The Rank group which operates the UK’s second largest bingo chain, Mecca Bingo has released a statement saying that a the VAT and Duties tribunal has accepted its application for a ₤36.3 million tax refund after it found that the game was unfairly taxed.  According to the decision, European Union law is being violated by charging VAT on certain kinds of interval bingo, interval bingo is played between the main bingo sessions in UK clubs.  The UK government is more than likely going to appeal this ruling though. (more…)

Bingo for Breakthrough is a national campaign that is supported by the National Bingo Game Association and its sister organisation the Bingo Association to support the breast cancer cause. This event takes place every year and more than four hundred bingo clubs nationwide dedicate a full week to the cause by playing games to win pink teddies and various other fund raising activities. Traditionally Bingo for Breakthrough takes place in October and this year is it scheduled to take place from Sunday 19^th – 25^th October 2008.

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The Mecca Bingo online site is again hosting its Pennies Promotion, every Wednesday in April, online bingo players will be given the opportunity of playing for pennies between 12 and 8pm. The games are available in some of the bingo rooms and the prize money is ₤25. This is very good value for money as you can get one hundred tickets for a pound. (more…)

Now bingo players can make a Mecca Difference in the lives of some deserving children.

Mecca Bingo is preparing to launch a new campaign focusing on charity. Big Heart Bingo will not be left alone in the giving community. Now the “Mecca Wheel Difference” will combine the efforts of Mecca bingo and a company called “Whizz-Kidz” to focus on providing wheelchairs and other mobility equipment to children who would not otherwise have access to them.

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The new National Bingo game is really on a roll and it seems that it is becoming easier for more people to win. Since the introduction of the game last month there have bee some really big winners and this seventy-five year old Islington woman is no exception.

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There is a special at Mecca Bingo this week, November 19th through November 25th. Players may get lucky and win a chance to see Ginger, Baby, Posh, Scary and Sporty in their new comeback concert tour.

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Jean McCullagh was the second big winner in the new bingo game - Big N game. She attended the game with her sister-in-laws, Rose and Jessie McCullagh.

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The state of bingo in the UK is not good. Ian Burke, chief executive of Rank Group (Mecca Bingo), is warning that the bingo industry is on the verge of collapse.

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