Another independent Bingo Hall has closed its doors over the weekend, as a direct result of the effects of the Smoking Ban. The New Century Bingo Club in Woolston, Southampton had its final session yesterday. Like many of the smaller clubs around the UK, the hall had previously been a cinema until it was converted […]
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England’s First Mecca Millionaire
I can’t keep up with these million pound games! Mecca were expecting 1 winner every 45 days with their massive new Mecca Millionaire prize. It’s been a bit busier than expected though, this Friday saw the third million pound prize go to an unnamed player at the Mecca Bingo Club in Stevenage. Let’s hope this […]
More Profit Woes – Rank Share Downgraded, Top Ten’s Profits Below Expectations
Following on from the recent post about Rank’s share price slide, there’s more bad news on the shares front. Given the current state of their shares and uncertainty over profit levels for the rest of 2007, the HSBC has downgraded the stock from overweight to neutral. It’s not good news for the chain, but they […]
Celebrities Put Dabbers To Paper For Breast Cancer Charity
October the 21st sees the start of a week of activities in the UK’s Bingo clubs as Bingo For Breakthrough week gets into full swing. The many events aim to raise proceeds for the breast cancer charity Breakthrough. There’s a range of activities going on at clubs around the UK, including special games for special […]
Legal Dispute Over 2nd Million Pound Prize
Well, just days after all my fuss over the 2nd Mecca Millionaire, the story has taken an unexpected turn for the worse. The previously unnamed pensioner has now been named as Jean McCullagh of the South Lanarkshire village Uddingston. According to the BBC’s news report, she’s in dispute with the 3 people she was playing […]
Playing Bingo Gets Own Video Channel And Video Blog
I’ve decided to remove this page’s content due to it no longer being relevant, and being a bit embarrassed about the videos I made. It may be something I revist in the future, but not with me presenting them! The old YouTube channel is still there though, if you want to look at some of […]
Lucky Club Bags 2nd Mecca Millionaire Prize
Well, this is just an awesome story – the 2nd Mecca Millionaire prize has been won. What makes it amazing is that it was won at the same club as the first one – Mecca’s Glasgow Forge. The £1,000,000 prize has been won there twice in 21 days, which considering the game was projected to […]
Rank Shares Drop
Rank’s shares have taken a bit of a tumble to hit their lowest point in almost 20 years. Bloomberg reports that the company behind the Mecca Bingo chain’s shares have slipped 21%. The impact of the smoking ban and the change in gaming machines brought in with the 2005 Gambling Act have contributed to a […]
Foxy Bingo Ad’s Load Of Rubbish
Earlier this week, 250 Foxy Bingo players descended on Liverpool to film the site’s next advert. Much fun was had by the extras, as they shot the ad around Sefton Park. The new advert and a re-vamped Foxy will be appearing in January 2008, in what Foxy Bingo have described as “television event of the […]
Playing Bingo At The 2nd Online Bingo Summit Features
Having battled through both a bout of flu this week, and a cold last week, I’ve finally got my write up of Bullet Business’ 2nd Annual Online Bingo Conference up online. I’ve tried to sum up a number of the topics and strands across the 5 articles, as well as occasionally added some of my […]
