| MP BOWLED OVER BY BINGO SETTING... |
| Wednesday, 13 June 2007 | |
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but TAX PROBLEMS PERSIST... MP John Pugh met Mecca Bingo Manager Gary Taylor to discuss the taxation of Bingo and calls for fairer taxation for the Bingo industry following a barrage of postcards sent in by customers. However on arrival he was completely taken in by the unexpected charm of the interior of the old Gaumont Cinema and old Garrick Theatre on Lord St. "Bingo is not my game and when I went to Mecca Bingo on consituency business I expected to find the interior gutted with little left of the original cinema." "However many original features have been kept and even the signage o  wes more to 1950s cinema than it does to modern bingo industry. You can even play bingo from the old cinema boxes. For those who don’t usually think of Bingo as an option for a night out, it might be worth considering a works outing to see the building, imagine the past and have a bit of fun in the present. Southport Mecca is a real one off!"Bingo is taxed twice by VAT and a Gross Profit Tax unlike other forms of gamblilng and yet causes fewer gambling problems than other activities because it is social activity" The MP has joined others in protesting to the Treasury about the lack of a level playing field. |