Archive for the ‘Bingo’ Category

Mobile Phone Fan Wins on Bingo

Friday, September 26th, 2008

A mobile phone bingo fan, said that she was really shocked after picking up ₤3 000 in a win when playing Mecca bingo on her mobile. Who would have though that she could win a four figure prize when playing in this way. But think back, that is what everyone used to say about online bingo.

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Another Bingo Hall in Ireland is Under threat

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

If it is not bad enough that bingo halls in the UK are closing down, it is sad to see that this is also a regular occurrence in Ireland. Now another bingo hall in Ireland is being eyed by developers with envious eyes, who want to demolish it and turn it into a site for apartments, shops and a medical centre. They have already filed a planning application to Dublin City Council and are awaiting the out come of this.

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Enniskillen Welcomes Posh Bingo with “Clickety Chicks”

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Bingo Enthusiasts in Eniskillen are being asked to get their diamond encrusted dabbers ready for Posh Bingo. These are believed to be the hottest tickets in town as the NCH children’s charity gets its act together to produce some really posh bingo at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen on the 9th October 2008.

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Gala Bingo Fishponds, Bristol has 2 National Winners in 3 Days

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

The Fishponds Gala Bingo Club in Bristol looks to be one of the luckier clubs in the country at present. They are celebrating after having tow rather large bingo winners in a matter of just three days. The first was a sixty seven year old pensioner who won more than ₤26 000, made up of the National prize of ₤25 000, the Regional prize of ₤1 855 and a house prize of ₤60 after she completed her full house in forty two calls.

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Wink Bingo Attracts the Attention of ASA

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The Advertising Standards Authority has been very prominent in bingo advertising news in recent times, and the latest online bingo site to attract their attention has been Wink Bingo. The National press advert depicts a nurse at work in a maternity ward, and she is celebrating her bingo win. Behind her is a man holding a teddy bear and looking surprised while a woman is lying in bed under a sign that reads “Maternity Unit”. The nurse is next to a trolley, holding surgical equipment and a laptop. The laptop reads “Wink Bingo Winner”.
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Bingo Player Shocked to Win Again

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

A fifty three year old Medway woman who has being playing bingo for many years is really shocked about winning again after having won ₤1 200 only four months ago at the same bingo club. This time, when playing at the Gala Bingo Club in High Street, Chatham, she won more than ₤34 000. The National Bingo prize on the night of her win was for ₤61 860, but she had to share it with another bingo player in Dundee, they both completed their full house in forty five numbers.

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₤35 000 Bingo Win for Kilmarnock Mother

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Thanks to her daughters love of dancing, a forty four year old mother from Kilmarnock is ₤35 000 richer today. She is a regular bingo player at the Gala Club in Townhead, Irvine and on the night of her big win, she actually wasn’t scheduled to play bingo. She only decided to play because she had to drop her daughter off nearby for a dancing class.

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Party Bingo, Big Cash Jackpot Winner

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Party Bingo had not had a winner for their massive Cash Builder progressive jackpot for quite a while. Quite rightly they thought that is was time that this prize was won. So they decided to increase the amount of numbers required to be called so someone could win. They increased them one by one over a number of days and eventually P987987 won the massive amount of ₤51 544.69.

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Bingo Offers Tickets to See Madonna in Concert

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The Queen of Pop, Madonna is still strutting her stuff and looking really good while doing it at nearly fifty years of age, and online bingo players at Littlewoods Bingo are being given the opportunity to see this legend in action in Cardiff on the 23rd August this year.

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Bingo Nerds

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Someone at the recently held Third Online Bingo Summit in London, referred to online bingo pundits as “Bingo Nerds”. This is the first time I have ever come across this and when reading about it I realized that I too am a bingo nerd. Ouch that hurt!

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