Well, have to say I was shocked when I spotted the news over at The Guardian that Gala Bingo are to close five of their Bingo clubs. It’s the first sign of closures from the UK’s biggest Bingo chain, and it comes just a short while after Gala Coral’s CEO Neil Goulden was quoted as […]
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Gala Coral Profits Raise And No Club Closures Expected
News from the FT that Gala Coral have seen a profit rise in its last year of trading. The rises come on the last trading year up to September 2007, so the changes brought in to by the 2005 Gambling Act affecting gaming machines won’t real have bitten in much with this report, but it […]
Top Ten Bingo Profit Woes
The UK’s third largest Bingo train is suffering profit and share troubles. ICWales Business reports that the chains profits have halved in the last 6 months, with the foreseeable future set to be equally difficult. Top Ten Holdings have also seen their share price slump as well. Top Ten have already sold a number of […]
369 Players In One Club Share In The First Gala High 5 Jackpot
Following the Kerchingo game, Gala Bingo are back on the big prize money ladder after their first ever Gala High 5 main jackpot has been won, with a jackpot prize of £874,208. The Gala prize is a bit different to the Mecca Millionaire and Big N though, because that prize money isn’t won by one […]
Last Of The Bingo Caller Of The Year Heats
Well, the stage is now set for an epic showdown of Bingo calling talent in London on the 25th November. The last two regional heats of the NBGA Bingo Caller Of The Year were held in the last week – so we now have the full line up for the event. The Wales heat was […]
Gala TV One Year Old This Week
Woah! Where has the last year gone? I was reminded that the 4th of October was the birthday of Gala TV – the UK’s first Bingo TV channel. It’s been going from strength to strength over the last 12 months with a growing user base and a number of special events under their belt. To […]
And A Quick Bingo News Round Up
As I’ve been busy preparing for and attending the Online Bingo Summit, I’ve been a bit neglectful of the news, so here’s a quick round up of some other interesting Bingo news from the last week or so. We’ll start with some big jackpot news. Mecca Bingo can claim the crown for creating the first […]
First Two Regional Finals Won In Calling Competition
The NGBA Bingo Caller Of The Year is well and truly under way now, and the first couple of results are in. The North West head was held on the 19th at the Mecca Bingo Club, Moor Lane, Bolton. The heat was won by Allen Musa from Preston’s Buckingham Bingo. The North East heat was […]
More Bingo Millionaires In The Pipeline
It seems like the Bingo world is going big money bonkers at the minute. We’ve just had the Kerchingo game from Gala Bingo, which created the UK’s first online bingo millionaire. There’s been an alternative multi site pooled million pound prize floating around before that, despite being what I feel is less than honest about […]
Brett’s Corner – Behind The Scenes At Gala TV
Following on from the talk of million pound Bingo prizes, Brett’s newest columns has just gone up featuring a look at the night that Gala TV called the numbers on Kerchingo game. Brett also runs through the tough work involved in calling the numbers on the UK’s first Bingo channel and his brushes with celebrities. […]
