It’s fair to say Bingo has had a long history of being played in buildings originally built as cinemas. In a new twist, this relationship has been rekindled for the 21st century. Starting next week in Huddersfield, a new sort of cinema entertainment will be going public, with Bingo (albeit the American version) being a […]
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Playing Bingo Interview With Dr Carolyn Downs
For me, one of the highlights of the recent BBC Money Programme on Bingo was the appearance of Dr Carolyn Downs. She gave an historical overview of the growth of the game in the UK. Her knowledge was gained doing her PHD, which was a history of Bingo in the UK – through to the […]
Two Scottish Halls Set To Close
The Banffshire Journal has a report that the Regal Ambassador Bingo Club in Macduff is set to close on Sunday 17th June. The club is the latest in a string of closures at independent Bingo halls in Scotland following the first year of the smoking ban. It’s interesting to see that the ban alone has […]
Electronic Cards On The Cards For Mecca Bingo
Mecca already has the one all electric Bingo hill, but now it’s looking to trial the technology in more halls. There’s news from the makers of the cards, Electronic Game Cards Inc. that they’re supplying Mecca with a lot more of them. I’m wondering how long it’s going to be before there’s waterproof versions available […]
Belfast Bingo Players Quitting Diary
The Belfast Telegraph run an interesting story on the manager and a couple of customers the Strand Bingo in Londonderry. Basically, they’ve decided that with the smoking ban they will give up the smoking and they’re keeping a diary of their experiences. Good luck to them, but in my experiences of giving up the dreaded […]
Devastation At Listed Bingo Hall
We featured the plight of the Essex Road Mecca Bingo in Islington a few times the last couple of months. The club was one of the unlucky nine Mecca halls closed, became a rallying point for the ‘Stop Destroying My Bingo’ campaign before closing in March. The now empty hall has suffered a dreadful final […]
GalaBingo.Com Gone To The Highest Bidder
Bingo Port have an interesting exclusive about the sale of the domain GalaBingo.com. It seems the UK’s Gala Bingo have been after the domain for a while, and through a domain auction the domain has been sold for around £33,000. At present though, it’s not known who was responsible for the purchase. It will be […]
Bingo Port – A Unique New Bingo Site
It’s not very often I write about new Bingo information sites here at Playing Bingo. There are a horde of sites about Bingo and online bingo out on the internet, but ones that merit anything other than a cursory glance are few and far between. I spotted news last week of the launch of a […]
Bingo Under The Spotlight
There’s been a lot on Bingo in the mainstream media the last week. We already mentioned the Guardian’s piece on St Minver’s survey, but there’s been a couple more notable items since then that I’ve not had a chance to mention and catch up on. First up, the business section of The Times Online has […]
St Minver’s Bingo Survey And Its Flaws
The Guardian website run an article yesterday on the returns from a recent Bingo survey run by the online bingo network St Minver. The results show that as many as one in ten Bingo players will give up playing at Bingo halls because of the smoking ban – and one in three will play less […]
