Mecca Bingo are running a search to find a great mother and daughter team. The idea is that they receive nominations of truly inspirational women. Although we don’t have the exact criteria, we are guessing that they are looking for women who have shown a certain amount of self sacrifice when supporting others, be it […]
Author: Gareth
Welsh Bingo Halls Hit Hard
It’s no surprise to hear that bingo clubs have been hit by the recession. Like many other industries the halls have really been feeling the pinch brought on by the economic climate, and austerity measures. Wales in particular has been hit hard. The reasons for this may be many fold. Unemployment in Wales is high, […]
Bingo Fracas In Old Folk’s Home
Despite my constant reiteration of how safe it is to play bingo, it seems that for people above a certain age there is a tendency towards scrapping when it comes to bingo. There have been a few news articles about elderly people and bingo related violence, and the latest is again an incident concerning two […]
Big Win For Mum At Newport Castle Bingo
Most bingo players treat a session as a good excuse to get out of the house, and do a bit of socialising, as although winning the jackpot is in the back of every player’s mind, we are all well aware of the statistical probabilities when it comes to hitting full house, particularly when playing the […]
Eastbourne Deluxe Bingo Club – New Pages
Now closed, the Eastbourne Luxor Seven Bingo Club is quite an impressive building, and although no longer used for bingo, is still standing. Thanks to a regular contributor to this site, Charles S.P. Jenkins we have a new Gallery page, and Charles has also written about the history of the venue.
Bad Week For Bingo
Some people say ‘no news is good news’ and if you take that to its logical conclusion, all news is bad news (except for the cat rescued from tree ‘feel good’ story at the end of the evening news which helps us sleep better after hearing about so much misery). Well being in the world […]
Bingo And Gambling
In my trawls of the net for bingo related info I recently came across an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer that covered illicit bingo games which were being used for political ends. It turns out that local councillors were giving out free bingo cards to villagers with their names printed on the back, the […]
Lucky Start To The Year For Opera Bingo Players
I recently reported on two big wins within weeks of each other at two of Opera Bingo’s three Cumbria clubs. When this happened before, it was followed by another win at their third club, well, they do say good things come in threes. But this time, their Carlisle club didn’t follow suit, in fact there […]
The Cost Of Snow For Bingo
Click here to play at Mecca Bingo Now that the snow has cleared and looks like it will not be coming back in any big way Mecca Bingo’s owners Rank are counting the cost. Their profits for the month of January are down by 3 million pounds. The downturn in profits was not just down […]
Gala Bingo Rejoin Bingo Association
Click here to play at Gala Bingo Gala Bingo have recently rejoined the Bingo Association after a five year absence. They left in 2008, and I’m hoping that this return to the fold is a signal that bingo is going to get serious with the government over taxation issues. The Bingo Association is the main […]
