NACTV bingo back
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- Published on Thursday, October 22, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Reports of Bigger Bingo鈥檚 death have been greatly exaggerated. After a week off the air, NACTV鈥檚 Bigger Bingo will be back next week, with some changes.
NACTV board chair Ivan Traill explained that that despite reports to the contrary, the bingo isn鈥檛 under investigation by 水果视频 Liquor and Lotteries.
As of print deadline, the Bigger Bingo website, which is no longer controlled by NACTV, read, 鈥淏igger Bingo has been suspended from airing on CJ Radio due to non-compliance with licensing requirements of the Liquor and Gaming Authority of 水果视频.鈥� The website is owned by 83 North Inc., with CJ Radio owner Bill Gade listed as the contact.
A representative from the Liquor and Gaming Authority of 水果视频 (LGA) confirmed to the Banner that they never suspended the Bigger Bingo license and that there have been no compliance issues.
Traill said that they finally got confirmation from LGA that they could proceed with bingo on Tuesday afternoon, but by then, it was too late to run the bingo that night. Traill explained that with the prize pots sitting at $8,000, they felt it would be unfair to run it after many players had already returned their cards for a refund.
For next week鈥檚 bingo, players can use cards from either this week or next. Those who purchased cards for this week鈥檚 bingo can also return their cards for a refund if they don鈥檛 want to play them next week.
Traill explained that there will be some changes going forward, mostly notably that bingo will no longer be aired on the radio. It will still be broadcast on Bell, MTS and locally on Westman Cable and over the air. There will also be some changes to the ticket distribution area, most notably, cuts to availability in the Interlake.
Overall, the changes will bring Bingo back to what it was originally. 鈥淚t will be as it was started to be,鈥� said Traill.
Correction on Oct 23, 2015: Corrected the name of the Liquor and Gaming Authority of 水果视频.
