A number of pensioners have spoken out with regards to the fact that the UK Government taxes bingo unfairly and this is having an impact on the closure of land-based bingo clubs, but a Great Grandmother from Workington has really taken the Bingo Associations “Stop Destroying My Bingo” campaign seriously. In just three days Lillian Coid collected more than 600 signatures for the campaign from players at the Workington Opera Hall.
Mrs. Coid said that she has seen a definite drop in the attendance of people at her bingo club and puts this down to the fact that playing bingo is expensive now. Everything in a bingo club is taxed at 17.5% VAT, and the bingo club also has to pay 15% Gross Profit Tax, while other gambling concerns only pay the 15% GPT.
Mrs. Coid says that she doesn’t think that the club will be closed, but there is a definite change, she has her dog that she can walk, but not much else to do and bingo is very important to her. She knows all the staff and all the people who go there and she even helps to clear the tables after the bingo sessions, it keeps her active.
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