I had a little jiggle with the site. Brett sent us his latest column, and it made me think I should change things around a bit to give readers the chance to post comments after his pieces. So, I’ve set it up now as a proper blog, which gives everyone and anyone with an interest […]
Category: News
All posts at the Playing Bingo Blog that are categorised as News, the default category for all posts at the site.
New National Game Delivers The UK’s Biggest Ever Bingo Win
Near enough 4 months after it was first launched, the National Bingo Game’s million pound Big ‘N’ Prize has finally been won. Congratulations go out to Christine Bradfield from Bargoed at the Merthyr Tydfil Castle Bingo club who won herself her a massive £1.1 million prize. If you hadn’t noticed it already, The Big ‘N’ […]
Bingo Is Not For Him – Men Alienated By Online Marketing And Sites
If you’ve followed my rambles here over the years, you’ll know that one of my continuing bugbears is the way the game is marketed so unimaginatively. The vast majority of advertising around Bingo is aimed exclusively at females. Many online bingo sites echo this bias towards a female demographic, rich in pink colours and feminine […]
TV Bingo Hots Up – Big Box Bingo Goes Online And Virgin Go BingoLotto
I mentioned Big Box Bingo back in the middle of last year, when they first launched their satellite TV based Bingo game. It seems that the skies are not the limit for NetPlayTV, the company behind Big Box Bingo as they’re taking their brand and game online. And what’s more, they’re teaming up with the […]
Ladbrokes Out Of Rank Running
I just spotted news from the FT that Ladbrokes have decided against moving into the casino market in the UK, and will not be bidding on any of the 16 licenses for casinos that have come out of the failed super casino plan of the UK government. You might be wondering what this has to […]
Bingo Halls Shooting Selves In Foot During Intervals?
The last month I’ve had a couple of trips to one of the bigger Bingo halls in Cardiff, The Castle Bingo on Newport Road. The times I’ve been, a couple of things struck me about what was happening at the club in contrast to the press I see about the industry’s problems. I’ve often said […]
Foxy Lose Katie Price But Gain New TV Ad Campaign
A couple of news stories today about Foxy Bingo. The Sun is reporting that Foxy Bingo’s celebrity endorsement with Katie Price (aka Jordan) has come to an end. Katie became the star of Foxy Bingo’s adverts last January, as well has having her own charity room at the site where 50% of the proceeds were […]
Rank, Parlay And Virtue Fusion Takeover News
Well, lots of news the last week around the industry about potential takeovers. Firstly, the FT reports that the Rank Group have another party interested in them, the latest of recent months to declare a major interest in buying the UK group behind the Mecca Bingo chain. The Asia based Guoco currently only have a […]
3rd Annual Online Bingo Summit Update
This is the third post featuring Parlay, I haven’t got shares in them, honest! This time it’s around the Online Bingo Summit. I was contacted by Parlay as they wanted to use sections of my report on the 2nd Online Bingo Summit for their newsletter (PDF.) In the course of the discussions, the 3rd Annual […]
Gambling Commission White List Rejections And Acceptances
Back in August I highlighted the legislation brought in by the 2005 Gambling Act in regards to online bingo advertising. Since then there’s been a lot of activity around the white listing of approved Bingo sites. Some operators have been applying for licensing in areas that are in the Gambling Commissions white list. Others have […]
