Bingo News for 24th May 2008

Online bingo wasn't the cause of her problems; it was land bingo and the slot machines at her local bingo club. Apparently her job was rather stressful and this was relieved by visiting the local bingo hall and playing the fruit machines. According to the article she was spending up to £500 a night and aside from the £80,000 she stole from her firm there was £100,000 of her own money that she had spent on her gambling habit as well.

Reported in the Bournemouth Echo on Friday 23rd May 2008

Probability to supply mobile network "3"with mobile services

According to an article I was reading Probability, a UK mobile gaming technology company, have come to an agreement with mobile phone company 3 to pre-install permanent links to the Probability mobile gaming service on some 2 million new handsets in the UK over the next 12 months.

Mecca Bingo recently announced that they have moved into the mobile gaming market and also News of The World has a mobile casino, slots and bingo.

Reported at Online Casino on Friday 23rd May 2008

81 year old woman gets lost on the way to play bingo.

May 17th in Sarasota, America and 81 year old woman got lost on her way to play bingo and despite disappearing at 6pm was not reported missing until 11.25pm.

Luckily for this old dear the local county sheriff's office had thermal imaging cameras and managed to locate her laying face down in a grassy area at 11.45pm. She was taken to hospital but was not injured.

Maybe she just fancied a nap?

Reported in the Herald Tribune online on Friday 23rd May 2008