I’ve been speaking to the Bingo historian Dr Carolyn Downs again this last week, and as it will be of interest to people in the industry I said I would mention this event she’s involved with. The Gambling And Social Responsibility Forum will me held at the Manchester Metropolitan University on the 2nd of September […]
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Michael Edwards Wins Gala Bingo Caller Of The Year
The grand final of Gala Bingo’s in house calling competition was held yesterday in Birmingham. Seven callers from around the regions of the UK met to contest the title in a special session. For the second year in a row, the title was won by Michael Edwards of the Stratford Gala Bingo. Brett Hyrjak was […]
Double The Slots For Bingo Industry
So, the long awaited announcement is in. Bingo clubs in the UK have been given a small helping hand from the government in the form of an easing of restrictions on the amount of high stakes gaming machines allowed. The Gambling Act 2005 restricted the amount of these machines (classified as B3) allowed in clubs […]
Bingo Association Awaits Slot Machine Announcement
The Bingo Association posted yesterday that it was impatient at the lack of a response from the Government. It’s been more than 50 days since to the Minister for Sport’s promises of good news for the industry with regards to change the limits of £500 jackpot slots allowed in Bingo clubs. Their protestations might just […]
Big News Roundup – Closures, SkyBingo, Gala TV, Rank And Callers Competition
With the Online Bingo Summit this week, and the run-up to it previously, I’ve let lots of little stories slide under the radar and go unmentioned. So, to right that wrong, here’s a bit of a headline blast for you. First up I wanted to flag a couple of Bingo hall closures, which as you […]
2008 Online Bingo Awards – The Results
I’m just relaxing now after two hectic days at the 3rd Online Bingo Summit in London. I’ve not had a chance to stop since the event began, so I thought I’d quickly catch up with a post about the 1st Online Bingo Awards, which were presented last night as a part of the summit. The […]
2008 Bingo Caller Of The Year Competition Cancelled
Why do these big stories always come when I’m away on my flaky internet connection? Luckily Brett was in there getting the story up in my stead over on his blog. My heart sank when I saw the headline earlier, but due to what the National Bingo Game Association calls ‘considerable challenges’, the 2008 Bingo […]
£600 Million Spent On Online Bingo In The UK?
The online bingo comparison site Bingo Port has released an interesting set of figures around the sales of online bingo tickets in the UK. They’ve set about researching the UK Bingo market, an area where there’s few definite figures that quantify the size of the market, with the aim of finding out how much the […]
A Review Of ITV’s Bingo Night Live
Well, I tuned in to see the ITV’s Bingo Night Live, and I thought I would do a bit of a review of the whole set up and the programme. The show is the first completely free UK TV Bingo show, viewers can participate by printing off cards or playing online with the chance to […]
Parlay Bingo To Start Its Own European Network
Interesting news from the online bingo software provider Parlay today. They’ve announced that they’re teaming up with online games and admin company Chartwell to launch a new online bingo network in Europe, based out of Malta. The joint project will go under the name of Bingo Nexus. There’s no news as of yet of what […]
