Bingo News:

Air in bingo halls full of toxins, report says  Secondhand smoke makes the air inside bingo halls unsafe to breathe, according to a new report. Bingo hall pollution measured 13 times higher than other hospitality venues. Bingo is lucrative for the high school booster clubs who raise money for sports, cheerleading and marching bands. But bingo workers and bingo players are exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke, the report found.

Know your UK Bingo calls  Bingo has a long tradition in the UK, with nicknames or rhyming calls for all the numbers, from 1 to 90, which date back to the 1950s. Here is the lowdown on bingo calls to help you decipher the jargon.

Gunmen steal night's proceeds, 2 purses at Denton Bingo Hall Two masked men brandishing pistols walked into the Denton Bingo Hall just after closing Tuesday night and carried out a businesslike robbery that garnered the night's proceeds and two women's purses. "I don't want to compliment them, but they knew what they were doing," customer Judy Good said. "They did it quickly and with very little said. "The danger was very much there," she added. "Thank goodness nobody got hurt."   more

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