I spotted the news story early last week about the closure of the Regent Bingo in Deal, Kent. The club is an independently run one, and has been in the Bingo business since the mid 60s and remarkably, run by the same person since its opening. The club’s managing director Robin Bloom blames the smoking […]
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Gala Launch Mrs Obama’s Online Bingo
I saw this story on the wires earlier, and I have to admit, it made me chuckle a bit. Fair play to Gala Bingo on this one, it’s a great little promotion to tie in with the inauguration of Barack Obama next week, and it’s also helping charity as well. Gala have enlisted the help […]
Best Online Bingo Sites 2008?
Firstly, belated Happy New Year to all Playing Bingo readers out there. Been as it’s January, it must be time for my annual rant about Which Bingo’s Online Bingo Awards. It’s ironic that they’ve dubbed themselves the ‘Online Bingo Oscars‘ as frankly the awards are as crooked and pointless as the trumped up Hollywood centric […]
Seasonal Stories Round Up
Well, I’ve been caught up in all the fun and games the season has to offer, and let a few stories slip. Rather than go into depth, here’s a quick round up and links to further information on a few stories that caught my eye over the last couple of weeks. First up, another case […]
Small improvements for Mecca Bingo
Following on from Gala’s recent news of slight improvements in its Bingo business, there’s more cautiously good news from their biggest rival, Mecca Bingo. The Times reports that trading has been up slightly for Mecca, who’ve seen a rise in their like-for-like sales of 1%. It appears that maybe the bottom of the barrel has […]
ITV’s Bingo Night Live Cancelled
At the weekend, the 5 month old ITV Bingo Night Live ended with the last standing £25,000 jackpot being given away to the winner of the final house game. The Bingo Night Live website says this was the end of the series, which to me implies the show is coming back. However, there’s news from […]
Gala Coral Jobs Go In Restructuring
The Times had a report on some major changes at Gala Coral. The private equity company behind Gala Bingo are restructuring to improve their financial position and shedding up to 200 jobs as a part of the process. The move will see their five divisions cut down and rejigged to 3 – gaming, retail betting […]
ITV’s Bingo Night Live Sets World Record
The late night show on ITV Bingo finally gave away its Golden Jackpot, which has steadily been growing since the show started earlier this year. The prize of £60,000 was won on Friday by Michael from Margate, and in the process the show set a Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Online Bingo Game. […]
The End Of The Day Cliché Awards – Online Bingo Advert Clichés
Sigh… There’s been a whole slew of Bingo adverts on the TV recently, and not a single one of them has managed to move me to write anything positive about them. Instead all I’m seeing is cliché after cliché trotted out to try and inspire me to try one cookie cut Bingo site after another. […]
New Sun Bingo Has Launched – A Quick Review
Well, after all the speculation, the new Sun Bingo has launched. It’s early days, the site has only been online less than an hour, but I thought I would give a brief review of what new Sun Bingo players can expect. Forget about my concerns about it being like Jackpot Joy, they have managed to […]
