When it comes to behaviour in bingo clubs, because of the generally sedate nature of the setting, nothing outrageous really happens, especially if you compare with pubs and clubs. There has been the occasional scuffle caused by queue jumping, but as a rule most outbreaks tend to be a storm in a teacup. The latest […]
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Numerous Online Bingo Site Closures
Often the news we bring you here at Playing Bingo is about new brands that are launching on line, it’s quite a rarity to be reporting on the closure of a brand but in February 2013 quite a few shut their virtual doors! February also heralded the arrival of some new brands (Tickety Boo Bingo […]
Bingo Taxation Petition Delivered To Downing Street
A petition with over 300,000 signatures has at last been handed in to Downing Street in the hope that it will show our political leaders how important the bingo industry is to many people across the country. The signature forms in support of the Boost Bingo campaign were delivered in four trolleys by a celebratory […]
GSN Buys Bash Gaming For Undisclosed Sum
Bingo Bash is one of the biggest social bingo apps available with more than 4 million monthly users, so a $170 million estimate doesn’t seem awfully high for the acquisition of Bash Gaming by GSN Games that has just been announced. Social bingo and casino apps are big business and Bingo Bash is no different. […]
Changes And Improvements To The National Bingo Game
If any of our readers have visited the Creative Corner here at Playing Bingo then you will know that it was quite a few years ago that I first visited a land based bingo hall. Once I’d realised that it wasn’t all blue rinses and walking frames, I was a regular before switching my focus […]
Tory Turn About For Bingo?
The world of politics is a we all now know, a game played by mainly public school educated career minded individuals. The whole process of politicking has long since dropped the straight policy model, and is now a full-on American style popularity contest with the tweet being almost as important as the white paper. Bandwagons […]
Bingo Riot Bites The Dust
We’ve seen quite a shakeup in the online bingo industry this year, and this weekend we’ve heard about yet another site closing its doors. We visited Bingo Riot, on the Winners Bingo Network over the weekend, but the site has gone, completely vanished and players are being redirected to Play 2 Win on the same […]
Last Call For Bingo Blake
Jobs come and go, but if you find a job you love it’s great if you can hang on to it, which is what bingo caller Blake Robson has been doing for the past 23 years. Mind you, if you’re a club with the man voted Bingo Caller Of The Year you’d be reluctant to […]
Tickety Boo Bingo And Marie Curie Cancer Care
Charity bingo is not a new concept, far from it – in fact there are already several different brands online today who donate to various worthy causes. However, it has been quite a while since we saw a new brand launch but recently Tickety Boo Bingo joined the Dragonfish network. The brand is owned and […]
Sale Mecca Player Scoops New Jackpot
They say all good things come to those who wait and that has turned out to be true for the very lucky Pat Alcock of Manchester, who has just scooped the first Mecca Bingo National Jackpot at the tender age of 74. She won a whopping £115,000 on Saturday at the local club in Sale. […]
