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Electronic bingo operations in Alabama shut down

The White Hall Resort and Entertainment Center shut down its electronic bingo games so the gaming hall operators can determine whether they're in compliance with a recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling.

Bingo! In quieter Baghdad, beloved game is back

It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.

Man allegedly steals Bingo cash, punches woman

Delaware State Police arrested a 27-year-old man who allegedly punched a woman while robbing a senior center on bingo night. Police said the 27-year-old and an accomplice entered the center about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. They said the first man grabbed $1,200 in bingo money and destroyed a phone so that no one could call police.

Government retreats on tribal bingo regulation

Under pressure from Indian tribes, federal regulators announced Thursday they're retreating on attempts to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots.

Govt. Takes Aim at Indian Casino Game

Aiming to rein in the booming Indian gambling industry, the government is trying to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots.

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Hospital Food Bingo highlights joys of NHS cuisine
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Hospital food is not renowned for its ability to excite diners. But one patient, known only as Traction Man, has been making the best of a bad situation by photographing his food and posting the pictures on the internet, in a game he calls Hospital Food Bingo.

Free bingo to feature in Dragonfish network - Online Bingo News
Source: bingostreet.com

The Dragonfish online bingo network will be introducing its free bingo trial promotion across its entire network.

Your Town has Decided to Become a Nudist Colony!

Just for poops and giggles, I have decided to make a fun and somewhat entertaining poll. Your town has decided to become a nudist colony, yes, nekkid, au'natural, they have come down with Birthday Suit-itis; Oh no! What are you going to do now? Lol Enjoy People!

Gaming comes to Alabama

After arguing the issue for years, Alabama now has casino slot style gaming. Although these are classified "Electronic Bingo Parlors" make no bones about it, these are casinos filled with slot machines.

Palin Bingo - God... guns... babies... Bingo!
Source: The L.A. Times

Well, for a while there I thought the only thing that would make tonight's debate between Joe "Gaffer" Biden and Sarah "Caribou Barbie" Palin bearable would be making it a drinking game (you have to chug every time Biden says "Scranton" or Palin says "Maverick").

new fangled bingo mess
Source: daily Mountain Eagle

Some charities that have sought to be withdrawn from their association with bingo halls as well as non-profit organizations that claim they were linked to bingo without prior permission are still listed as current bingo charities in the amended lawsuit filed by District Attorney  …

Out break of Bingo-fever?

Nearly everyone knows what the game Bingo is. It comes in three different styles, 90 ball with one line, two lines, and your full house. 80 ball and 75 ball where you have to create the required pattern with the numbers on your ticket.

WWDC Bingo
Source: Ars Technica

This edition of WWDC keynote bingo presented some challenges. In the past, there's been more than enough rumor and unfounded hype to fill the board.

Biggest ever' bingo jackpot won
Source: BBC News

A grandmother has become a millionaire after scooping what is claimed to be the world's biggest bingo win. Christine Bradfield, from Bargoed in Caerphilly county, won more than £1.1m at The Castle Club in Merthyr Tydfil.

Cruella de Villa for dead Dalmatian
Source: metro.co.uk

It might look like Cruella de Vil's ideal home but the owners painted this house black and white in memory of their beloved Dalmatian. Goran Tomasic, 52, and his wife Karmen, 35, were distraught when Bingo the Dalmatian died after being hit by a car.

Can games such as bingo improve your brain power
Source: bingoplayeronline.com

According to studies of the correlation between playing bingo and intelligence and mental agility, youth and older audiences as well can gain brain cells.

Ken Burns' "Bingo": was there a KGB Connection?

Opening to the haunting strains of "There was a Farmer Had a Dog" arranged for string sextet and panpipes by Minton Warsalis, Ken Burns turns his camera toward those Lucky-Strike-stained, Lee-Press-On-nailed hands that wield those irresistible celluloid buttons in archival footag …

ABC just can't get enough of that bingo!
Source: TV Squad

I bet you thought you had seen the last of ABC's National Bingo Night. But you'd be wrong.

They Take the Bounce Out of Bowser
Source: The New York Times

FILLED with trepidation about being tied down, Mary Turner and her husband, Richard Stein, decided to put off parenthood awhile and see how they did with a dog. Ms.

NeoCon Buzzword Bingo!
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Molester blames wife's bingo habit
Source: CNN

EASTON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man who pleaded guilty to molesting two girls told a judge he did it because of his wife's excessive bingo playing. "My wife was never home," Floyd Kinney Jr. said during his plea hearing Friday.

Above the law? Shriner Treasurers' Minutes, Part 10

Disclaimer: This story contains sexually-oriented adult content which may include written references to nude adults, adults engaging in sexual acts, and other materials of a sexually-explicit nature.

Shriners Seize a Clubhouse in a Dispute Over $119,000 - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

The New York Times picks up the trail.

Under the big O: University students win sex toys playing bingo
Source: edmontonsun.com

Many starving students might play a couple of games of bingo to win money for a few boxes of Kraft Dinner - but at Toronto's Ryerson University, it's all about winning as many sex toys as possible.

Investigation shows FEMA spent millions on puppet shows, bingo, yoga
Source: -

At the Pinitos Learning Center in Boca Raton, disaster workers dressed as "Windy Biggie" and "Sunny" teach 30 preschoolers a song about how the wind is good, even during a hurricane.

Bingo is back and Prince William proves it
Source: webtwitcher.excite.co.uk

An exclusive in today's Sun newspaper reveals that the delectable (…blush…) Prince William was spotted on a Bingo night out with pals in Reading (serious contender for the UK's Chav Capital, but WebTwitcher thinks The Sun may have forgotten Croydon…).

Four women sought in beating murder of Bingo winner
Source: Toronto Star

"Yousif Youkhana walked out of the Finch Bingo Country hall $1,000 richer on Friday night. He never got the chance to enjoy his winnings.

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