You may have spotted a pretty minor news article t’other day about a local councillor in Sudbury, Suffolk who’s been banned from using some of the saucier bingo calls at local council bingo nights. His bosses thought that sayings like ‘two fat ladies’ for 88 or ‘legs eleven’ for 11 could be taken as offensive, […]
Category: Land Bingo
Gala’s Everest Bingo Game Not The Highest?
First up today, congratulations to the 25 bingo players / Gala staff members that engaged in a game of bingo on the slopes of Everest last week. The event was more than a year in the planning, and arranged to raise money for Gala Coral’s nominated charity, Sue Ryder Care. It was a pretty momentous […]
Mecca Bingo Positive About New Clubs And Trading
One of the highlights of the 4th Online Bingo Summit for me was the talk given by Angus Nisbit of Mecca Bingo, in which he spoke about Mecca’s growing ability to promote between their online and retail arms. During the talk he gave a glowing insight into the success of the new concept club Mecca […]
Beacon Bingo Rebrands And Expands
It’s not all doom and gloom in the retail world. Beacon Entertainments are showing their commitment to bingo by rebranding themselves alongside adding a number of improvements to their halls. During the rebrand, the company will improve its existing Beacon clubs and re-name 3 others to expand the Beacon name. The group’s Riva Clubs at […]
Mecca Beeston Video Report
Just a quick post to mention the video report from Which Bingo shot at the new Mecca Beeston club. It’s interesting to see inside the club and how swanky it’s all looking. There’s an interview with the Jay Murray, the manager of the club who believes it to be a success, although in most of […]
Mecca Bingo Ban Long Standing Member
I have to start by saying that I find this story particularly shocking. According to the report in the Daily Mail, pensioner and longtime member of the Mecca Bingo, Rosalyn Clemson has been banned from every single Mecca Bingo in the UK. Her crime was organising a trip for other club members to a rival […]
Derelict Glasgow Bingo Hall Destroyed
Spotted this story on the BBC earlier about the fire that caused a lot of damage at the derelict County Bingo hall on Eglington Street in Glasgow. The building shut back in 2003 as a bingo hall, and has been disused ever since. The building was on the Buildings At Risk list but unfortunately The […]
Bingo Splurge – Big Catch Up
It’s been a busy month for me, I’ve had a number of work related things to sort out, and spent almost a week in Amsterdam rubbing shoulders with operators and fellow webmasters at a couple of conferences targeting affiliates. There’s been a lot happening that I just haven’t had the chance to cover. So, for […]
Bad Budget For Bingo Halls
There’s been a lot of ripples following the budget for the gaming industry. I have to say I missed the news about the raise in gaming duties in the general news on TV Tuesday, but there’s been plenty on the web since. I also missed that the contentious VAT issue had been won, but unfortunately, […]
Top Ten’s Continued Financial Woes
My buying shares in a company must be a kiss of death. We won’t mention the Woolworth shares as I should have known better at the time, but when I bought some in Top Ten Holdings PLC, the UK’s 3rd largest bingo chain, I thought I was getting a bargain. Then they lost 90% of […]
