Sad news for retail bingo today as Buzz Bingo announces the closure of 26 of its halls in the wake of the Covid 19 lockdown and restrictions on business. The list of clubs that will not reopen is as follows. Chatham Salford Salisbury Antelope Park Banbury Boston Bournemouth Bridlington Carlisle Chorley Cramlington Derby Foresters Edinburgh […]
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Will Your Bingo Club Reopen?
So, it’s been announced by Boris, Bingo Halls can reopen from the 4th of July after the big coronavirus lockdown of past months. However, the big question is, will they? At the moment there’s not a lot of detail out there about what the plans are. With the 4th of July ten days away, we […]
Buzz Bingo, Bringing The ‘Buzz’ Back?
For many years now retail bingo has been trying to shake the image of the blue rinse brigade. If you visit your local club you’ll find a more younger demographic in attendance than you might expect and Gala Leisure are hopeful that this becomes the norm as Gala rebrands to Buzz Bingo! The new […]
Is Mansfield The Lucky Place To Play Bingo?
We all love online bingo and the chance to log on to our favourite sites and share a laugh with our buddies. Therefore, every now and then, we like to put down the virtual dauber and head out for a game or two at our local bingo hall. If you live near Nottinghamshire then you’re […]
Bingo Players Object To 50 Shades Lessons
A Cambridgeshire village hall has been left red-faced today as ‘relationship lessons’ held at the hall have turned out to be lessons in horseplay, whip included! The Peer Rope Cambridge booked the hall for the lessons, but as they began it became clear that rather than traditional relationship advice, this stuff was a bit raunchy, […]
Lucky Couple Use Bingo Win To Pay For Wedding
Getting hitched is expensive these days, with everything from the dress to the venue to pay for, it’s little wonder so many of us are living in sin. However, for one lucky couple who won £12,000 at the bingo, it’s a dream come true, and the cash will be used to pay for their dream […]
More Bad News For Bingo Halls
Bingo halls have certainly been through some difficulties in the decade. First the opening of many online bingo sites saw many players take their game online instead of heading out to the bingo hall and then the smoking ban saw off many players who were left. With an older demographic, those bingo players are not […]
Review: BBC Four’s “Eyes Down! The Story Of Bingo”
I was quite excited to catch “Eyes Down! The Story Of Bingo” (part of the Timeshift documentary strand) for a number of reasons. Firstly because I spoke to the researchers for the programme last year; and secondly because there’s not to my knowledge been such an in-depth documentary done about the game’s history here. The […]
Attracting Younger People To Bingo Clubs
Click here to play at Mecca Bingo For bingo halls, like any other business, the initial key is to get people through the doors. Once through the doors, you’ve got to make sure that players stay, and more importantly come back. But for many halls that initial ‘through the door’ scenario can be exceptionally difficult […]
Flutters Bingo And Biggleswade Council At Loggerheads
Biggleswade County Council are bit upset with Flutters Bingo in Biggleswade about a missing plaque. The plaque was originally mounted by the council on the exterior of the building at a cost of £280, and has recently disappeared. Because the bingo hall was recently redecorated, the blame for the loss of the plaque had been […]
