Click here to play at Mecca Bingo We get a lot of comments on this site about bingo clubs across the UK. The comments take various forms: often complimentary, sometimes complaining, and one of the more common complaints is about prize money. It seems that from a player’s perspective there are two main ingredients which […]
Category: Land Bingo
Should Online Bingo Be Beating Clubs With A Dirty Stick?
Here at Playing Bingo we promote both land based and online bingo but one thing you won’t read on our pages is the suggestion that playing online is safer than playing in a bingo hall! A recent news article listed in Google news under a search for “bingo” asked if bingo hall crime was on […]
Flutters Bingo And Biggleswade Council At Loggerheads
Biggleswade County Council are bit upset with Flutters Bingo in Biggleswade about a missing plaque. The plaque was originally mounted by the council on the exterior of the building at a cost of £280, and has recently disappeared. Because the bingo hall was recently redecorated, the blame for the loss of the plaque had been […]
Lucky 7’s £6,051 Progressive Jackpot Won At Beach Bingo
When it comes to land based bingo halls we all know the big names like Mecca and Gala but across the country there are a number of independent clubs as well. Beach Bingo is one such club and on Saturday night their Lucky 7’s progressive jackpot reached an impressive £6,501. The jackpot had been growing […]
Mecca Bingo In Ellesmere Port Raise Money For Marie Curie
One of the things that we love about bingo clubs is the sense of community. People tend to have common bonds that unite them, and one of the ways that we see this in action is through charitable events and donations. It’s especially heartwarming to see a club exceed its fund raising targets – which […]
E-Cigarette Causes Bingo Hall Problems Again
A grandmother was recently asked to leave Castle Bingo in Canton, Cardiff for smoking an E-cigarette inside the premises. Joe Cummings is a bit disgruntled about it all, as she took up E-cigs due to poor health induced by smoking. Since quitting the real ‘fags’, her health has improved, although she is now unable to […]
Top Rank Bingo Recycled Uniforms
I was reminiscing the other day about something that happened back in my bingo calling career. I used to work for Top Rank and at one point the whole company launched a new uniform as part of a complete rebrand. Now, the old uniforms were fairly rank (no pun intended) and consisted of a bright […]
York In The Money At Mecca Bingo, Fishergate
It was a Mecca Bingo hall that popped my bingo cherry when I was taken kicking and screaming along with a friend and her Nan to my first ever session. The family of four from York are currently celebrating a whopping £22,392.99 when after being the first to call the full house on the National […]
Mecca Bingo After Dark Nights
Bingo has always had a reputation as being for the older generation with references often made about “purple rinses” (or blue for that matter) and bingo wings but for quite some time now land based bingo halls have been working to attract the younger generation through the doors. The world of online bingo hasn’t suffered […]
102 Years Old And Still Playing Bingo
In the past there have been numerous studies that reveal playing bingo can keep the mind active and it would appear for one centenarian this certainly seems to be the case. The Chronicle Live posted a news article about 102 year old Isabella Bell who continues to play at her local club and what’s more, […]
