Carlton Bingo operate eighteen bingo halls throughout Scotland and the North East of England. Since 2006 they have raised over £100,000 for local charities. The charities were chosen as they were foremost in the minds of club patrons and staff. The money has gone to breast cancer charities, as well as Alzheimer Scotland and MFR […]
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Bingo News Roundup
Well, as Autumn is almost upon us, and the little ones are back at school, I’ve been caught up launching a site in time for Halloween and catching up with work from over the summer holidays. I’ve got some great new content lined up for the site the next couple of weeks, but more about […]
Bingo Halls In The News, Sales, Conversions And Innovations
Over the last couple of weeks, there’s been a number of stories I’ve seen featured about actual Bingo halls. Here’s a quick round up of the news and headlines about those halls. The newest story sees Carlton Bingo selling two of its Scottish clubs. The two clubs are the Station Road Carlton Bingo in Grangemouth, […]
Theatre To Bingo And Back Again
The Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline was home to a Bingo hall for 40 years until it closed last year. Like many old style Bingo halls, it had originally been a theatre that was re-purposed for the great game in the golden age UK Bingo back in the 60s. When the club closed last year, it […]
Mecca Admissions Fall
A year after the smoking bans introduction in Scotland a year ago, Mecca has revealed it’s seen a 10% drop in admissions. It’s also seen a like-for-like drop in sales of 17%. Things are starting to improve as the spending per customer is increasing. The news follows Carlton Bingo’s announcements of its drop in profits […]
Carlton Bingo’s Profits Hit Hard By Smoking Ban
News today from the Scotsman that the independent Scottish chain Carlton Bingo have suffered a massive drop in profits following the first year under the smoking ban. They posted their annual accounts yesterday showing a drop of 62% in the profits. The chain has already closed three of its halls, and there’s concerns that more […]
Bingo’s In The Pink In Glasgow
Members of Carlton Bingo in Partick, Glasgow will be taking part in a range of events to raise money for breast cancer charities as a part of National Breast Cancer Month. The fun includes a customer calling competition, and one of the regular men at the club dying his hair pink and having it shaved […]
Glasgow Bingo Hall Swallowed
Patrons of the The Carlton Bingo Club in Partick, Glasgow, are watching there hall slowly be swallowed by a new luxury apartment complex. It could have been worse, the club could have been sold and gone completely. But thanks to the hall refusing to sell, the club will remain, although it’s entrance will get an […]
Scottish Smoking Ban Halts Carlton’s Expansion Plans
Interesting to see a news report about prominent Scottish chain Carlton holding off expansion plans until losses caused by the smoking ban are clear. It seems in contrast to Gala’s news in April that fears of losses were offset by increased admissions to their clubs. Whilst annual profits are up for Carlton – they fear […]
April 2006 News Stories
TOP STORY: Bank Holiday Blackpool Fun – 25 April 2006 With the Bank Holiday around the corner, Blackpool Bingo has a number of free games and big prizes to celebrate. Read more…(Dead Link) Record Online Jackpot For Luton Lady – 21 April 2006 Lucky Jo Collins from Luton won a massive £162,000 jackpot playing Bingo […]
