A few months ago, the Osage Nation Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa decided to revive bingo in the city. “We turn a modest profit, but we mainly brought it back to make use of our event center when we're not using it. We also considered the social aspect of it”, Osage Nation Chief Jim Gray said.
According to Byron Bighorse, special events manager for the casino, bingo games, which are played from Sunday to Thursday nights, attract between 200 to 400 players a night. "Usually, our best nights are Sunday, but don't let the setting fool you, these little ladies are serious about their bingo", Bighorse added.

In the bingo Don Pelayo of Barcelona they don’t want to see what happens with the Tobacco law so they have set everything ready. The interior managers, Javier Masana and Marta Villalonga have integrated the 300 m2 (the maximum according to law) of the compartmented zone for smokers in the venue’s decoration.

“We have spent a lot of money in quality glassware that doesn’t give the feeling of isolation”, explains Graciela Betolin, the manager of this and another five Spanish bingos that, she assures, also respect the norm.

The best bingo callers from Northeastern Britain are competing this week to find out who is the best Bingo Caller in the country. The winner of the £250 jackpot will represent the North-East in the finals of the National Bingo Caller of the Year contest that will take place in November.

The Mecca Bingo in Hartlepool Marina will host the event in which the best bingo callers of the North-East will show their abilities and try to convince the jury that no one else can shout “legs 11” as they do.

During the celebration of the anniversary of Seniat, Simón Antonio Ramírez, the manager of internal tributes of the central region, informed that they are waiting for the approval of the new law for bingos and casinos that is now in the National Assembly.

“Very soon the law will be sanctioned and once it happens, we will do whatever it takes in taxation terms in order for the obligatory taxes to be cancelled”, he commented.

The Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Menomonee Valley, Milwakee started this week its $240 million expansion. 500,000 square-feet of entertainment space will be added as well as a six-story parking garage. The complex is due to open in 2008.

“This provides a little bit more in terms of revenue in the city and I think this makes this a more desirable place to live,” John Hawkings of Potawatomi Bingo Casino said. He also said that the expansion would include two restaurants, a new lounge, 1,500 new slot machines and 100 gaming tables.

Before the robbery took place, a video surveillance camera caught the robber seated at the St. Mathew Catholic Church in Hallandale Beach. Afterwards, he robbed, at gunpoint, the lady that was counting the money.

The man stood up, looked around and walked into the bingo area, pulled a gun and asked the volunteer for the money. As the robbery took place, almost 80 elderly bingo players continued their game in the other room.

Bingos Bahia Blanca, an investor group that already operates chance games in Buenos Aires, has bought the first bid sheet for the construction of three hotels with casino, where the key one is the five-star hotel Gran San Juan.

Last week, the company paid the 25,000 pesos that the bid sheet costs, the Governor assured that there are at least another four groups that are calling from all over the country. Mostly, the interest comes from the fact that this is the first hotel construction license granting with the authorization to operate chance games.

An armed gang robbed Gala Bingo in Eastern Road, Brighton, earlier this week. Three masked-men burst into the bingo parlor, armed with knifes and a pistol, and proceeded to take the contents of the safe in front of 40 astonished players.

A Sussex police officer said that the robbery was very quick and took place in only a few minutes. It was a very traumatic experience, not only for the staff but for the costumers as well, because the robbers threaten them all the time.

A young man, 28, was arrested after pretending he was kidnapped and claiming 10K Argentinean pesos (USD 3000) in ransom. This was the fourth time he pretended to be kidnapped since 2003.

Last Monday, as he leaved his work at a pizza place, after receiving his monthly pay, he went directly to a bingo parlor in Avellaneda and lost every dime. Desperate he called his family, distorting his voice, and asking his family for a ransom.

Tracy Stanhoff, Prairie Band Potawatomi National Tribal Chairwoman, confirmed that the Tribe would hold a town-hall meeting in Shabbona to explain their plans concerning the 128 acres of land they recently purchased outside of town.

“While a “Las Vegas-style” casino on the land is not one of the options being considered, a bingo parlor is”, Stanhoff added. “Next week's meeting is likely to happen at the Indian Oaks Country Club in Shabbona.”