Can't Afford New Bingo Equipment? Why Not Lease?

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Wholesale Bingo Supplies is proud to announce the addition of financing options for the purchase of all of our advanced bingo equipment. This will allow your organization that has been operating for at least two years and meets our qualifications, to obtain the latest in bingo equipment for your bingo without having to provide a [...]

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Greektown Casino Allowed to Continue Reorganization

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Michigan gaming regulators today allowed Greektown Casino to continue executing a business reorganization plan aimed at improving the financial health of the casino during Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) voted not to force a sale of Greektown Casino at this time. Instead, the regulators voted to give the casino time [...]

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Michigan Gaming Control Board Employee Suspended

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A Michigan Gaming Control Board employee who recently sued state agencies has been suspended with pay. Patrick Devlin last week sued Attorney General Mike Cox, saying Indian casinos should be forced to get liquor licenses. Devlin also sued the gaming control board and other state departments. That suit questions gaming control board hiring practices, including [...]

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Shipping Bingo Supplies to Canada Provides a Learning Experience

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We admit it. We screwed up. Rarily in the past two decades in the bingo business had we shipped bingo supplies to Canada. However, with an increase in our online marketing presence, we began shipping more bingo supplies to Canada over the last 30 days. People in Canada would call for us for a quote [...]

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How to Hold a Successful Bingo Fundraiser

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We’ve compiled all of our Wholesale Bingo Supplies blog posts on “How to Manage a Bingo Event” into one easy-to-read squidoo page called How to Hold a Successful Bingo Fundraiser. This link can also be found “Squidoo Lenses” section on the left hand side of the page.

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Bingo Machines Can Continue in California

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Bingo halls across the state can keep using hundreds of lucrative electronic bingo machines that state Attorney General Jerry Brown has deemed illegal, after a federal judge on Thursday signed a temporary restraining order to halt a state crackdown on the devices. Following a hearing Thursday in Sacramento, district court Judge John A. Mendez ruled [...]

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Greektown Casino Anticipates Loss

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DETROIT — Greektown Casino is expected to lose $15.9 million this year as its bottom line absorbs $13.5 million in bankruptcy restructuring costs and $51 million in loan interest payments, a financial adviser for the troubled gambling facility told a state panel Thursday. “Most of this loss is related to the bankruptcy restructuring costs,” Charles [...]

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Researchers Say Expect New Drugs to Treat Aging. Does This Mean Bingo Players Can Keep Playing For Decades?

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Interesting article on the medical breakthroughs happening with aging. Perhaps today’s older bingo players can keep playing for decades or more. NEW YORK — Is 90 the new 50? Not yet, aging researchers say, but medical breakthroughs to significantly extend life and ease the ailments of getting older are closer than many people think. Harvard [...]

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While Bingos Slip, Some Casinos Doing Well

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SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Despite major increases in transportation costs for consumers, a struggling Michigan economy, and reports of casinos in other market segments of Michigan struggling, Kewadin Casinos posted increases in gaming revenue during the month of May. Net slot revenue at all five casinos combined, finished up $909,138 or 11.4 percent for [...]

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More on the Greektown Casino.

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DETROIT — Lawyers for the financially troubled Greektown Casino asked a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday to approve a $44.9 million emergency loan that will keep the gambling hall’s construction of an expanded gaming floor and 400-room resort-style hotel from grinding to a halt. Greektown pleaded its case during a hearing before U.S. District Court Bankruptcy [...]

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