US single mother wins huge lottery jackpot

America: a single mother has won a $66 million lottery jackpot. The woman from Port Huron won the jackpot that was drawn in mid-June. She told the New York Post this week on Thursday that she did not discover that she had the winning ticket for ten days. Kelsey Zachow, 24 – who has a… Read more »

Go Coco Loco at Gala Bingo!

To celebrate the arrival of Gala Bingo’s new and exclusive 50-ball Coconut Island bingo room, they are giving away more than £150,000 in prizes as well as 5 fantastic luxury holidays! That’s £150,000 in bingo prizes with 500 winners guaranteed each day! This means that there will be 10,000 winners over 3 weeks! All you… Read more »

Customer data stolen from Paddy Power

The details of more than 649,000 customers have been stolen from the database of gambling operator Paddy Power, reports the Belfast Telegraph The Irish bookmaker has had data stolen that contains personal information entered by customers who signed up to the Paddy Power online service in years up to and including 2010. The information that… Read more »

Rock and Roll Bingo

Heavy rock music and bingo are not normally mentioned in the same sentence. Certainly, the two activities evoke very different images. However, in Somerset, rock music lovers are being invited to a Rock and Roll bingo night. Indeed, this coming Saturday (August 2nd), Mardons Social Club are hosting a bingo night that will have an… Read more »

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Ladbrokes advertising complaint upheld by ASA

A complaint regarding a Ladbrokes online advert has been upheld by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The online banner advert for a sales promotion said: ‘UP TO £500! IN FREE BETS ON LADBROKES EXCHANGE’. This was then followed by smaller text which was hyperlinked back to their site, saying:  ‘T&Cs Apply – Click here.’ However,… Read more »

Online gambling regulation to be introduced in Spain

The Spanish government have approved plans for regulating online slots and exchange betting. This was announced on Thursday in a statement released online on the website of the DGOJ, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling in Spain. The regulations were adopted by the publication of ministerial order, the Ministry of Finance and Government… Read more »

New BBC series to explore gambling

A new three-part documentary series on the world of gambling has been commissioned by BBC One. The working title of the series is The Bookies. The program will go behind the scenes at Coral, one of the UK’s biggest high street and online bookmakers. The series aims to explore the workings of gambling, a pastime… Read more »

Film Bingo launches

Film Bingo launched this week on Thursday, as part of the 15 Network. The UK bingo site is unique in that it has been created to raise money for independent cinema productions. Profits from the site go directly to indie film makers for them to develop new films. The site offers classic 90 and 75… Read more »

Betway Bingo launches television advert

To celebrate the launch of its bingo operation, Betway Bingo are launching a television advert as part of “Betway Stories” marketing campaign. The advert will hit television screens this Friday (1ST August). The betting firm are running a marketing campaign called Betway stories, which feature their various gamers across different platforms The latest addition to… Read more »

Is this Britain’s oldest bingo caller?

For the past decade in Suffolk, Geoff Moss has called the numbers at Molly’s Club bingo hall. This week, the octogenarian celebrated taking his place as the hall’s bingo caller for the 500th time. Mr Moss, 81, is from Great Cornard, Suffolk, and every week, he is the caller at the games at the local… Read more »