The Bingo Association posted yesterday that it was impatient at the lack of a response from the Government. It’s been more than 50 days since to the Minister for Sport’s promises of good news for the industry with regards to change the limits of £500 jackpot slots allowed in Bingo clubs. Their protestations might just […]
Author: David
Big News Roundup – Closures, SkyBingo, Gala TV, Rank And Callers Competition
With the Online Bingo Summit this week, and the run-up to it previously, I’ve let lots of little stories slide under the radar and go unmentioned. So, to right that wrong, here’s a bit of a headline blast for you. First up I wanted to flag a couple of Bingo hall closures, which as you […]
2008 Online Bingo Awards – The Results
I’m just relaxing now after two hectic days at the 3rd Online Bingo Summit in London. I’ve not had a chance to stop since the event began, so I thought I’d quickly catch up with a post about the 1st Online Bingo Awards, which were presented last night as a part of the summit. The […]
2008 Bingo Caller Of The Year Competition Cancelled
Why do these big stories always come when I’m away on my flaky internet connection? Luckily Brett was in there getting the story up in my stead over on his blog. My heart sank when I saw the headline earlier, but due to what the National Bingo Game Association calls ‘considerable challenges’, the 2008 Bingo […]
£600 Million Spent On Online Bingo In The UK?
The online bingo comparison site Bingo Port has released an interesting set of figures around the sales of online bingo tickets in the UK. They’ve set about researching the UK Bingo market, an area where there’s few definite figures that quantify the size of the market, with the aim of finding out how much the […]
A Review Of ITV’s Bingo Night Live
Well, I tuned in to see the ITV’s Bingo Night Live, and I thought I would do a bit of a review of the whole set up and the programme. The show is the first completely free UK TV Bingo show, viewers can participate by printing off cards or playing online with the chance to […]
Parlay Bingo To Start Its Own European Network
Interesting news from the online bingo software provider Parlay today. They’ve announced that they’re teaming up with online games and admin company Chartwell to launch a new online bingo network in Europe, based out of Malta. The joint project will go under the name of Bingo Nexus. There’s no news as of yet of what […]
The Beginning Of The End For No Deposit Sign Up Bonuses?
You might not have noticed it, but June the 1st marked the end of a long standing free sign-up offer at Foxy Bingo. Previously new players signing up at Foxy Bingo gained £10 of free games to try the site out with, in the hope of enticing them to stay on at the site and […]
ITV’s Bingo Night Live Starts On The 4th June
It feels like ages ago I first mentioned that Bingo Night Live was coming to the UK, but finally the show airs for the first time on Wednesday the 4th of June. Initially there was little detail about the programme’s format, but according to What’s On TV’s feature on it, the UK show does sound […]
William Hill Bingo TV Advert Banned By ASA
William Hill Bingo’s new TV campaign is making waves for all the wrong reasons. A number of complaints were made to the Advertising Standards Authority about their TV advert which depicted a wife altering the clock in the kitchen to get her husband out earlier so she could play Bingo. According to the ASA’s report, […]
