Gala to Pull out of UK National Bingo Game - 05-22-08

May 22 - The UK National Bingo Game, which has become synonymous with big wins across the country and is eagerly played by thousands of players each week, will be pulled from up to one third of the bingo rooms following an announcement by Gala Bingo.

The company has said that, effective August of this year, it would not be offering the UK National Bingo Game, despite the fact that the game is such a popular offering at bingo rooms.

It is thought that Gala Bingo wants to concentrate more on offering its own bingo jackpot game, which is now allowed under new legislation.

The announcement is a bad blow to the UK National Bingo Game, which will find it difficult to offer top jackpot prizes if one third of the country's bingo rooms do not contribute to its funding.

Smaller jackpots will, in turn, affect some of the United Kingdom's smaller bingo rooms which would be unable to compete with the larger companies in the industry such as Gala and Mecca Bingo.

Industry experts predict that an even larger number of bingo rooms will be forced to close down in an already plummeting market that has been badly affected by the government's double-taxation policy that only applies to the bingo industry, as well as the recent smoking ban in public places.

Since its launch in 1986, the UK National Bingo Game, which is linked through a computer system to bingo clubs around the country, has paid out 1 billion GBP in prizes, and over 1 million GBP is played for each week by players hoping to win with lucky numbers.

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