A Mecca Bingo hall in Islington has been destroyed by ravers who ‘partied like wild animals’ according to local police. The illegal party – held in the hall which was closed in March due to company restructuring ahead of the July smoking ban – saw seats ripped out and thousands of bingo slips strewn across the main hall and caused ‘untold’ damage.

A spokesman for Mecca Bingo said: “A number of people illegally entered the former bingo club in Essex Road over the weekend. The police attended the site on Saturday and Sunday…

The introduction and enforcement of the smoking bill in the UK is leading many industry pundits to predict a decline in in brick and mortar land based leisure and recreation activities such as bingo halls in the UK.
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Ten thousand workers in Brazil staged a demonstration in front of the country’s National Congress to call for a regulation of the bingo industry according to the Brazilian Bingo Association.

Sector workers were responding to a recent federal police crackdown on bingo venues, which are currently deemed illegal in Brazil.

The Mashpee Wampanoags’ tribe in Massachusetts is planning to open an Indian casino resort in Beacon Hill, Boston. However, if denied permission they will open a ‘Bingosino’ instead.

‘Bingosinos’ are casinos that feature bingo slot machines instead of video slot machines. Those bingo slots are allowed even in the state where slots are banned. The main reason: the wiring system in bingo slots is not the same as the one used in video slots.

NETeller, the premier online gambling payment processor, has announced the launch of reloadable debit and payment cards for its customers in Europe and Asia Pacific.

The prepaid card will be directly linked to the customer’s NETeller account and is accepted at over 24 million ATMs and Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminals internationally.