Gala Bingo's Cambridge Hall to Shutter

4/28/2009 by Gaming Industry Media Staff

According to Cambridge News Online, the smoking ban and a spike in taxes were factors in the United Kingdom hall closure.

Gala Coral Group is set to close its Gala Bingo hall in Cambridge on May 25.

According to Cambridge News Online, the smoking ban and a spike in taxes were factors in the United Kingdom hall closure.

"We hope to find jobs within the company for the 12 staff and manager," a company spokesperson was quoted by the newspaper as saying. "It is an old-style casino, and it has now been sold to a property developer."

Last week U.K. bingo operators were blindsided by a tax hike that raised bingo gaming duty from 15 to 22 percent.