26-Aug-06. Ban may choke bingo cash. Calgary Sun, 10.

Some Calgary charities are predicting that the city’s January 2007 smoking ban will negatively impact their revenues from bingo operations. In Edmonton, bingo profits for charities dropped 53 per cent in the year after the city smoking ban started in July, 2005. According to Dana Russell, manager of the North Glenmore Park Community Hall, a drop in bingo revenues is a sign of the times due to competition from casinos and VLTs.