If you’ve been making the most of the late summer sun and heading to the seaside then you may well have spotted an unusual furry creature on Brighton Pier this week as the suave fox from Foxy Bingo headed there to catch a few rays himself! Now we’re not sure foxes and beaches mix, but […]
Category: News
All posts at the Playing Bingo Blog that are categorised as News, the default category for all posts at the site.
Leominster Bingo Club Reopens
After the brief rash of bingo club closures the other week, it’s time for some good news. The closures were a bit of a jaunt, so it’s great to report on the reopening of a club that has closed earlier this year. Top Ten Bingo in Leominster closed down in May of this year, and […]
Tourette’s Bingo Argy Bargy
A young man was recently ejected from a bingo hall in Eastbourne after uttering a string of expletives during a regular bingo session. Louis Bunn who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome said that the tics which he cannot control got worse as he got more stressed. It appears that the situation was aggravated by other players […]
Mecca Bingo Attendance Officially Falling
In the year to June 30 Mecca Bingo’s attendance figures have fallen by 7% which is probably a bit alarming for the chain’s owners, The Rank Group. In some ways this was good news however, as the first quarter showed a fall of 10% which may partially been down to the great summer we had. […]
All 135 Gala Bingo Clubs Up Sale
There have been hints over the past year that the Gala Coral Group who own the Gala Bingo chain were going to sell off their bingo halls in advance of a stock market flotation. And now it looks like the big sale is about to become a reality. The sale which comes in at roughly […]
The Changing Face Of Bingo Portals
For those of you who haven’t read my author biography and don’t know my history, here is a brief recap. I started playing bingo online in 2004 at Think Bingo, a site that I stayed at for two years before being banned from their forum for speaking my mind (incidentally, they still let me play […]
Surprise Bingo Hall Closures
Over a three day period news has come in that another three bingo halls are due to close in the near future. One of them is an independent, but what is surprising is that the other two are Mecca and Gala clubs. When the bingo tax cut was announced in this year’s budget the response […]
Danyl Johnson, Dogs Trust And Postcode Bingo
On a regular basis the team here at Playing Bingo check the bonus structure at all of the sites that we promote and whilst it is a mammoth task, and a little tedious, it is a task that often reveals some quite interesting changes. One such change sees Postcode Bingo, Danyl Johnson and the Dogs […]
Bingo Mates Hit Mecca Jackpot
Two lucky ladies recently hit the jackpot at Mecca Bingo in Halifax with a £50,000 payout. The pair, Beverley Tinkler, 60 and Debora Sturman, 50 were obviously overjoyed, and have split the winnings between them. This was a huge surprise for the friends, as Saturdays at the club don’t usually see big payouts. And, probably […]
Seven Bingo Closes In Folkstone
This is the second bingo hall to close since the reduced bingo taxation announcement in the 2014 budget (to our knowledge). Despite the taxation reprieve, business is business, so if a club is not making money, it will close, and, this is particularly pertinent to small chains and independents who do not have the back […]
