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Bingo player 'very upset' after being handed lifetime ban by Essex bingo club

Summary by Ground News

Maureen Potticary, of Colchester, has been a member at Buzz Bingo for five and a half years. The 52-year-old uses her passion as a way to socialise and spends most of her days - sometimes for as long as ten hours - in the gambling venue along with her friends. During a recent visit, Maureen decided to have a couple of alcoholic drinks – something she says never usually does. Days later she received a letter telling her she had been banned for a year due to her apparently behaving in an “inappropriate manner” towards staff. After disputing the allegation, she was sent another letter stating a decision had been made to close her account “indefinitely�

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