According to a report at Wales Online, Welsh Bingo Clubs are struggling to stay open and another one of their halls are about to shut up bingo shop. It is thought that a third of welsh land based bingo halls have closed their doors forever in the past seven years and this worrying trend seems… Read more »
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The ‘five personas’ of social bingo
Social bingo – online bingo played within a social network like Facebook – is a trend that’s gathering pace, and one new entrant into the market claims there are five main personas of player emerging too.
Blue Square Bingo moves to Betfair Bingo
Blue Square Bingo are basically now, Betfair Bingo after gaming industry giants Betfiar purchased them in a £5m deal from the Rank Group just a few days ago. This means Blue Square Bingo is no more and all of their members are now being re-directed through to Betfair Bingo. Incidentally, Betfair Bingo only opened its… Read more »
Tombola Bingo celebrates five-figure Cinco win
Tombola Bingo‘s Cinco game lived up to its name – which is Spanish for ‘five’ – by paying out a five-figure sum to one lucky member of the site this week.
Mecca Bingo to Open First Ever Electronic Only Bingo Club
Mecca Bingo has released details of their intention to open their first ever electronic only bingo club. No more will Mecca Bingo patrons in Reading, London, need to get dabbers at the ready as the touch screen revolution has just landed at a bingo club near them. By launching their first electronic only bingo club,… Read more »
EasyJet Air Hostess Wins Bingo and One Million EuroMillions Jackpot
In an amazing twist of fate, Lucky EasyJet air hostess Kelly Caldwell, not only won a £700 jackpot playing bingo, but on the same day she landed a one million lottery win too. You could say that it was down to her bingo jackpot win on ‘Good Friday’, which also landed Kelly the one million… Read more »
Boylebingo launches big-money April
April is another big-money month at Boylebingo, and this weekend’s Grand National horse race is at the centre of the site’s opening promotion for the month.
Mecca Bingo Hit the One Million Mark for Marie Curie
Mecca Bingo, with the help of their members and staff have raised a draw dropping £1,003,744.82 (to be exact) at the time of writing for Marie Curie Cancer Care. This is an outstanding amount of money to raise for charity and we are sure Marie Curie are very pleased. Our bingo industry giants, Mecca and… Read more »
Bingo in Prison for Shamed Former MP Chris Huhne’s Ex Wife
It has been reported by a major newspaper that Vicky Pryce, ex wife of shamed former Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne has been enjoying Friday night sessions of bingo in Prison with other inmates. Vicky Pryce who is an economics expert, was jailed for 8 months after being found guilty for colluding with her husband… Read more »
21st Century Bingo: How mobile technology is transforming the game
There was a time when online gambling was nothing more than web-based access to a real-world sports betting account, which you had to fund by sending cheques through the post. In a relatively short period of time since then, online gaming has expanded to include real-money games with accounts you can fund electronically in seconds,… Read more »