Alongside the excitement of the Bingo Caller Of The Year competition, a couple of other stories caught my eye over the weekend relating to Bingo’s ongoing plight. The first one includes a Bingo caller who’s a long way from entering the big event, but none the less could have some an important part to play […]
Tag: Rank
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 […]
200 Job Losses For Mecca Bingo
The oncoming smoking ban and decling position of Rank as a Bingo giant will see 200 jobs going across the UK in the Mecca Bingo chain. The 200 job losses are a premptive cut to ofset the UK wide smoking ban that will be coming into effect next year. Once again, I have to moan […]
Hi Tech Bingo Hall
Interesting, now this I’d like to visit. The Fountain Park Mecca Bingo club in Edinburgh has gone fully electronic. This has seen visitors double and revenue’s increase. ‘Bingo has not changed from a manual, pen and paper-based game in more than 500 years,’ said Mario Vilela, director of electronic gaming at Rank. ‘But with competition […]
Rank May Sell Off Prestige Casino
Rank, owners of the Mecca Bingo chain as well as a number of casinos and resturants are in discussion about selling off a prestigious casino from their portfolio – The Clermont Club. According to the article, the London casino is famed for its glamour, and for being a haunt of Lord Lucan. Approaches have been […]
