Sneaking in on Friday, just as everyone else was rushing off to seaside for the Bank Holiday weekend, The Times carried a story about the Government’s response to the calls from the Bingo industry to remove the VAT burden on Bingo. The Government have effectively robbed the Bingo industry of its most cherished and firmly […]
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Interview With Ravi Virpal – Organiser Of The 3rd Online Bingo Summit
I can’t believe how fast time’s going, the 3rd Online Bingo Summit is now less than two months away (17th and 18th June) so if been doing some sorting out this week. My room’s booked so I will there to cover things for this site. As part of the build up to the event, I […]
Minister Promises Measures To Help Bingo
The Bingo Association had its AGM yesterday, and I’ve seen the first news story to come from it, all be it a short paragraph with little detail. You can read it over at the Times, the crux of it is that the minister responsible for gambling, Gerry Sutcliffe aims in the next couple of weeks […]
Steal Or No Steal!
The story about the bingo manager who got sent to jail for stealing £31,000 from her employers does not surprise me. Although I never saw anything on a huge scale like this, I have seen instances of money being ‘borrowed’ from the staff in clubs that I have worked at. When you are working in […]
Bingo Caller Of The Year 2008 Is Go And Gala Have One As Well, Apparently…
Just a quick note to say that the National Bingo Game have added to their site the entry forms and details for entry into this year’s competition. If you’re a regular Bingo Caller at a club that’s a member of the NBGA, and fancy your chances in the competition, you should be able to pick […]
Bingo Exemption For ASBO Man
I’m not quite sure where to file this one, it could go under ‘proof that young males like Bingo’ or ‘vague Bingo connected news story’ or even ‘loony laws’ but it was so surprising that I thought it was worth a mention. Not only me, but both the Telegraph and the BBC thought it worthy […]
Deluxe Bingo Gets Slap On Wrist For Misleading Advertising
Ever since the new Gambling Commission regulations on advertising came into force, I’ve been following the rulings at the Advertising Standard Agency. I follow them as much because I enjoy seeing the sorts of things advertisers get told off with as anything to do with Bingo. Today though a new batch of rulings came down […]
Regional Finals: Well Done Andrew
Well Gala’s (thats Gala’s…….not the NBGA!!!!!) caller of the year regional finals have been completed and a big well done to one of my former relief callers, Andrew who scooped the prize for the south-east region. There are 11 regions in the Gala company so Andrew will be faced with 10 other regional finalists in […]
Bingo’s Appeal Growing To Younger Generations
One of the constant things I’ve tried to hammer home on this site is the game of Bingo is widely appealing beyond its stereotypical image and perceived target group. It’s heartening to see in The Herald’s article that to a degree, confirms my assertions. There are a few striking things about the piece on the […]
Another Bingo Hall Lost To Fire
Just a snippet, I spotted news from icRenfrewshire earlier of a major fire at a former Bingo hall in Barrhead. I’m not quite sure when the club shut, but according to the report, The Central Bingo and Social Club had opened in 1970s prior to being a cinema built in the 1930s. Every time one […]
