Following on from the recent post about Rank’s share price slide, there’s more bad news on the shares front. Given the current state of their shares and uncertainty over profit levels for the rest of 2007, the HSBC has downgraded the stock from overweight to neutral. It’s not good news for the chain, but they […]
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Legal Dispute Over 2nd Million Pound Prize
Well, just days after all my fuss over the 2nd Mecca Millionaire, the story has taken an unexpected turn for the worse. The previously unnamed pensioner has now been named as Jean McCullagh of the South Lanarkshire village Uddingston. According to the BBC’s news report, she’s in dispute with the 3 people she was playing […]
Lucky Club Bags 2nd Mecca Millionaire Prize
Well, this is just an awesome story – the 2nd Mecca Millionaire prize has been won. What makes it amazing is that it was won at the same club as the first one – Mecca’s Glasgow Forge. The £1,000,000 prize has been won there twice in 21 days, which considering the game was projected to […]
Rank Shares Drop
Rank’s shares have taken a bit of a tumble to hit their lowest point in almost 20 years. Bloomberg reports that the company behind the Mecca Bingo chain’s shares have slipped 21%. The impact of the smoking ban and the change in gaming machines brought in with the 2005 Gambling Act have contributed to a […]
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 […]
South Wales Bingo Halls Experiencing Loss Of Sales
icWales have an article on the Bingo industry in south Wales, where, 6 months into the smoking ban, a clearer picture of losses related to the ban is appearing. According to a survey carried out by the South Wales Echo, many clubs are reporting a loss of between 15 and 20 per cent. Whilst so […]
Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007 – Regional Heats
It’s come around again like a shot. The annual competition to find the best Bingo caller in the UK, the NGBA Bingo Caller Of The Year 2007 begins its competitive stages with the regional finals on September the 19th. The first regional heat will be to find the North West winner and take place in […]
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 […]
Unfortunate Times For Bingo Callers
I’ve spotted a couple of stories in the news the last week featuring Bingo callers. Unfortunately, both the stories were a bit short in the good news stakes. First up, news that Mecca Bingo caller Ricky Denton failed in his bid to become a boot camp attendee when he failed to impress the X Factor […]
