I spotted the news story early last week about the closure of the Regent Bingo in Deal, Kent. The club is an independently run one, and has been in the Bingo business since the mid 60s and remarkably, run by the same person since its opening. The club’s managing director Robin Bloom blames the smoking […]
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Gala Launch Mrs Obama’s Online Bingo
I saw this story on the wires earlier, and I have to admit, it made me chuckle a bit. Fair play to Gala Bingo on this one, it’s a great little promotion to tie in with the inauguration of Barack Obama next week, and it’s also helping charity as well. Gala have enlisted the help […]
Best Online Bingo Sites 2008?
Firstly, belated Happy New Year to all Playing Bingo readers out there. Been as it’s January, it must be time for my annual rant about Which Bingo’s Online Bingo Awards. It’s ironic that they’ve dubbed themselves the ‘Online Bingo Oscars‘ as frankly the awards are as crooked and pointless as the trumped up Hollywood centric […]
Bingo News – Buckingham & Riva Bingo To Merge, St Minver Jackpot Mess Up
A couple of stories that have landed in my inbox the last week, both of which featured on a new site called Bingo News. Credit where it’s due, I only spotted this site the last few weeks, but it’s been proving itself a useful resource for information on the world of Bingo. If you like […]
Seasonal Stories Round Up
Well, I’ve been caught up in all the fun and games the season has to offer, and let a few stories slip. Rather than go into depth, here’s a quick round up and links to further information on a few stories that caught my eye over the last couple of weeks. First up, another case […]
Small improvements for Mecca Bingo
Following on from Gala’s recent news of slight improvements in its Bingo business, there’s more cautiously good news from their biggest rival, Mecca Bingo. The Times reports that trading has been up slightly for Mecca, who’ve seen a rise in their like-for-like sales of 1%. It appears that maybe the bottom of the barrel has […]
Gala Coral Down, But Bingo Improving
There’s been a couple of news stories this week around Gala Bingo’s financial status, or rather the status of the parent company Gala Coral. The private equity backed company has been suffering along with others in the industry, especially in its retail casino business. According to the Guardian the company’s debt rose to £4.4 billion, […]
ITV’s Bingo Night Live Cancelled
At the weekend, the 5 month old ITV Bingo Night Live ended with the last standing £25,000 jackpot being given away to the winner of the final house game. The Bingo Night Live website says this was the end of the series, which to me implies the show is coming back. However, there’s news from […]
New History Piece Added – The York Clifton
Just a quick note for the history fans out there, Ian Grundy has returned with another Bingo hall history piece for the site, illustrated with his photographs. This time Ian has given us an insight into am independently run hall – The Clifton Bingo Club in York. He covers the building’s early history as a […]
Gala Coral Jobs Go In Restructuring
The Times had a report on some major changes at Gala Coral. The private equity company behind Gala Bingo are restructuring to improve their financial position and shedding up to 200 jobs as a part of the process. The move will see their five divisions cut down and rejigged to 3 – gaming, retail betting […]
