Tombola Bingo has changed balls to eggs in their bingo90 and bingo lite rooms for the Easter festivities. It is actually quite weird to see the numbers on eggs instead of balls, I thought there was something wrong with my screen at first – but no, they were dropping bingo eggs :). Bingo90 is the… Read more »
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Gala Bingo Sack Employees over Food a Drink Day Out
William Anderson, 24, Lori Kennedy, 27 and two other Gala Bingo employees were sacked after taking food and drink into one of their bingo clubs on a day out last year. Gala Bingo employees are not allowed to play bingo in the same club in which they work, so this event happened at a different… Read more »
West Midlands Police call the balls at Moxley bingo game
West Midlands Police are more used to 999 calls than 90-ball bingo calls, but officers on a crime prevention day at Moxley People’s Centre on March 20th found themselves taking to the podium to help residents with their weekly game.
Kentucky Teenager Banned from saying Bingo
Unbelievably a teenager who lives in Kentucky has been banned by a judge for six months from saying the word ‘Bingo’ – as they say, only in America. Has the world gone stark raving mad, or is it just me who thinks this is a crazy? April fool’s day is in a week’s time, but… Read more »
Wink Now Offer Mobile Bingo
Wink is one of the latest online sites to offer Mobile Bingo. However, at the moment you can only bingo on the go with them if you have an iPhone. We have been informed by Wink that they will be releasing a new version of their mobile app, which will support android devices and larger… Read more »
Give up Bingo because of Benefit Cuts
Eastland Homes Housing Association suggested their tenants give up bingo, Sky TV, cigarettes and drink because of new benefit cuts which are soon to be introduced. Horrified residents of the Eastland Homes Housing Association are said the be ‘disgusted’ with the advert in their recent newsletter which contained the following content – “Can you really… Read more »
Bingo in the Budget: Mega-link games on the horizon
With the headline rate of gambling duty on bingo unchanged in the 2013 Budget, you might think there’s little cause for celebration – however, while operators must still pay 20% of their takings in tax, players could still see prize money go up under the measures outlined by George Osborne.
Tax Hike Could Spell Closure for Hundreds More Bingo Halls
A £9 million tax hike by the Chancellor of the Exchequer could spell closure for hundreds more Bingo Halls up and down the UK. This will no doubt be worrying news for UK land based bingo playing fraternity. Our land based bingo clubs have been in decline for some years now, although we have seen… Read more »
Ladbrokes-Playtech deal to launch Vegas, mobile and tablet titles
A newly struck deal between Ladbrokes and software developer Playtech will see new ‘Vegas’ branded titles, mobile and tablet games appear across the Ladbrokes online gaming network.
Wink Bingo Team up with Dream Idols
Wink Bingo have teamed up with the hunky Dream Idols and come up with a truly dream jackpot of £30,000! It looks like Wink have followed in the footsteps of Foxy Bingo who held Dream Boy events in nightclubs up and down the UK back in 2009. Boyle Bingo has also had an association with… Read more »