It seems the England and Wales smoking ban is already starting to bite at Mecca Bingo. The company has announced the closure of nine Bingo halls around the UK today. Clubs in Fulham, Islington, Kingston-upon-Hull, Liverpool, Reading, Sheffield, Swansea, Welling and Wolverhampton have all been earmarked to be closed and 230 staff positions affected. The […]
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Bingo Boss Wins Customer Service Award
News of a top award for Stuart Booth the manager of the Mecca Bingo Club on Hartlepool Marina. Managing to beat of the challenge of another 100 competitors, he won the Sunrise Customer Service Champion award consisting of prize money of £2,000 and a trophy. I have to say, it takes a special kind of […]
Mecca Bingo Get Pro-Active, Nearly…
News from Mecca Bingo in Fishergate, York that they’re in the process of getting permission to erect a large smoking shelter at the front of the club in preparation for the ban in July. Read more… Sigh… They’re just not getting it are they? I hope they have more planned than this. Mecca are not […]
Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007 – Bingo New Year
Well, Happy New Year to all our readers – been as it’s the time of year, I thought I’d share some of my selected highlights from 2006, and thoughts for what will happen in 2007 for Bingo in the UK, off and online. In 2006 the biggest news has been the Scottish Bingo industry’s losses […]
William Hill Bingo?
Interesting financial report from the Guardian that William Hill are considering bidding for The Rank Group after they sell off their Hard Rock Cafe part of the business. The Rank Group run the Mecca chain of Bingo halls, so it’s perhaps fitting that one gaming business with a large high street presence should take over […]
Whilst The US Bans, The UK Embraces
Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary is hoping that with new gaming licenses, the UK can become a centre of respectability and a shining example of good practice for the online gaming world. Speaking at the opening of the first international summit to discuss the global impact of online gambling, she said regulating the game was […]
Great PR For Mecca Bingo
Wow, not long after having Prince William come play at their Reading hall and the reams of great publicity it generated around the world Mecca get more nice press. The online version of their game will be getting some great PR value from the story of a women driven online by the smoking ban and […]
The US Market Moves East
Following on from my earlier post about the pending Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, US operators are not only turning their attentions to the UK, but to the far east as well. UK based FC Group will be holding a conference on the 31st October to explore the burgeoning market and it’s potential issues. You […]
Bingo Caller Of The Year
The annual competition’s into its 12th year. The regional heats are gone and the winners will be going forward to the grand final on Nov 26th at Gala Bingo’s Surrey Quays club. For a full list of the regional winners and finalists check out the National Bingo’s page on the competition. Now, it took me […]
Bingo Willy
Could this be just the sort of celebrity endorsement that the Bingo industry in the UK needs? Forget Sharon Osbourne’s chat show, or Kerry Katona celebrity Bingo branding, nothing says modern, young, smart and intelligent Bingo players than a handsome young British Prince. According to reports, Prince William stunned the regulars at the Mecca club […]
