As we know here at Playing Bingo, the UK’s relationship with bingo has long been the stuff of legend. Bingo halls opened up and down the country during the 20th century, providing communities with vital spaces to catch up with friends, enjoy casual gaming entertainment and hopefully call “Bingo!”. The game quickly became an essential […]
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Bingo Loses Its Balls
As regular readers of our pages will know, there have been some quite significant changes in the world of online bingo recently. We’ve seen a change in the bonus structure for many sites and more recently, alterations to the design and feel of many to ensure they hold no appeal to children. This was something […]
Are Bingo Brands Saving For Christmas?
Once upon a time it used to be that you could visit the big name brands like Wink, Foxy, 888Ladies etc. and find a whole plethora of interesting promotions. Of late we have noticed that the ‘great’ promotions that we have been used to are becoming less and less which made us ask the question […]
Mecca Bingo’s Search For Inspirational Women
Mecca Bingo are running a search to find a great mother and daughter team. The idea is that they receive nominations of truly inspirational women. Although we don’t have the exact criteria, we are guessing that they are looking for women who have shown a certain amount of self sacrifice when supporting others, be it […]
Bingo Fracas In Old Folk’s Home
Despite my constant reiteration of how safe it is to play bingo, it seems that for people above a certain age there is a tendency towards scrapping when it comes to bingo. There have been a few news articles about elderly people and bingo related violence, and the latest is again an incident concerning two […]
Bingo And Gambling
In my trawls of the net for bingo related info I recently came across an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer that covered illicit bingo games which were being used for political ends. It turns out that local councillors were giving out free bingo cards to villagers with their names printed on the back, the […]
Wonga’s Betty Does Bingo
Unless you don’t watch television, you can’t have failed to have caught one of the adverts for the short term loan company Wonga.com featuring the OAP puppets, Betty, Earl and Joyce. Betty is currently doing bingo in an effort to promote their brand and whilst I love bingo, I’ve been having an internal debate as […]
Prisoners Win Bingo Cash
It has been announced today that an inquiry is to be launched after it was reported that prisoners in some of Britain’s most high profile jails have been given cash prizes for playing bingo games while incarcerated. The inquiry will centre on activities in Wakefield Prison and other top security jails, where some of the […]
Bingo Christmas Gift Ideas
Christmas is now under two months away and you and I have something in common, bingo! This got me thinking whether you’re an offline or online player you might be interested in some of the ideas in this piece for Christmas presents for the avid bingo player. In all honesty, I wouldn’t be overly impressed […]
Bingo Brings Community Together
Having recently remarked on the idea of bingo as being an exemplar of ‘community’, it’s pleasing to see that bingo is back in North Edinburgh, and it’s taking place in a community centre. More poignantly, the setting up of the sessions are part of a funded project aimed at helping communities. So, it would appear […]
