Bingo News: April 2008 Archives
If bingo hadn't already become big business since the days of only playing bingo in a bingo hall and the introduction of online bingo then Mecca Bingo are taking it a step further by launching Mobile Bingo. Yes, that is right - you can now play bingo on your mobile thanks to Mecca Bingo.
A great grandmother from Fleetwood is cracking open the champagne after netting a £31,000 bingo win at her local Top Ten Bingo Hall in Poulton Road, Fleetwood.
The 63 year old woman who wishes to remain anonymous has been a member of the club for over 15 years and has said that she plans to share the windfall with the daughter who bought her ticket for her.
The newest addition to an ever growing selection is 30 ball bingo, otherwise known as Speed Bingo and it's a name very suited to it.
Last year the National Bingo Caller of the Year was Blake Robson, a bingo caller for the Mecca Bingo Club in South Shields. Since his win he has been trained as an Ambassador and spokesperson for the bingo industry and this year the competition is fierce for this coveted title, according to the NBGA "THE most sought after title within the bingo industry".
The official National Bingo website provides details on entry to the competition and requirements of entry and I was interested to see what they were.
Today I received an email from online bingo and game site Game Village informing me of the deals they have going when you refer one of your mates to their site.
Word of mouth is priceless in any industry and online bingo is no different with many bingo sites offering their members bonuses for telling their friends.
Clear your diary's, pack the kids off to bed early, sit the old man down with a beer and settle yourself down at the pc this Friday because Foxy Bingo have their first £10,000 mega guaranteed jackpot!
Foxy Bingo have been running their guaranteed jackpots for quite a while now but the new £10k jackpot is the biggest so far and you don't want to miss it!
I wrote about the new TV bingo craze in America hosted by Patrick Duffy, Bingo America and on Friday 11th April John Stefan, a United States Marine, walked away with the top prize of $100,000!
To say he was pleased would be the understatement of the century and the clip attached shows his reaction to winning this life changing amount of money!
Monday 14th April 2008 saw a bingo manager from Buckingham Bingo jailed for fraud after she wrote nearly £47,000 worth of IOU's and left them in the company safe.
Helen Walker was a manager of Buckingham Bingo in Peterlee and was salaried at £46,000. It was reported that she took the money to help pay off mounting debts.
Recently I wrote about three sisters who were feuding over a £50,000 bingo win at their local Buckingham Bingo hall (although the Mirror newspaper reports the win being at a Gala Bingo hall) and how two of the sisters had taken the other to court for their share.
A win at a Buckingham Bingo club in Hunt's Cross, Liverpool has sparked a feud between three sisters culminating in court hearing.
The three sisters, Mrs Kenny, Mrs Thomas and the winner Mrs Sexton are currently fighting over a verbal agreement that was made back in 2005 where the sisters agreed to share any winnings.
In my inbox today was an email from House of Bingo, one of the newest online bingo sites to launch using the Cozy Games software platform, telling me that "Speed Bingo" was now available at their bingo site.
Another online casinos has branched out into online bingo which seems to be happening more and more on the microgaming platform.
The Jackpot Factory online casino have recently launched All Bingo Club with the slogan "We've got Balls".
Reading through the google news I was shocked to read about a bingo game being disrupted at MCDONALDS!!!
Yes, you have read that right, a game of bingo was taking place in a branch of McDonald's. I can't see that happening in the UK too often can you?
Winners Bingo are a group of bingo halls situated in Thetford, Norfolk and Brandon, and Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk who now provide an online bingo hall using the St.Minver/Parlay Entertainment plaftform.
You will receive £1 free when you validate your email address after registration and your first deposit will generate 100% cash match up to £125.
Yet another Mecca Bingo hall is facing imminent closure but the patrons of the club in Swindon have really tried hard to stop the powers that be from going ahead by getting a petition together signed by all the halls members.
The hall was first opened in 1974 closed yesterday and was sold by The Rank Group to the local council as part of the regeneration programme of the town centre.
Tuesday 8th April 2008 saw Think Bingo launch 5p games at their online bingo site. The games run randomly in Thinking Newbies and Think 90 and mean more tickets for your money!
If that wasn't enough, this Sunday sees the launch of their new Snowball guaranteed Jackpots!
I have only ever heard of Bingo Gold at Jackpotjoy but their is also a site called Pari Mutuel Gold and the article I read about this win doesn't really indicate which site the lucky man won at.
Mark J from Lancashire was home alone with his dog when he won and spent the rest of the day calling his friends and family about his win.
Yesterday, 10th April 2008, saw the 2nd £10,000 guaranteed jackpot game play at Wink Bingo and the lucky winners were "lilac23" and "thepostman1".
Jim Sheridan has not played bingo in over 30 years but "bejesus" I bet he's glad he did on Wednesday April 3rd.
The Irish man was persuaded to attended bingo at his local Mecca Bingo club by a close friend who said ""come on maybe you'll have some luck".
What's the deal?
The News Of The World and The Sun Bingo are offering a free fiver to play Bingo with. No deposit is needed, you do not have to enter your credit card details. Simply play the fiver and then any winnings made can be withdrawn. You should see the fiver promtion near the top of the page.
Reading through google news today I was shocked to read a story reported by icWales of a women who stole cash from her dead bingo partners accounts.
The 48 year old woman, Diane Jones, had to pay £1,570 compensation back to the estate of Maureen Board under orders from the judge at Cardiff Crown Court.
Tonight (8th April) all players at Bingo Friends are in with the chance of winning up to £750 at their online bingo site by helping CM Tigger in raising funds for Breast Cancer Awareness.
CM Tigger is taking part in the Ribbon Walk 2008 on 14th June 2008.
This month at Dream Bingo sees all depositing players in with a chance of winning an Apple iPod Touch 8GB. You don't have to do anything other than deposit £10 in your account.
Foxy Bingo has made one lucky lady very happy by pulling her name out of the proverbial hat in their latest promotion to win a trip for four to Disneyland, Florida.
Lucky winner "lany78" said "I'm so excited about winning the holiday to florida, I didn't think in a million years I would. Disneyland is my daughter's dream come true. Thank you to everyone at Foxy Bingo"
Make sure you have the other half with you so he can be the pack horse to carry all your bags if you are lucky enough to win.
How do you fancy winning one of seven laptops up for grabs at Kiss My Bingo? From Monday 7th to Sunday 13th April there are seven up for grabs across the network that Kiss My Bingo is on. Just think, no more missing Coronation Street or Eastenders because you computer is in the other room, just boot up your brand new Samsung laptop and play whilst sitting catching up on all the latest story lines!We all know that April is reknowned for it's showers and bingo players could be cashing in on the shower of money that Ladbrokes Bingo have to give away from April 1st - 31st.
They have "thirty tenners" to give away everyday until the end of April at their online bingo site making a pot of £9,000!
The Gala Bingo Club in Shenley Road, Borehamwood is the place to be if you want to win big at bingo. The club is currently celebrating its second big win in as many weeks.
Wednesday 19th March the first winner scooped £32,000. The 50 year old woman who chose to remain anonymous has been a member of the club for two years and usually attends twice a week.
A short while ago I wrote about Patrick Duffy being the new fron man for Bingo America, well the programme launched on March 31st 2008 and this is an interview with the man himself.
During the interview he describes bingo as the "genetic source of all games".
Two Carlton Bingo Clubs have netted the Carlton bingo hall operators a tidy sum of £1.3m in their sales.
One of the clubs, Tivoli Bingo Hall at Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, sold to the Destiny Church for £900,000 whilst the other in Station Road, Grangemouth sold to Cabri for £450,000.
The Foxmeister and his crew at Foxy Bingo should really take a leaf from the advertising campaign of Fererro Roche because "with these guaranteed jackpots they are really spoiling us!"
They have upped their game with there all new schedule for guaranteed jackpots giving all their bingo players more chances to win big at their online bingo site and you can get in on the action with a £10 no deposit required welcome bonus.
Trademark war has been declared between Rank and Gala despite the fact that the main industry players have been working more closely together to lobby government for key concessions.
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