Innuendo Bingo is played on the Scott Mills Radio 1 show and you only have to take a look on You Tube to see a whole host of celebrities getting soaked. On 5th May Scott tweeted “Loving that Australian radio stations have ripped off Innuendo Bingo with no shame. Haven’t even changed the name!” A […]
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Playing Bingo Commissions Bingo Photographer
Playing Bingo have commissioned photographer Michael Hess to photograph more bingo halls in the UK. We already have some of his photographs, but, we loved them so much we decided to commission him to take some more. The original photographs were from his book Bingo And Social Club which was published in 2010, and was […]
Ukash / PayPoint Deal – What It Means For Bingo Players
When it comes to funding your online bingo account many sites offer you the opportunity to use Ukash as a payment option. Using Ukash means that you do not have to enter your financial details, simply enter a voucher code and the money is instantly available. Purchasing Ukash vouchers can be done at any shop […]
New Club Pages Added
Being as it is Spring, we’ve decided to do a bit of spring cleaning on the site, which has meant creating some new Lost Halls pages to replace the Club Pages of halls that have closed down over the years. It is always sad to find out a club has closed, but, the good news […]
Mecca Bingo’s Search For Inspirational Women
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 […]
Woman Jailed For Stealing To Fund Online Bingo Obsession
A woman from Stoke on Trent has been jailed for twenty months after admitting stealing £73,000 from her employer to fund an online bingo obsession. Between 2009 and late 2011, Elizabeth Sutton embezzled £73,000 from the company, siphoning off money intended to settle debt into her own bank accounts and then using the money to […]
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 […]
Speed Bingo For Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce is a name that many of you will be familiar with now, although only because she was recently jailed for perverting the course of justice. However, hers is not a name you would usually associate with bingo but according to The Sun newspaper, it’s eyes down and East Sutton Park Prison on Maidstone, […]
Short Story Competition Winners And A New Poetry Competition
I’m pleased to announce that we have our winners for our first ever Short Story Competition. We opened the competition back in the spring of 2012, in which time we received 174 qualifying entries, on a range of bingo related subjects. The stories covered a range of styles and ideas including humour, horror, raunch, romance […]
