A while back we noted that Beacon Bingo paid out a whopping £100,000 to a lucky player at their Cricklewood club. The event in November last year attracted loads of players eager to grab the in-house jackpot. There were also several four figure cash prizes in the event, so apart from the big winner there […]
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Who is Bad Betty?
You may have caught an advert on television recently that features a well-known rock tune from Ram Jam called Black Betty and be wondering what it is all about. The words to the song have been altered slightly from the original song and in the commercial are sung as Bad Betty. But who is Bad […]
Mecca Bingo Launch Star Search
It’s official, Britain is now completely singing bonkers! The Voice is back, the X Factor has never gone away, and even Stars In Their Eyes has made a comeback with Harry Hill as the new presenter, although he replaces ‘Cowell-like’ TV judge nastiness with his own brand of surreal cheekiness and japery. And not one […]
Paddy McGuinness Plays Take Me Out Bingo
You may well know that Jackpot Joy have a unique bingo game themed around the popular ITV dating show, Take Me Out. What you may not know that on Saturday night bingo was used by Paddy McGuinness to introduce the single men who are the main focus of the show. It was in January 2014 […]
Massive Gala Sell Off
Gala Bingo owners Gala Coral have eventually sold 47 of their bingo hall properties to M&G Investments in a streamlining move before flotation of the Gala Coral group on the stock exchange. There had been talk of the sale over the past year, following the sale of their Gala Casinos, however obviously with a sale […]
Bingo At The London Art Fair
Anyone who is in London on Sunday 25 January 2015 and has an interest in art or bingo should be heading over to the Henry/Bragg B.I.N.G.O event at the London Art Fair. The event which runs between 1pm and 4pm in Islington is a celebration of bingo’s place within working class culture, and promises to […]
Contagious Gaming In Chelbis Buyout
The name Chelbis might not mean a lot to the average bingo player, but there’s a good chance you’ll have played at a site using this software supplier. Chelbis is the brand that provides the software for a multitude of sites across several bingo networks. News today is that Canadian software supplier Contagious Gaming has […]
Lucky Double At Croydon Mecca Bingo
The festive season is well and truly here, it seems to start earlier every year, and if it carries on at this rate there’ll be no need to take down the Christmas tree at all! And with holiday comes added expense, so any unexpected money is more of a cause for celebration than at pretty […]
Beacon Bingo Sets House Win Record
Beacon Bingo in Cricklewood is the biggest bingo hall in Europe, and regularly pays out big prizes to its players. However, despite the obvious draw of the venue which recently had a makeover, the management are not resting on their laurels and on Sunday they set out to create a Guinness record by paying out […]
Cozy Games Favoured By Search Engines
The bingo industry is full of reviewers and bingo players who are happy to tell you what sites they love, and what sites they don’t! Generally big players such as Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and Mecca Bingo come out on top with a special place held for sites such as tombola, but if you asked a […]
