ITS SUNDAY 29TH JUNE TODAY AND THIS IS WHAT I GOT UP TO 10am: Me and the missus are on the motorway travelling to Birmingham to watch the gala caller of the year grand final. It’s going to be a weird one for me as this will be my first competition where i will be […]
Category: Brett’s Corner
Get yourself comfy and pull up a web page – share a few minutes with the Bingo Caller Of The Year 2006 and Gala TV caller. Brett has been dropping by monthly with his own personal column, exclusive to Playing Bingo. Brett has written about his experiences as a bingo caller and is an ambassador for the game. Funny experiences, calling tips and lots of bingo related anecdotes are expected!
Gala TV Soft Launch On The Internet!
I know this is some more shameless plugging……..but I don’t care! One of the most common comments I get from bingo players when I speak to them about Gala TV is that ‘oh I haven’t got Sky so I can’t watch it!’. Well that’s no excuse now because you can now watch and play with […]
NBGA Caller Of The Year Is Cancelled For 2008!
The National Bingo Caller Of The Year has been suspended for this or this year!!!!! Yes, you have read this right: On the National website today the following press release has been issued: Due to the considerable challenges and issues facing the bingo industry at present, it has been decided to suspend the National bingo […]
Funny Vids
I know i have been all doom and gloom over the last few posts, so I am going to be more cheery this time around! Posted here are a couple of recent videos of me ‘working’ on Gala TV. The first one was when we had an all male team on and we decided that […]
Bingo On The TV: Where Have I Seen This Before?!
What’s that I hear? I think it could be the sound of another live interactive bingo channel (finally) getting into the scene!’Bingo night live’ appeared on our screens on ITV tonight and, although with a few glitches and a couple of presenters not so experienced with the ‘live’ aspect of it apart; the show went […]
Gala Pull Out Of National Bingo Game This September
Well as promised this month is all about the national game. As you may have read, Gala have recently announced that they will be withdrawing from the National bingo game on the 31st of August and replacing this huge game with a new and improved in house link game (the Hi Five). In a statement […]
Re. Recent VAT News
Congratulations to the clever lawyer-type people who spotted the loophole which could mean that the bingo industry could get millions back from the tax man!!!! The government have been routinely screwing the bingo industry (with other, more profit making, gambling areas being ‘overlooked’) for a number of years now. It just goes to show that […]
Gala Pull Out Of National Game
BIG NEWS in the bingo world!!!! More of which I will mention in my main blog post next week…….Gala are pulling out of the national bingo game and it is in the national press!!!!! I’m sure lots of comment will be posted in the coming weeks but from this bingo caller: I can now say […]
Not Again!
Here we go again. It looks like my recent couple of posts are still ringing true check this story out about the bingo employee who stole £16,000!!!!!!!! The manager was done as well!!!!!!!!!! It reminds me of the time when I was first working in bingo and I put my pinny on to give out […]
More Tales Of Stealing…In The Press Recently
With regards to the recent post about illegal activities in the clubs, two contrasting stories caught my eye today. Firstly the tale of a lady who stole from her dead bingo partners account goes to show how low some people can go. And the award for ‘serves you right!’ goes to the robbers of a […]
