Just a quick mention of the news from This Is Wiltshire about the closure of Swindon’s Mecca Bingo. The club closed on Saturday, much to the dismay of its members who’d set up a petition to try and save the club. Once again, it’s a smaller old style of club that’s suffered, the members’ loss […]
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Yorkshire Ladies Prefer Online Bingo To Sex
The Yorkshire Evening Post has an interesting little article on research carried out by 888 Ladies. There’s a mass of figures about the game’s prominence in the Yorkshire area with claims that over 30,000 women are playing online bingo in Yorkshire, winning £18m a year in the process. Don’t get too excited though by the […]
Bingo Halls In The News, Sales, Conversions And Innovations
Over the last couple of weeks, there’s been a number of stories I’ve seen featured about actual Bingo halls. Here’s a quick round up of the news and headlines about those halls. The newest story sees Carlton Bingo selling two of its Scottish clubs. The two clubs are the Station Road Carlton Bingo in Grangemouth, […]
NetPlayTV Announce Celebrity TV Bingo
At the rate it’s going in TV land, there will soon be as many Bingo TV shows as there are online bingo sites. If ever you needed proof that Bingo is blossoming in Britain everywhere except at your local hall, then the recent rash of Bingo TV shows is just that proof. The latest addition […]
Biggest UK Bingo Win!
Congratulations must be sent out to Soraya Lowell who’s taken the title of the UK’s biggest Bingo winner. She won the big National Bingo Game end of the month game on Sunday night, scooping a whopping £1.2million, and beating the previous National Bingo Game winner Christine Bradfield who took away £1.1million back at the end […]
Buckingham Bingo Troubles
Buckingham Bingo are one of the UK’s smaller Bingo chains, with 11 clubs. They were taken over by Alchemy Partners back in 2005, when the marketplace was a lot rosier. The Financial Times has an article on the private equity firms current problems with the Bingo company. Their main creditor has issued them a stark […]
Acquisitions, Take Overs And Valuations
There’s been a few stories around online bingo this week. First up, Bingo software provider Parlay has rejected the companies who tendered to buy them. They have however struck a close relationship with these companies with an eye to later licensing deals and joint ventures. Elsewhere, Bingos has been bought by NetPlay TV, the people […]
No Let Up In The Budget For Bingo
Well, it was hoped by many in the Bingo industry that Alistair Darling would have addressed VAT on Bingo earnings in today’s Budget, following lots of lobbying from the industry and the gaining of support from a number of MPs. It was all for nought though, not only did the Chancellor do nothing to help […]
Camelot Offends The Bingo Association With New Advert
The Telegraph carries a story about the latest advert from National Lottery company Camelot. The ad for the new Hot Bingo scratchcard shows an old lady in a mobility cart driving past a derelict looking Bingo parlour that is locked-up and showing a closed sign. In an instant she is transformed into a winner and […]
Proof Positive That Men Love Bingo
Well, it’s always nice to see a story that reinforces what I’ve said here on many occasions, that Bingo is a game men love. Whilst most of the online bingo world seems hellbent on excluding men from their business, in the real world men in positions of esteem are happy to share their love of […]
