Bingo News for 14th June 2008

The remainder of his sentence, if he is eligible, will be served at home wearing an electronic home monitoring tag. He was fired from his job at Bingo Palace surprising enough when he pleaded guilty to felony theft back in March.

Reported at KX Net on Saturday 14th June 2008

Bingo entrepreneur awarded MBE

A bingo entrepreneur has been awarded an MBE in the latest Queen's honours list. Norman Jacobs is best known for running the Empire bingo hall in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire and recently sold the other club he owned in March earlier this year. Prior to operating the bingo hall Mr Jacobs was a concert promoter and his MBE has been awarded for "services to business and charity in East Anglia".

Mr Jacobs is now past retirement age but still manages to maintain and run three theatres in Wisbech, Fakenham and Bury St Edmunds as bingo hall and cinemas.

Reported in the Wisbech Standard on Saturday 14th June 2008

Bingo hall under bomb threat

Friday 13th certainly proved unlucky for one bingo hall in Greenville, USA after the local police department received an anonymous tip off that there was a bomb at the local Lou's Beach Bingo hall. The call was received just after 9pm on Wednesday 11th June but further investigations found there was no bomb.

Reported at Reflector.com on Friday 13th June 2008

Coronation Street star tries her hand at being a bingo caller.

Barbara Young, formerly Doreen Fenwick in Coronation Street tried her hand at bingo calling at a charity event in Hendon, London to help raise money for the charity Jewish Care and their home, Clore Manor. The event raised £755.

Reported on the Corrie Blog