I’ve spotted a couple of stories in the news the last week featuring Bingo callers. Unfortunately, both the stories were a bit short in the good news stakes. First up, news that Mecca Bingo caller Ricky Denton failed in his bid to become a boot camp attendee when he failed to impress the X Factor […]
Category: Land Bingo
Long Eaton Loses Out On New Riva Hall
Riva Gaming’s plans for a new Bingo hall in the Derbyshire town of Long Eaton have hit a road block when the local council rejected the proposal. Their plan to spend £2m turning the disused Co-op supermarket on the town’s High Street was rejected as the council felt it would take up to much space […]
Lucky Escape For Pensioners In Bingo Arson Attack
It’s been a while since we’ve carried news of criminal activity being targeted at Bingo players, but unfortunately, we have to report of a dreadful arson attack that could have very easily cost the lives of 20 elderly fans of the game. Belfast Today covered the attack which happened last Thursday at the Skipperstone Community […]
Glasgow The Lucky
The National Bingo Game Association has released its annual round up of the luckiest places in Britain when it comes to winning their National Bingo Game. For the third year in a row, the luckiest place in the UK is in Scotland. Glasgow’s Mecca Forge club tops this years list having racked up an impressive […]
Pier Bingo Hall Evacuated After Lightening Strikes
It’s been a dramatic couple of weeks for the Deluxe Bingo Club on Hastings Pier. The club was closed last year as the pier it stood on was in need of repair that had been neglected by the pier’s owner. The owners of the club, Stylus Sport paid to have the pier repaired themselves and […]
Smoking Ban Breaker Starts Own Campaign
A Bingo player in Wigan was given a warning by the manager of her Bingo club after sneaking off to the loos for a sly fag. As a result of her annoyance of both her treatment and the wider ban, Margaret Paddick has started her own petition signed by a 100 players at the Gala […]
Michael Edwards – Gala’s Bingo Caller Of The Year
The open to all chain National Bingo Caller Of The Year Competition is still a few months away, but Gala have just held their own in-house competition. The winner was Michael Edwards of St Ann’s Gala Bingo. 33 year old Michael was one of the North East finalists in last year’s NBGA competition – and […]
As The UK Goes Smoke Free – Rank’s Shares Rise
At 6am yesterday morning England joined the rest of the UK with the introduction of the smoking ban. It’s now illegal to smoke in any enclosed public spaces anywhere in the UK – including the 600+ Bingo halls around the country. We’ve been covering this for a while now, the Bingo industry has been in […]
Electronic Bingo Feature
The Guardian has a feature on what a Rank Group spokesman dubs ‘Bingo for the Playstation generation‘. It takes a look at Ranks plans for expanding the electronic side of the business with waterproof terminals and other mobile devices – to stave off the effects of the smoking ban.
Riva Launch Their First Automated Hall
The UK Riva Gaming Group have opened the first automated Bingo hall in England. With 582 personal hand held terminals and 20 for the smokers to go outside with, already the style of game is catching on with the fans as the hall is “trading beyond recognition.”
