{"id":7005,"date":"2023-02-12T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:45:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:45:31","slug":"mecca-to-close-more-bingo-halls-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/mecca-to-close-more-bingo-halls-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecca to Close More Bingo Halls as Cost of Living Crisis Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"
It has been an absolutely terrible few years for The Rank Group, the company who own Mecca Bingo and the Grosvenor Casino chain.<\/p>\n
As one of the only big gambling companies mainly relying on real life products rather than online products, the pandemic really hurt them and now the cost of living crisis is kicking them while they are down.<\/p>\n
This has led to some difficult decisions for the group, who need to balance the books, and it looks like they have decided that the retail arm of Mecca Bingo is the best place to do it.<\/p>\n
After already shutting the doors on several clubs in July last year, at least four more are confirmed as closing, and who knows how many more having their future urgently discussed.<\/p>\n
Players in some areas are doing what they can to fight back and save their clubs, but will it be enough?<\/p>\n