BingoPechanga Casino
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Pechanga bringing bingo back, for good (5/21/2013)
(California) -- The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians announced Tuesday it will be building a dedicated bingo hall at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, a move that should...
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Bingo players celebrate return of popular game to Pechanga (7/2/2012)
(California) -- Daubers, bingo cards and a newspaper splayed in front of him on a table, Al Sawyer raised his arms in the air, a huge smile on his face. "We're...
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Casino brings back bingo on June 7 (6/8/2012)
(California) -- Grab those lucky charms and head for Pechanga Resort & Casino. Bingo is returning for the summer as part of the resort's 10th anniversary...
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Vikings Stadium
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E-Bingo Now Closely Watched as Funding Source for Vikes Stadium (5/8/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Electronic pull tabs have not done so well and that means electronic bingo will be under a microscope of scrutiny.
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Could E-bingo be the answer to the stadium revenue issue? (4/29/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Electronic pull tabs have come up short when it comes to revenue. Originally expected to bring in $35 million the first year, it's now predicted to...
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Minnesota bets on e-bingo to fund Vikings stadium (4/27/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Starting this week, Minnesota will be the first state to launch statewide electronic bingo systems allowing players at dozens of locations to compete for...
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Minn. gambling board approves high-tech bingo (3/19/2013)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Gambling Control Board has approved electronic bingo to help pay for the state's share of the Minnesota Vikings' new $975 million...
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Internet Sweepstake Cafes
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Back to bingo: Former cafe players try luck at old game (4/28/2013)
(Florida) -- Peg Kane is back after a two-year hiatus. But playing bingo isn't her first choice. "I'm an Internet cafe player," said Kane, 72, as she...
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Internet cafe chain leader built on a checkered bingo past (10/21/2011)
(Florida) -- Perhaps no one has fought harder to legitimize the exploding Internet sweepstakes cafe industry in Florida than Allied Veterans of the World &...
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Alabama Class II
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Former Attorney General Troy King forms company to promote bingo game (4/20/2013)
(Alabama) -- Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King, a veteran of the state's bingo wars, is now in the business of promoting a bingo game that plays something...
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OP/ED: Gambling, Bingo, and the Rule of Law (3/22/2013)
(Alabama) -- For years, Alabamians have read news articles, listened to radio talk shows, or spoken to politicians about gambling in the state. Even so, the issue seems...
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AL Gambling Ruling (11/27/2012)
(Alabama) -- Today, the Attorney General’s Office obtained a final judgment for the State of Alabama in a so-called “electronic bingo” case arising out...
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Inside the Statehouse: State’s bingo saga still playing out (11/27/2012)
(Alabama) -- It would appear that being a state legislator is an exciting and challenging experience. Some of you might think that a legislator’s average day is...
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Brighton hall's opening puts bingo back in Jefferson County (3/26/2011)
(Alabama) -- An electronic bingo hall in Brighton opened its doors to eager customers Friday, becoming the first in Jefferson County to open following a judge's...
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Mashpee Wampanoag
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Agreement between Mashpee Wampanoags, Taunton City Council would protect bingo if casino comes to town (2/23/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- Although conventional wisdom may dictate that the prospect of a casino coming to town would hurt local churches and charitable organizations that...
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Minnesota Gaming
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Rollout of high-tech bingo games is delayed (2/19/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesotans waiting for the rollout of electronic bingo games at bars and restaurants will need to wait at least another month as the Minnesota Gambling...
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Online Gaming
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The Rise of Online Bingo (2/10/2013)
(UK) -- With the rise in popularity of online gambling the days of the traditional bingo hall appear to be numbered. However, this is not to say that the game is in...
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Wampanoag Aquinnah
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Tensions Build Between Town And Tribe Over Casino Plans (1/23/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- With the deadline now past to apply for commercial casino licenses in Massachusetts, the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) said...
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Tensions Build Between Martha's Vineyard And Wampanoag Aquinnahs Over Casino Plans (1/17/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- With the deadline now past to apply for commercial casino licenses in Massachusetts, the chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) said...
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Tribe Moves to Convert Community Center to Bingo Hall (6/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- As the plan to build a resort-style casino in Southeastern Massachusetts continues to run into roadblocks, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)...
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Maryland Gaming
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Casinos Draw Business Away from Local Bingo (12/29/2012)
(Maryland) -- In the 27 months since casinos opened in Maryland, bingo halls have been suffering, with slot machines taking a bite out of gamblers' wallets, and...
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Introduction of casinos leaves Maryland’s bingo halls hurting (12/24/2012)
(Maryland) -- In the 27 months since casinos opened in Maryland, bingo halls have been suffering, with slot machines taking a bite out of gamblers’ wallets and...
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Casinos Draw Business Away from Local Bingo (12/23/2012)
(Maryland) -- In the 27 months since casinos opened in Maryland, bingo halls have been suffering, with slot machines taking a bite out of gamblers' wallets, and...
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Maryland’s commercial bingo halls are big loser in casino gambling expansion (11/18/2012)
(Maryland) -- Wayson’s Bingo was always filled with players, buzz and cigarette smoke when Miss Doris first started showing up in the 1980s.
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Ontario Gaming
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Some Brantford charities hurt by post-casino bingo closure (11/27/2012)
(Ontario) -- When Bill Sanderson discusses the OLG Casino Brantford, the frustration still inches into his voice. Sanderson is the former voluntary general manager of...
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Facebook Online
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Facebook bingo ads approved despite complaints they would appeal to children (11/3/2012)
(UK) -- Complaints that a gambling application on social networking site Facebook would appeal to children have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority.
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Foxwoods
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No sign of anger among seniors as Foxwoods CEO calls bingo (10/5/2012)
(Connecticut) -- Scott Butera, Foxwoods Resort Casino's chief executive, drove 90 minutes to get here Friday morning, arriving early for his scheduled appearance at...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Casinos may hurt bingo charities (9/23/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Each week, thousands of people across the state crowd into church halls and civic clubs hoping to yell a five-letter word that has provided a rush...
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Casinos in Massachusetts could threaten Bingo, other games by charitable organizations (8/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- On Sundays, about 100 to 150 people travel to the Ludlow Elks to play Bingo or possibly buy scratch tickets, providing the organization with its...
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Massachusetts bingo halls may face last call (9/27/2011)
(Massachusetts) -- With Beacon Hill poised to pass the sweeping new casino law, another game of chance with a long history – bingo – appears on the decline.
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With state on the cusp of casinos, bingo halls may face last call (9/26/2011)
(Massachusetts) -- With Beacon Hill poised to pass the sweeping new casino law, another game of chance with a long history – bingo – appears on the decline.
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Seminole Tribe
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Seminole Hollywood Classic has free, discounted bingo starting in June (5/21/2012)
(Florida) -- The Seminole Casino Hollywood is running a variety of bingo specials that start in June. “We have the biggest bingo jackpots and biggest payouts per...
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Zynga
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Zynga Gets Its Bingo Card In The Casino (2/2/2012)
(California) -- Zynga has launched a new game, Zynga Bingo, in its Casino suite that comprises online casual gambling games like Texas HoldEm Poker. Zynga Bingo is...
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Other News
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From bands to bingo: Green Valley Ranch opens gaming hall in place of Ovation (5/13/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Station Casinos has opened a new 400-seat bingo hall at Green Valley Ranch. Action begins at 9 a.m. and runs on the odd hours until 11 p.m., offering...
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Bingo gaming gains popularity with young people in The Heights (5/11/2013)
(Texas) -- Your grandma has never played bingo quite like this. “I’m pretty impressed with so many young people in the middle of the week playing bingo,...
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Sebastian Kitchen: Troy King remains protector of bingo (5/5/2013)
(Alabama) -- When he was the state’s attorney general, Troy King said he opposed gambling in Alabama but felt amendments to the state’s constitution might...
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Oklahoma City bingo hall 'sponsored by' group accused in Florida of fraud (4/21/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- Players spent almost $7.6 million at Bingo City, a hall in Oklahoma City, in 2010. State law does not require that any money from bingo halls actually go...
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Akwesasne casino and bingo sites merge (4/14/2013)
(New York) -- The first guests were directed by a pair of unimpressive flashing signs on Route 37, alerting drivers that the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino was straight ahead.
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How Do You Spell Hipster? It Could Be B-I-N-G-O (4/11/2013)
(Illinois) -- It was bingo night in this Chicago suburb, but the venue wasn't some church hall packed with blue-haired old ladies. Instead, mostly 30-something...
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Little support voiced for video bingo (4/6/2013)
(Louisiana) -- An ad in a local advertising publication earlier this year urging readers to contact their City Council members and express their support of electronic...
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Bingo keeps its slot at TI (4/5/2013)
(Minnesota) -- Bingo! That remains a frequent cry at Treasure Island Resort & Casino. The Prairie Island Indian Community, which owns and operates the entertainment...
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Kentucky teen banned from saying ‘bingo’ (3/24/2013)
(Kentucky) -- A Kentucky boy is in trouble for a word he yelled at a bingo hall. Eighteen-year-old Austyn Whaley yelled out the word "bingo” when he hadn'...
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Cut out bingo to keep your home, tenants told (3/19/2013)
(UK) -- A housing association was accused of "patronising" tenants after suggesting that they may have to cut back on satellite television, cigarettes, alcohol...
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Yelling bingo leads to Kentucky man's police citation (3/19/2013)
(Kentucky) -- Yelling bingo when nobody has won can get you in trouble with the law. Just ask the Kentucky man who falsely yelled “bingo” last month and was...
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Nearly 200 bingo clubs face closure due to George Osborne's latest tax hike (3/17/2013)
(UK) -- Nearly 200 bingo halls face closure because of a new £9million-a-year tax raid on their takings. Last month Chancellor George Osborne hit the ailing...
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Bingo Palace, casino join forces in Akwesasne (3/16/2013)
(Ontario) -- The Mohawk Bingo Palace recently re-opened at its new location, a new 2400 square foot building at the east end of the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino.
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Waxing nostalgic for bingo’s glory days (3/7/2013)
(British Columbia) -- On a recent raw, weekday morning, the second floor of North America’s largest, freestanding, charitable bingo operation is, shall we say,...
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Mohawk Bingo Palace moves to expanded Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort (3/7/2013)
(New York) -- The Mohawk Bingo Palace, which opened its doors over 25 years ago, has moved to the newly expanded Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort.
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Buying Into Bingo / Casinos and manufacturers benefit from the consistent popularity of the timeless game (3/5/2013)
(USA) -- It’s the game we have all played since we were children, and unlike marbles, hopscotch and kickball, bingo has followed adults to their local casino to...
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The numbers may be down, but bingo fans say it's still an entertaining social event (2/23/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- With a bright red dauber, Jenny Gormley inked a blotch over the “N 27” spot on her bingo ticket. The next number was called, and the next...
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Senior ladies in old-folks home go toe-to-toe in fight over bingo (2/19/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- It wasn't exactly an MMA tilt and the details are scanty, but Portsmouth, N.H., police were called to a seniors home Friday to deal with a fight...
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Altercation reported at bingo game (2/19/2013)
(New Hampshire) -- Two women got into a fight over the sale of beauty products during a game of bingo for seniors at Feaster Apartments on Friday, police said.
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Online bingo shows its worth at Rank (1/31/2013)
(London) -- It may lack the noisy camaraderie of a trip to the bingo hall, but the online version of the numbers game has proved more profitable for Britain's Rank...
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