It’s been a while since we’ve carried news of criminal activity being targeted at Bingo players, but unfortunately, we have to report of a dreadful arson attack that could have very easily cost the lives of 20 elderly fans of the game. Belfast Today covered the attack which happened last Thursday at the Skipperstone Community […]
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Early August Round Up
Well, been busy with a few more holiday things, and a few stories have slipped under my posting radar. Without further ado here’s a quick round up on the interesting stories from the last week. First up, not long after Gala’s Kerchingo created the first online bingo millionaire – there’s news of another massive jackpot […]
Cashcade Buys Think Bingo And Herotech
News from Online Bingo that Cashcade – the company behind the fast growing Foxy and Get Minted Bingo have been expanding their portfolio. The company has bought up the Think Bingo network, consisting of Think Bingo, and Bingo Scotland. They’ve also purchased Herotech – the company responsible for Online Bingo and free Bingo site Bingo4Free. […]
Brett’s Corner – All About The Smoking Ban
Well, we’re a little bit late with this one, it’s July’s column from Bingo Caller Of The Year Brett Hyrjak. We’ve both been busy with holidays and house moves and stuff – so I apologise for those of you who were wondering where his column was. It’s up now and in it Brett take’s a […]
More On The Gala Kerchingo Winner
Following on from Sunday’s game, The Mirror carried a feature on the winner of online bingo’s biggest prize – Gala’s one million pound Kerchingo game. The winner, 62 year old Pauline Clarke sounds like an ideal winner. New to the internet version of the game, she qualified for the Kerchingo game with the very last […]
Glasgow The Lucky
The National Bingo Game Association has released its annual round up of the luckiest places in Britain when it comes to winning their National Bingo Game. For the third year in a row, the luckiest place in the UK is in Scotland. Glasgow’s Mecca Forge club tops this years list having racked up an impressive […]
Post Holiday Round-up
I’ve been off-line for over a week now thanks to the family holiday and with catching up duties. Rather than reel off a load of short story posts, I thought I’d do an all-in-one round-up of the stories that caught my eye the past 10 days or so. First up, Neteller, one of the more […]
Gala’s Kerchingo Winner And Gala A Profit Winner
Gala Bingo are already the biggest brand in the UK when it comes to Bingo, both online and on the high street. They continue to impress me with the innovations they continue to bring to the game and its marketing. Recent examples of member emails with promotions to tempt online players in to the offline […]
The Daily Mail And Its Gambling Hypocrisy
I almost exploded last week watching the TV. I can’t remember who it was on talking, but it was some one from The Daily Mail. Politics aside, I couldn’t believe the line the paper was taking on the super casinos cancellation. Following Gordon Brown’s announcement of the cancellation of Manchester’s super casino, their response was […]
Pier Bingo Hall Evacuated After Lightening Strikes
It’s been a dramatic couple of weeks for the Deluxe Bingo Club on Hastings Pier. The club was closed last year as the pier it stood on was in need of repair that had been neglected by the pier’s owner. The owners of the club, Stylus Sport paid to have the pier repaired themselves and […]
