The Manchester Evening News has a piece of the Bingo caller Charlie Walduck. His story is pretty remarkable. With a little help from This Morning’s Dr Chris Steel and a whole lot of walking, the formally overweight caller was able to shed a massive 30 stone of weight. Now he’s helping to spread the message […]
Author: David
Summer Rain Clouds Have Bingo Silver Lining
With all the doom and gloom forecast ahead of the Smoking Ban, it’s good to see the game surviving and thriving. There seems to be lot in the press about the growth of the game recently. It’s too early to see the impact that the much heralded 2005 Gambling Act will bring to the game’s […]
More Bingo Millionaires In The Pipeline
It seems like the Bingo world is going big money bonkers at the minute. We’ve just had the Kerchingo game from Gala Bingo, which created the UK’s first online bingo millionaire. There’s been an alternative multi site pooled million pound prize floating around before that, despite being what I feel is less than honest about […]
Brett’s Corner – Behind The Scenes At Gala TV
Following on from the talk of million pound Bingo prizes, Brett’s newest columns has just gone up featuring a look at the night that Gala TV called the numbers on Kerchingo game. Brett also runs through the tough work involved in calling the numbers on the UK’s first Bingo channel and his brushes with celebrities. […]
Online Bingo Site White List And Advertsing Ban Information For UK Bingo Sites
We’ve covered the confusion surrounding the up and coming implementation of the Gambling Act 2005 and the related online bingo advertising ban before. Things are becoming clearer for sites like Playing Bingo and our relationship to the ban. Given the ban starts on September the 1st, I know there’s still a lot of people out […]
Unfortunate Times For Bingo Callers
I’ve spotted a couple of stories in the news the last week featuring Bingo callers. Unfortunately, both the stories were a bit short in the good news stakes. First up, news that Mecca Bingo caller Ricky Denton failed in his bid to become a boot camp attendee when he failed to impress the X Factor […]
Long Eaton Loses Out On New Riva Hall
Riva Gaming’s plans for a new Bingo hall in the Derbyshire town of Long Eaton have hit a road block when the local council rejected the proposal. Their plan to spend £2m turning the disused Co-op supermarket on the town’s High Street was rejected as the council felt it would take up to much space […]
Lucky Escape For Pensioners In Bingo Arson Attack
It’s been a while since we’ve carried news of criminal activity being targeted at Bingo players, but unfortunately, we have to report of a dreadful arson attack that could have very easily cost the lives of 20 elderly fans of the game. Belfast Today covered the attack which happened last Thursday at the Skipperstone Community […]
Early August Round Up
Well, been busy with a few more holiday things, and a few stories have slipped under my posting radar. Without further ado here’s a quick round up on the interesting stories from the last week. First up, not long after Gala’s Kerchingo created the first online bingo millionaire – there’s news of another massive jackpot […]
Cashcade Buys Think Bingo And Herotech
News from Online Bingo that Cashcade – the company behind the fast growing Foxy and Get Minted Bingo have been expanding their portfolio. The company has bought up the Think Bingo network, consisting of Think Bingo, and Bingo Scotland. They’ve also purchased Herotech – the company responsible for Online Bingo and free Bingo site Bingo4Free. […]
