Tonight sees the inaugural launch of what’s being described as the UK’s first live interactive Bingo TV game. Big Box Bingo will be available on Sky Channel 157 every Tuesday evening at 8pm – with six games of Bingo being played. If like me, you haven’t got Sky, you can also play the games and […]
Tag: Smoking Ban
Electronic Bingo Feature
The Guardian has a feature on what a Rank Group spokesman dubs ‘Bingo for the Playstation generation‘. It takes a look at Ranks plans for expanding the electronic side of the business with waterproof terminals and other mobile devices – to stave off the effects of the smoking ban.
Two Scottish Halls Set To Close
The Banffshire Journal has a report that the Regal Ambassador Bingo Club in Macduff is set to close on Sunday 17th June. The club is the latest in a string of closures at independent Bingo halls in Scotland following the first year of the smoking ban. It’s interesting to see that the ban alone has […]
Belfast Bingo Players Quitting Diary
The Belfast Telegraph run an interesting story on the manager and a couple of customers the Strand Bingo in Londonderry. Basically, they’ve decided that with the smoking ban they will give up the smoking and they’re keeping a diary of their experiences. Good luck to them, but in my experiences of giving up the dreaded […]
Smoking Ban Starts In Northern Ireland
Given all the news on the smoking ban recently, I forgot to mention that the ban is now in place in Northern Ireland. The ban came into effect from Monday 30th April and is expected to have the same impact on the Bingo industry in Northern Ireland as it did in Scotland. The ban is […]
Musselburgh Bingo Hall Closes Its Doors
And continuing the doom and gloom that’s fast taking over the Bingo world, news from Lothian that the Hayweights Club in Musselburgh will be closing down today. The final session will be played tonight when there’s a party for the remaining members. It’s a real shame this ban is contributing to the problems of many […]
Ulverston Bingo Hall Closure Rumours
This story from Barrow In Furness sounds like it has some roots in the approach of the smoking ban. Rumours have begun circulating amongst the club’s regulars that the historic Roxy Bingo and Social Club on Brogden Street in Ulverston may close. There’s not a lot of detail in the story, but reading between the […]
Smoking Ban Tax Breaks
The Sunday Times has a report about the Bingo industry’s campaign to get a large tax break to offset the damage likely to be caused by the smoking ban when it comes in this year. Shockingly, the industry is forecasting that as many as 200 clubs could close – a quarter of all the UK’s […]
Bingo Firms Ask For £10m Rebate
Scotland On Sunday have an interesting article on the Scottish Bingo industry’s attempt to get a £10m tax rebate from Gordon Brown (good luck on that one!) The chairman of the Bingo Association will be at the forefront of the campaign to get the politicians to repay some of the VAT to offset the 20% […]
Scotland Gets State Of The Art Bingo Club
Despite all the recent doom and gloom to do with the Bingo scene in Scotland and the devastation being wrought to Bingo profits by the smoking ban, there’s some good news for Bingo fans in Coatsland. A £6million pound super club is planned for the Autumn. “Owner Brian Fraser said: ?It is not just a […]
