Click here to play at Mecca Bingo Now that the snow has cleared and looks like it will not be coming back in any big way Mecca Bingo’s owners Rank are counting the cost. Their profits for the month of January are down by 3 million pounds. The downturn in profits was not just down […]
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Gala Bingo Rejoin Bingo Association
Click here to play at Gala Bingo Gala Bingo have recently rejoined the Bingo Association after a five year absence. They left in 2008, and I’m hoping that this return to the fold is a signal that bingo is going to get serious with the government over taxation issues. The Bingo Association is the main […]
New Bingo Hall Gallery
A new gallery has just been added to our Lost Halls section courtesy of Charles S.P. Jenkins, a keen photographer who has supplied us with a lovely set of photographs that he took himself. The gallery is of Gala Bingo in Powis Street, Woolwich, London, and like the previous set of the Slough Adelphi, includes […]
Slough Gala Bingo Gallery, New Lost Halls And Club Finder Additions
The exterior of Slough Gala Bingo For those of you with an interest in the halls we feature at the site, I’d like to highlight some of the new galleries and pages recently added. Kicking off are a collection of photographs kindly provided by Charles Jenkins, providing a great record of the decor, fittings and […]
Can Big Bingo Chains Attract Online Players From Their Clubs?
Click here to play at Gala Bingo Gala Bingo have just starting promoting an online bingo offer to their land based club members. Anyone who plays in their local club on the 25th of October 2012 will receive a bonus code that will enable them to access 10 hours of Free Superbooks, with £10,000 in […]
Gala Bingo Upping Their Game
Click here to play at Gala Bingo In these tough economic times no-one can afford to rest on their laurels, even those who’ve established themselves as market leaders have to be proactive in attracting more customers. Gala Bingo are going one step further and are going to be addressing bingo halls’ biggest problem when it […]
New Hall History Piece – The Kingston Gala
After a long break, Ian Grundy has returned with another fascinating insight into a grand old bingo hall, illustrated with Ian’s wonderful photographs. This latest piece looks at the development of the monstrously huge Kinston-Upon-Thames Gala Bingo hall. The hall started out as a church and was a theatre / cinema for a time before […]
Battlefield Bingo From Gala Bingo
If you’ve read our scholarly and in-depth article on the early history of Bingo in the UK, like myself you were no doubt surprised to learn that bingo was played by British troops in the trenches of World War I. The game proved and excellent morale booster and social event for the entrenched soldiers, despite […]
Bingo Buyouts And Takeovers
In other news, there’s been a few major stories to do with bingo company takeovers and sales. First up, and a major pointer towards the consolidation taking place in the online bingo market is the yet to be finalised sale of the standalone Cassava powered site Wink Bingo, which was snapped up by the 888 […]
Gala’s Everest Bingo Game Not The Highest?
First up today, congratulations to the 25 bingo players / Gala staff members that engaged in a game of bingo on the slopes of Everest last week. The event was more than a year in the planning, and arranged to raise money for Gala Coral’s nominated charity, Sue Ryder Care. It was a pretty momentous […]
