We never take any joy in reporting the closure of a bingo hall, but for some reason it’s even more lamentable when the hall in question is one that has a bit of history both as a bingo hall, and as a landmark building. Gala Bingo on Barking Road in East Ham, is one of […]
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Appear In A tombola bingo Advert
It often seems like you can’t turn the television on without seeing yet another bingo advert telling you how fantastic their brand is. Well, now you have a chance to feature in the latest advert from tombola who are to start filming soon as they are looking for players to join in the fun and […]
Boost Bingo Campaign Wins Coveted PR Award
The Bingo Association’s Boost Bingo Campaign has been awarded ‘Best Public Affairs Campaign’ category at the PR Week Awards 2014. This doesn’t really come as a surprise as the campaign seemed to come out of nowhere to gather some pretty impressive momentum and support in very little time. It was only launched in January 2014, […]
Bingo Shout Falls On Deaf Ears
Last week Ronald Price missed out on a £10,000 win for a line in a linked game at Winners Bingo in Wisbech due to a missed call. Obviously Mr Price is quite irate, as this is the second time he has had a dispute over a call at the club. Plumber Ronald’s card was about […]
Mecca Bingo First Aider Comes To The Rescue
It is a sad fact of life that heart attacks are ‘relatively common’ in bingo halls. So common in fact, that several bingo halls have had defibrillators fitted, and staff trained for their use. The latest heart attack victim was Maria Carmichael 53, who suffered a heart attack in the Mecca Bingo hall on Container […]
Game Village Bingo Changes To Cozy Games
Game Village has been on proprietary software since its launch and it’s been around a while. When it was sold to Angel Crest Holdings in 2013, it looked like it had found a new home, after all the brand has totally unique software and should be really appealing. However, due to upcoming changes in regulation and […]
Lucky Cow Bingo Coming Soon
How many times have you say in an Internet bingo chat room and watched someone else win the jackpot and thought to yourself ‘lucky cow’ , or read a winner’s story and though the same? Well a new bingo site that we know very little about is cashing in on just that phrase. Today we […]
William Hill And Playtech Renew The Handshake
William Hill Bingo is easiest one of the top online bingo sites on the market today but they can’t take all the credit because much of that is due to the sensational Virtue Fusion software that the site plays on. A few sites have made software changes lately, but if players had any concerns about […]
Bingo Withdrawals – Why The Headache?
When I first started playing bingo online the withdrawal process came as a bit of a shock when I was in a position to actually cash out. Although this was some 10 years ago, I still remember the experience quite clearly. I’d deposited £10 at a site, one that has long since closed, played a […]
Three New Brands Coming Soon To Live Bingo Network
Yesterday we saw the launch of the 21st brand on the 15 Network, Bingo Hombre and just a day or so before that, a new addition to the Live Bingo Network (LBN) called Galaxy Bingo. Today we bring you news of not one, not two but THREE new bingo sites expected to launch on LBN […]
