Exactly what great crime is it that our faithful old bingo halls in the UK have committed to deserve such unfair treatment by the government?
With Bingo Halls dropping like flies all over the UK, forced to closure because of Big Brother government moves to apply double taxes, take away their high jackpot slot machines, and to add insult to injury, apply a smoking ban to the whole of the UK. All these measures plus the general recession has forced our traditional bingo clubs to their knees, begging for a fair chance.
The 2009 Budget revealed yesterday by the Chancellor at first seemed to be heaven-sent for Bingo Halls, when they realised that VAT was going to be dropped for Bingo. Unfortunately the Bingo gaming tax increased at the same time from 15% up to 22%, basically meaning no change.
On the other hand, the online bingo business in the UK is positively booming. Perhaps leaping off the back of the apparently doomed land-based bingo industry, and bringing the game of bingo back into the limelight, with an increasingly younger generation of bingo fans, and tons of appealing free bingo games to get your teeth into.
So what does the future hold for our grand old Bingo halls? With all the pressure from our leading UK operators including Rank and Gala Bingo, you’d expect some backing from the government, but there appears to be none. Looks like the cards are on the table, and the Bingo Halls will have to battle it out for themselves.
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