to know how it feels. If he doesn’t keep bingo tax at 15% then we’re worried that clubs like ours could close”.

Bingo halls are currently closing at an alarming rate and a reduce in tax seemed to be a shining light, now the industry must seek to ways to avoid closures and cope with the breakdown of communities that goes with it.

Bingo Fans from around theUK have held a protest in London after the government announced another increase in taxes on the already struggling industy.

Large numbers of local halls have struggled to cope with the huge amouts of taxation handed to them by the governement. This coupled with the rise of online gaming sites has resulted in a visitor numbers at halls falling. The smoking ban also forced many to play bingo using internet sites in the comfort of their own home.

Taxes have recently risen from 15 % to 22 %, but this has not been forced on the Casino or Betting industry. Avid bingo fans claim this is a sexist move and have shown their disapproval by staging a protest outside the House’s of Parliment.

The story also reached the BBC 10 0 Clock news yesterday and we wish the protester’s all the best in their campaign!

The reputation of bingo players in the UK took a blow today, as it was revealed that one player falsely claimed benefit’s.

Jennifer Watson received over £58,000 from the government after she claimed she was disable. The Argos and Co op employee said that playing at her local bingo hall was a dream, but getting their was difficult due to her disabilities.

A member of the public reported the crime and Watson was give 24 weeks suspended sentence for two years.

Judge Thomas Teague QC, told her said in a statement “You told the authorities that you were in a wheelchair, you couldn’t walk indoors, and that you had a career to look after you. We are then told you are working at a store as a supervisor and we certainly never saw any proof of the mythical wheelchair. I have my doubts as to how much this was delusional. You have been very fortunate today.”

The mail online picked up on this story and published it one their website.

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I’ve been playing online bingo for about 18 months now and become a bit of a dab hand at it (even if I do say so myself). Despite learning quite a lot about bingo through reading reviews and the experience I have gained, there really is nothing quite like playing bingo in a land based hall.

Playing at a Gala Bingo hall last week I felt more out of my depth than when I first took up horse riding at the age of 14. Just like then I felt like I was lost, helpless, and pathetic all at once. Those old women and other regulars put me to shame. Scanning through multiple books and dabbing away in furiously quick succession.

It was then I realised their hand-eye coordination and alertness was far superior to mine. Their brains must have been working a mile a minute. Without a doubt bingo keeps your mind sharp, there was no chance of their gray matter turning to mush anytime soon.

Not surprisingly then, I recently read an article that suggested bingo does indeed keep the mind sharp. According to the research members of the old community that played bingo were less likely to develop illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Now on when I’m playing online, I think I’ll be taking the auto dabber off.

So, being an avid online bingo fan, I decided that I would see what offline halls could offer and compare it against playing on the internet. I took a trip to my local Mecca Bingo hall with a group of friends.

Having not visited a bingo hall for over 8 years, I was surprised at how big the venue actually was. You could fit a whole army for bingo heads in the hall, with hundreds of tables and seats sprawled across the gaming floor.

After getting a few drinks in a settling down, the national game began. The hall went silent as the numbers starting being called out. Only full houses were valid and the national jackpot was a staggering £20,000

Their was a bar and also a restaurant serving up some tasty looking meals. We purchased our tickets and made our way to some seats. No one was lucky in this game, but it was only the start of the night. Next we opened up the book of 6 tickets.

Players could win either one line, two lines or a full house and it wasn’t long before we had our first winner! A lucky friend shouted out bingo claiming two lines! The call was verified and she won a whopping £500 in cash!

We celebrated like made and continued the games. Overall it was a great night, full of fun, laughter and wins. I must say, visiting a hall is more fun and sociable, but as soon as I got home, I logged straight onto my Gala Bingo account and had a cheeky few games before going to bed. With no luck I concluded that it just wasn’t my day!