It seems that support for the boost Bingo campaign is slowly gathering momentum. Over the weekend over 400 signatures were collected for the petition at Mecca Bingo in Bridgewater, and more signatures are being collected up and down the country. But time has moved on and now support is also being gathered from social media […]
Category: Opinion Editorial
Changes To Bingo Club Parking
As our readers will know on some occasions I like to visit our local bingo hall, this is the Mecca Bingo hall in York. As it is quite a trek, my friends and I usually travel by car which means using the parking facilities at the club. A recent news article caught my eye in […]
Half Of Bingo Play Now Mobile
When the first online bingo sites launched back at the turn of the century (that makes it sound a long time ago!), there was an explosion and in a relatively short time the world went from considering bingo to be a game for old people, to thinking of it as a vibrant game to be […]
Tyneside Bingo Halls Live On
One of Britain’s oldest bingo halls is to change ownership as current owners Tommy and Michael Hearn have decided to call it a day, and at the ages of 80 and 81, who can blame them. They opened Crown Bingo Hall in Hudson Street in 1961, not long after the Gaming Act 1960 was passed, […]
Consumption Tax To Affect Bingo Players
In the last couple of years we’ve seen many changes to gambling taxation as the government try and keep tabs on what is a massive growth industry. Land Bingo halls haven’t fared well and are liable to pay a 20% tax levy, a great deal for an industry already struggling and adding to the lost […]
Dragonfish Sites Sold To 8 Ball Games
A recent email that we received told of the acquisition of several Dragonfish networked brands by 8 Ball Games. This company, who already own numerous sites across many different networks and platforms, have recently bought seven sites all on the Dragonfish network. The email wasn’t to inform us of the sale of the brands as […]
Bubble Bonus Bingo Advert
Bubble Bonus Bingo launched just before Christmas, a new brand on the Dragonfish network owned by Quick Think Media who have just been sold to Gaming Realms (the company behind Bingo Godz). Although a networked brand the site brings with it some quite unique features that make it a far more interesting prospect than the […]
A New Brand, Elf Bingo
At this time of year, when you think elves you think green tights, red tunic and candy canes – at least we do. When we heard of the launch of a new bingo site called Elf Bingo, that’s exactly what we were expecting to find when we visited for the first time. However, thinking about […]
Change In Bingo Hall Taxation Is Afoot
Anyone in the know will know that over the past few years the land based bingo industry has been suffering leading to the closure of many bingo halls. The perceived causes of the problem are the smoking ban, taxation, image, and the poor economy. Obviously, nothing can be done about the smoking ban, and there […]
Bubble Bonus Bingo Coming Soon To Dragonfish
When it comes to new bingo sites we have seen the Cozy software behind many of the recent launches. However the 888/Globlacom software on the Dragonfish network have also launched some new names too. The latest to reach our ears is from the latter and is to be called Bubble Bonus Bingo, another rather odd […]
