The national Bingo Caller Of The Year competition sadly closed its doors in 2007, just as many clubs themselves were closing their doors for the last time. As a celebration of not just the callers but the players and halls themselves the competition’s demise was ominous. So, it’s good news that Mecca Bingo have launched […]
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Henry/Bragg B.I.N.G.O At The Barge House
If you missed the previous outings of artist duo Henry/Bragg’s B.I.N.G.O then you’ve got another chance to see their exhibition, this time at the Barge House in East London from the 2nd to the 9th of September. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday 11am-9pm at The Barge House 46a De Beauvoir […]
New Gala Bingo Club For Southampton
Click here to play at Gala Bingo Since the 2014 bingo taxation announcement we have been waiting to see what the long term effects of the budget would be, and this is the first truly positive outcome we’ve seen. We are guessing that many clubs that may have closed if the tax had not been […]
Cardiff Bingo Hall Catches Fire
A fire broke out last week in one of Cardiff’s two Castle Bingo halls. The Cowbridge Road venue caught fire on the first floor and it took six fire engines two hours to bring the blaze under control. An aerial ladder was requested to help as the building is two stories high, but the fire […]
Henry/Bragg B.I.N.G.O. Gallery
We love all things bingo, so, it was with great pleasure that we offered our support to the artist duo Julie Henry and Debbie Bragg for their latest project B.I.N.G.O. After what looked like a whole lot of fun during the first opening at the London Art Fair, the duo went on to Forest Hill […]
B.I.N.G.O Show At Forest Hill Gallery
On Saturday 6th of June, and for one night only, there will be bingo night at the Canvas & Cream restaurant, next door to the C&C Gallery 18 London Road, Forest Hill, London. The night will be a re-run of the original B.I.N.G.O game at the London Art Fair in January, but in a different […]
Bingo Cocaine Moral Panic
Lock up your daughters, and if they do escape, pray, pray, pray, that they don’t end up in a bingo hall! Because if they do, they’re probably going there to score a bag of Bolivian marching powder from Dotty Doris the dealer. Really? Well, not exactly, but, after an ‘investigation’ by The Sun newspaper, a […]
Two Bingo Clubs Raise 1 Million For Charity
As bingo clubs have always has been closely tied to the communities in which they operate they have always done their bit for local charities. But, there is more to it than bingo halls doing a bit of ‘good PR’ by showing that they care, a lot of bingo halls really do make a difference. […]
Lady Luck Smiles On Ayr Granny
Lightning struck twice the other day for a 73 year old Ayr woman, but, luckily it was the ‘good kind’ of double strike when she hit a nice prize on the slots, and big on the bingo. Jean Murdoch, a regular at the club, knew that she had won, but didn’t realise how much. After […]
Luckiest Bingo Towns In The UK?
The National Bingo Game Association (NBGA) has just published its list of the 2015 top ten ‘luckiest’ towns in the UK which is collated by counting how many winners there were in each town over the previous year in the linked National Bingo Game. This year’s big winner is Dundee Mecca Bingo which had the […]
