It seems there is no stopping the decline of UK online bingo as yet another bingo hall will close. The Camberwell Bingo Club in Camberwell Road will close on February 21, operators Gala Bingo announced on Friday. The club will be sold to a private bidder and will not be used as a bingo hall in the future, a spokeswoman for Gala Bingo told the South London Press.

She said Government taxes of 20 per cent on bingo hall profits had contributed to its closure.

Dozens of staff could be forced to look elsewhere for work once the hall closes.