Following the news from Mecca yesterday of the planned closure of 9 Bingo halls, Get Reading have an article on the closure of the Reading Mecca Bingo. Readers may recall the club has a royal member on its books, as Prince William played there back in October 2006. The club is set to close its […]
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Woolworths Bingo – The Latest High Street Brand
As predicted back at the start of the year, the growth of the branded Bingo offering continues. Woolworths have become the latest in a line of non-gaming related retailers to offer an online bingo solution. In this case it’s powered by St Minver, who are increasingly becoming the white label Bingo network the big brands […]
Mecca Bingo To Close Nine Halls
It seems the England and Wales smoking ban is already starting to bite at Mecca Bingo. The company has announced the closure of nine Bingo halls around the UK today. Clubs in Fulham, Islington, Kingston-upon-Hull, Liverpool, Reading, Sheffield, Swansea, Welling and Wolverhampton have all been earmarked to be closed and 230 staff positions affected. The […]
Leeds Bingo Hall Robbery
Police from Leeds are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery yesterday at the Gala Bingo on Stonebridge Lane, Farnley, Leeds. Three robbers, one armed with a fireman raided the hall and forced staff to hand over the contents of their tills. Anyone with information should contact the Pudsey Weetwood Police Helpdesk on 0113 241 […]
Gala Bingo Gets A Red Nose
With just a month until the next Red Nose Day, here’s some Bingo related news I missed. Gala Bingo are one of the partners for this year’s event on March 16th. Gala Bingo Clubs, gala-bingo.co.uk, and Gala TV – the world?s first interactive bingo television channel – will be offering dedicated Comic Relief Bingo games, […]
New Think Bingo TV Campaign
The battle of the online brands for mind share continues. Think Bingo are returning to the small screen with a new TV advertising campaign. You can see the advert below – it highlights Think Bingo’s sign up offer of a free £5. If online bingo blossoms in 2007 as people (self included) are predicting, we […]
William Hill Bingo Part 2
I mentioned back at the start of December that William Hill had Bingo plans. Now they’ve gone one step further, and rather than buying their own online bingo service, they’ve gone and set up their own Bingo offering under the William Hill banner. They’ve charged prego* with the job of building their online bingo brand. […]
Online Bingo Seek – A UK Bingo Search Portal
If you’ve ever read the about this site page, you’ll know I set it up in response to the lack of decent information and sites about Bingo when I tried finding Bingo information for work colleagues. As time’s gone on, I’ve added info I’ve not been able to find online and have lots planned to […]
Ulverston Bingo Hall Closure Rumours
This story from Barrow In Furness sounds like it has some roots in the approach of the smoking ban. Rumours have begun circulating amongst the club’s regulars that the historic Roxy Bingo and Social Club on Brogden Street in Ulverston may close. There’s not a lot of detail in the story, but reading between the […]
Bingo Boss Wins Customer Service Award
News of a top award for Stuart Booth the manager of the Mecca Bingo Club on Hartlepool Marina. Managing to beat of the challenge of another 100 competitors, he won the Sunrise Customer Service Champion award consisting of prize money of £2,000 and a trophy. I have to say, it takes a special kind of […]
