It’s that time of year, Which Bingo has launched their 2007 online bingo awards. Alongside the international award, there’s also the second UK only award. Which Bingo’s Phil Fraser says of them: “There are some really great bingo sites out there doing a fantastic job. Once a year, Bingo players have a forum to register […]
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Brett’s Corner – Bingo Caller Of The Year Final 2007
Brett’s November column has gone up – we can forgive him for being a bit late with this one as his November was pretty hectic. Why? Well, Brett was on the panel of judges for the Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007. Brett held off an earlier piece to give us a nice round up […]
Malaysian Group Get 10% Share In Rank
News and speculation around Rank continues to grow as the Times reports on a secretive share buy out by the Malaysian group Genting. Genting already have a stake in a number of UK leisure businesses, and their 10% stake in Rank is considered to put them in a place to defend against a take over […]
Premier Bingo Manager Speaks Out Against Bingo Taxes
Fife Today have an article on Mike Lowe, the operations manager of the Premier Bingo chain. Mike’s been telling the press that more halls could close unless the situation changes soon of the Government don’t do something about the double taxation issues that are proving to be the bane of Bingo operators around the UK. […]
£100,000 Bingo Win Dispute Settled
Last week I reported on the legal action around the 2nd £1,000,000 Mecca Millionaire prize, which is currently in dispute because of an argument over shares on the prize. The BBC has news of the resolution of a similar dispute, this time over a £100,000 National Bingo prize. The outcome of this case may well […]
Bingo Caller Final Video
Was pleased to spot the Guardian have a video up of the Bingo Caller Of The Year final. It features the callers going through their moves and our resident columnist Brett Hyrjak features as well. It looks like a good time was had by all – and the competition well attended (spot all the press […]
Blake Robson Wins Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007
The results are in, and I’d like to say congratulations to Blake Robson of the South Shields Mecca Bingo – winner of the title NBGA Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007 alongside his victory as the North East region winner. Blake beat off some stiff competition from the other five contestants to win the title. […]
Scottish First Minister Backs Bingo, Rank Rejects Harrah’s
Alongside the excitement of the Bingo Caller Of The Year competition, a couple of other stories caught my eye over the weekend relating to Bingo’s ongoing plight. The first one includes a Bingo caller who’s a long way from entering the big event, but none the less could have some an important part to play […]
Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007 Weekend
It’s here! This weekend, the six regional finalists meet in London to fight for the title of the NBGA Bingo Caller Of The Year. The competition will be held at the Wood Green Mecca Bingo tomorrow afternoon as soon as soon as we get the result, it will be featured here. The six finalists are: […]
Top Ten Bingo Profit Woes
The UK’s third largest Bingo train is suffering profit and share troubles. ICWales Business reports that the chains profits have halved in the last 6 months, with the foreseeable future set to be equally difficult. Top Ten Holdings have also seen their share price slump as well. Top Ten have already sold a number of […]
