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Paypal For Internet Bingo Players
Paypal is the worlds largest processor of online payments and has over 160 million accounts worldwide and Paypal accepts 17 currencies. Account holders can make online purchases, send money transfers and in Europe account holders can use Paypal to fund internet bingo and other online gambling accounts. In 2006 Paypal stopped allowing account holders to fund online gambling accounts because of the puritanical anti gambling stance of the United States. Last year Paypal decided to drop its anti gambling stance and now actively participates in the UK and European gambling sector. Paypal is probably the most trusted and popular ewallet service and has a well deserved reputation for fast efficient service. Unfortunately at the present time US bingo players are effectively prevented from using this popular ewallet service. Paypal offers protection for both buyers and sellers and has many security features to prevent fraud. In Europe Paypal is registered as a bank in Luxembourg and is regulated by the Luxembourg bank authority and consumers are well protected.
Paypal is extremely popular with UK internet bingo players. Most of the top names in online bingo accept Paypal including, Ladbrokes, 888 ladies bingo, Paddy Power and many more popular internet bingo websites. There are several websites that list all of the internet bingo sites that accept Paypal. Paypal users can take advantage of all the player perks offered by internet bingo sites. In the UK bingo providers are engaged in fierce competition to attract players and this has resulted in bigger bingo bonuses. Bingo sign up and deposit bonuses can easily double or triple a deposit. Although these bonuses cannot be withdrawn from a players account they can be used to stretch those hard earned bingo pounds or Euros.
In 2008 many US bingo players hoped that the incoming Obama administration would undo anti gambling legislation passed in 2006. A bill was prepared by Representative Barney Frank but the global recession was in full swing and legalizing online gambling was not a high priority for the US government. EBay, which bought Paypal, initially supported the anti gambling legislation but reversed course last year and allowed Europeans to fund online bingo, poker and other gambling related accounts. The move has been highly successful for Paypal. Should the US ever re legalize online gaming most industry experts say Paypal would acquire millions of new accounts overnight. Paypal is following the lead of many online companies that have softened their stance towards the internet gaming industry.
UK National Lottery Funding Film Production
UK National Lottery Funding Film Production
Lottery revenues fund a wide variety of government services. In the US most states with lotteries use the money generated by lottery revenue for education and some states use lottery money for a wide variety of social services. The amount of money lotteries would make available to education was used as a selling point to gain voter and legislative approval for the implementation of state lotteries. On the other side of the Atlantic the UK National lottery funds a wide variety of government services. The ‘Big Lottery Fund’ has been used for a wide variety of interesting and unusual purposes. The ‘Heroes Return’ program funded by the Big Lottery Fund finances visits by World War Two veterans to former battlefields. Veterans can apply for grants ranging from £150 ($233 USD) to £5,500 ($8,570 USD) to visit the places where they fought so bravely so long ago. Veterans can be accompanied by a spouse or care giver.
In addition to this great program the UK National Lottery also funds the UK Film Council and provides £17 million pounds ($24,493,851 USD) for the production of new films. The Development Fund receives £12 million pounds from the UK National Lottery to be used over a period of three years. The fund aids filmmakers of all experience levels to develop their ideas into viable films. There are two fund programs; one for novice filmmakers and one for experienced established filmmakers.
The ‘New Cinema Fund’ is provided with £15 million pounds ($23,375,029 USD) of lottery money to be invested over a period of three years and helps both novice and established filmmakers working outside the mainstream. The fund is committed to funding the work of minority filmmakers and supports the production of eight to ten feature films a year and over 100 short films every year. The fund has supported the production of award winning films such as ‘Man on Wire’ which won an Academy Award and several films that have won awards at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals.
The ‘Premiere Fund’ invests £8 million pounds ($12,467,816 USD) a year for the production of mainstream commercially viable films for global audiences. The UK National Lottery is probable the only lottery finding the production of films. The funds give budding filmmakers the funding to bring their ideas to the big screen and have launched several careers. Every time someone purchases a ticket for the UK National Lottery they could be helping to fund this year’s blockbuster film!