Nude calendars by normal people was once such a shock to the system that it made national headlines and the ladies who did it first international stars. They’re pretty common fair now, naked firemen, nude gardners, etc. Now there’s a Bingo one to add to the list – staff at the Glenrothes Gala in Fife […]
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Online Bingo Chat Manager Of The Month
A bit of news here for fans of Online Bingo Chatrooms. The CM of the Year board has now started a monthly vote for online players to vote for their favourite CMs (Chat Managers) on UK sites. September 1st 2006 saw CM of the Year.com, sister site of WhichBingo.com, launch it’s eagerly awaited stand alone […]
Rebranding Bingo – But What About The Blokes?
Well, out in Bingo land, it looks like the penny is starting to drop. The message is, attract a new audience or go under come the smoking ban. We’ve mentioned the National game’s rebranding before on this blog, but there’s more detail here on the £2m rebrand. Getting in on the game, there’s news that […]
Bingo Firms Ask For £10m Rebate
Scotland On Sunday have an interesting article on the Scottish Bingo industry’s attempt to get a £10m tax rebate from Gordon Brown (good luck on that one!) The chairman of the Bingo Association will be at the forefront of the campaign to get the politicians to repay some of the VAT to offset the 20% […]
200 Job Losses For Mecca Bingo
The oncoming smoking ban and decling position of Rank as a Bingo giant will see 200 jobs going across the UK in the Mecca Bingo chain. The 200 job losses are a premptive cut to ofset the UK wide smoking ban that will be coming into effect next year. Once again, I have to moan […]
Bingo Wings And Totally Jewish Bingo
A couple of stories of interest today. First up, the ugly term to describe flabby female arms, the term ‘Bingo wings’ has made it into the Chambers Dictionary. To be honest I didn’t think it was that mainstream a term – but it must be if it’s made it into the dictionary. According to the […]
Bingo 4 Her Launches 90 Ball Online Game
I have to say they’re new to me, I’ve not spotted them before now, but Bingo4Her now has the UK’s favourite 90 ball game on their site. They’re part of the Globalcom network. I have to wonder if I’ll ever review the site myself, given it’s heavy bias for the ladies, but given the recent […]
Southend’s Mecca Bingo Hall Expands
News from Southend that the Greyhound Way Mecca Bingo Hall has been granted permission to add a casino, resturant and bar to the club by the local council. In return, Mecca have to improve the local bus stop and pay to improve local bus routes. Sounds like a great deal if you ask me!
Bingo Pensioners Pinch Yobs’ Ball, Face Arrest
After many months of putting up with harassment, the pensioners at the Bingo session at Belle Isle’s United Reform Church decided to take action against the yobs outside. They went out and took the ball off the gang of 14 to 15 year olds who were kicking it against the church’s steel shutter and interrupting […]
Paisley Gets A New £3m Club
With fears of club closures in Scotland thanks to the smoking ban, Mecca is doing it’s bit to fight against the trend. It has just opened a massive 1000 seater club in Saucel Crescent, Paisley.
