I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all Playing Bingo readers a happy 2008. I’ve been unable to attend to the site the last couple of weeks as I have had to move house, decorate a new house, do all the family festive stuff and take time out for a family funeral and a […]
Author: David
Duke Chasing Rank
There’s been more movement in the chase for Mecca the last couple of weeks that I’ve yet to catch up with. Just before Christmas, the private equity group Duke Street Capital made an offer to buy Rank. Speculation about a take over at Rank continues, and Duke Street Capital join the list of parties associated […]
Bingo Louts Set Booby Traps
News from Surrey about a shocking attack on a Bingo night by local bored youths. The charity event at the church hall in Smallfield was attended by 50 players, including a OAPs and children. A gang of local thugs ruined the night by turning it into a night of fear. They even tried to booby-trap […]
Stop The Press – Positive Smoking Ban News Event
The Belfast Telegraph run a piece today that made me smile, given all the recent bad news and dismay in the industry it’s nice to recall the happy side (for non smokers like myself anyway) of the smoking ban. They’ve reported that in a recent survey of its members 87% of them thought the ban […]
Gala Coral Profits Raise And No Club Closures Expected
News from the FT that Gala Coral have seen a profit rise in its last year of trading. The rises come on the last trading year up to September 2007, so the changes brought in to by the 2005 Gambling Act affecting gaming machines won’t real have bitten in much with this report, but it […]
Rank Scraps Share Dividend
As I mentioned earlier, Rank issued a trading report today that has seen their recent problems continue. Sales and admissions are down, and the near future is described as “challenging.” Share prices dropped slightly, but given the speculation that continues about a take over of the company, the drop was comparatively small given the bad […]
UK Property Developer Gets Share Of Rank
More shares news from Rank, over the weekend it was reported that Richardsons Capital had built up a 9.3% stake in the company. The UK company specialise in property development and has traded in the CFDs rather than actual shares. The FT reports that the company director Lee Richardson considers the company grossly undervalued. A […]
Which Bingo’s 2007 Online Bingo Awards
It’s that time of year, Which Bingo has launched their 2007 online bingo awards. Alongside the international award, there’s also the second UK only award. Which Bingo’s Phil Fraser says of them: “There are some really great bingo sites out there doing a fantastic job. Once a year, Bingo players have a forum to register […]
Brett’s Corner – Bingo Caller Of The Year Final 2007
Brett’s November column has gone up – we can forgive him for being a bit late with this one as his November was pretty hectic. Why? Well, Brett was on the panel of judges for the Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007. Brett held off an earlier piece to give us a nice round up […]
Malaysian Group Get 10% Share In Rank
News and speculation around Rank continues to grow as the Times reports on a secretive share buy out by the Malaysian group Genting. Genting already have a stake in a number of UK leisure businesses, and their 10% stake in Rank is considered to put them in a place to defend against a take over […]
