Archive | February, 2008

Bingo.com Bounces Back After UIGEA

Bingo.com who labels themselves as the world’s biggest bingo hall has recently announced their financial results from the fourth quarter of 2007 and it appears that they are on the mend after having suffered the harmful effects of the loss of their US operations due to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Although the company [...]

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Another Scottish Bingo Hall Closes Down

Loyal customers are devastated as another land based bingo hall closes in Scotland, the Gala Bingo in West Granton, Edinburgh is due to close after having been open for twelve years. This decision was taken by Gala Bingo after attendance at the club dropped from 8000 a week to 1500 per week after the smoking [...]

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Sixty-seven Year Old Bingo Playing Man Wins Big

A sixty-seven year old man from Blackpool recently went home richer by more than £20,000 after playing bingo at the Mecca Bingo Club in Talbot Road. He walked away with the National Bingo prize of £19,145 and a Regional prize of £1 005 as well as the house prize of £336, not too shabby a [...]

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Threat to Bingo Halls Identified by New Report

There has been so much speculation regarding what the true threat to the closure of UK bingo halls has been, some say that it is because of unfair taxation, some say it is because more bingo lovers are playing online and other say that it is due to the smoking ban. Well according to a [...]

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