News Archive: Bingo News, January 2008
Showing all news items for January 2008
A Bingo Winner goes to Barbados
2nd January, 2008
A woman from Essex won a 10 day holiday in Barbados in Mirror Bingo over the festive celebrations.
2nd January, 2008
Bingo game has now expanded into the world of golf, with bingo being available from your golf cart during Funshine Bingo on Thursdays at Chula Vista Recreation Center.
A young man charged with bingo robbery
2nd January, 2008
21-year old man was charged this week under suspicions of robbery of the Holiday Inn and Kawartha Bingo.
3rd January, 2008
Duke Street Capital expressed the will and intention to purchase Mecca Bingo chain, which is currently owned by gaming group Rank.
4th January, 2008
After 50 years of playing bingo a 76-year old granddad has finally seen his lucky day, walking away with £90,000 top prize from the Castle Club on December 22.
7th January, 2008
2008 is going to bring a bingo tax reform followed by the successful outcome from the campaign organised by Rank and Gala Coral Group.
Betgenius hires a firm to review the business in time of online bingo boom
8th January, 2008
Online gambling firm hired a company for corporate review to make a £60 million sale after the Times report suggests an online bingo consolidation.
8th January, 2008
UK bingo players’ votes on the Which Bingo site's pole have chosen Think Bingo as the best bingo operator of 2007.
9th January, 2008
It has been reported that Gala Bingo could be left with no choice but to shut down a few bingo halls, unless the tax burden gets lifted.
£100,000 Jackpot for Halifax lady
9th January, 2008
Lucy Jones, from Halifax, managed to score a £100,000 jackpot on Monday from a local Mecca Bingo hall.
Bingo Game Banned from the Pub
10th January, 2008
State officials terminate bingo night at Hartford Tavern, due to the laws stating it is illegal for profit businesses to host the bingo game in the premises.
New Yeah Came Happy for a 74-year old
10th January, 2008
A 74-year old pensioner should have a very Happy New Year, following her National Bingo Night win on the New Years eve.
Birthday Surprise for a Liverpool Girl
11th January, 2008
On Lucy Connel's 18th birthday, her parents decided to take her to the bingo hall, where she experienced the most spectacular beginner's luck ever!
15th January, 2008
Lucy Wilkinson has admitted to National Bingo that her £45,000 winnings from Gala Bingo will go towards treating her mom to a cruise.
Canadian Bingo Software Gets UK License
15th January, 2008
UK Gambling Commission has issued a UK licence to the Canadian Online Bingo Software firm, it has been reported.
A Gran Beginners Luck Pays off Big Time!
16th January, 2008
A lucky grandma tested her beginners luck and won £40,000 in Gala Bingo Club in Castleford.
Mecca Bingo Gives a Lucky Teenager £90,000
17th January, 2008
A young lady from Leeds was under a lucky star on a Sunday night as she got the full house and left her local Mecca Bingo club £90,000 richer.
Bingo Players = Generous Crowd
17th January, 2008
After a young girl lost her handbag in the bingo hall, she thought that was it, but the bingo players turned out to perform something she was later calling a miracle.
Charities' lotteries need to be Regulated
17th January, 2008
Lottery is trying to force stricter record keeping regulations for charities, with use bingo and raffle games, following the scandal that ended in two men being imprisoned last year.
Mega Jackpot Promo from Foxy Bingo
18th January, 2008
Foxy Bingo introduces a brand new online bingo promotion, which has great Mega Guaranteed Jackpots.
18th January, 2008
It has been reported that Foxy Bingo has dropped Jordan from its adverts, apparently due to the unreasonable pay the glamour model has demanded.
18th January, 2008
A man was arrested on suspicions of money theft from bingo and Norwich Little League organizations.
Bingo Company Gives up rights for CB
21st January, 2008
Phuture Visions Company Inc., the bingo company, has chosen to give up all the rights for space in SM City-Bacolod building.
A violent DJ avoids jail sentence
21st January, 2008
A DJ, who headbutted a man in Exeter Mecca Bingohall has been spared from a jail sentence, as he “saw red mist and lost control”, as was heard in court yesterday.
Live TV Bingo Game Expected to Bring in Millions
22nd January, 2008
A live TV bingo game, that’s about to launch on Virgin channels, is expected to bring in millions for the various charities the game organisers contribute most of their profits to.
Bingo Boogie Introduced New January Promotions
22nd January, 2008
Bingo Boogie has released a press release promising to make this January more predictable in contrast to the ever changing weather.
Queen of Bingo Happening at LCC this weekend
22nd January, 2008
The Largo Cultural Center is going to present the comedy show “Queen of Bingo” this weekend.
888 Diversifies into bingo market
23rd January, 2008
888 Holding plc is going to provide bingo software, instant games and support services to Wikibingo.com with their own bingo site going live some time this month.
23rd January, 2008
A 61-year-old received the jackpot of his life, when National Bingo Game made him £40,000 richer in an instant on Monday, January 14.
Gala Bingo introduces a Weekend for Two Promotion
23rd January, 2008
Gala Bingo created a new game with a huge introductory promotion that will give lucky winners a weekend for two, worth £2,500.
24th January, 2008
On Tuesday two men in masks stormed in to the Denton Bingo hall after the closing and with their guns in the air acquired the hall’s night’s proceeds and two women’s purses.
24th January, 2008
Scot Bingo, the Scotland’s leading online bingo site, is celebrating Burns Night with some peculiar promotions, which aside from the cash prize offer years supply of Haggis.
Bingo Mania Voted Best Runner-up Site of the Year
24th January, 2008
Bingo Mania has been voted second top UK bingo operator by Which Bingo users.
A man was playing bingo, while being mourned for
28th January, 2008
War hero’s colleagues at his local council were mourning him, while he was calling bingo numbers at his nursing home.
Foxy Organises a Bingo Cruise to Holland and Back
28th January, 2008
After reviewing the success of the last year’s maiden voyage, Foxy Bingo decided to carry out another “Good Ship Foxy Bingo” with an extraordinary prize in store.
Welsh Gran Gets The Biggest Bingo Win Ever!
29th January, 2008
A 53 year old Welsh lady became a millionaire in an instant by scooping the biggest bingo win in the history of the game!
Gala Bingo Launches New Promotion
29th January, 2008
Gala Bingo has created a new promotion, which offers £150k up for grabs that means someone will become a winner every 5 seconds, which is in terms 10,000 winners a day.
30th January, 2008
GSN has created Bingo America, a new interactive bingo game show with Patrick Duffy as a host.
31st January, 2008
Two bingo lovers have been rewarded with £50,000 cash prizes each on the National Bingo Night at the Newcastle Mecca Bingo Club.
Five bingo players win £1,000 each
31st January, 2008
This week’s Leicester Mercury bingo game has made five very lucky players £1,000 richer in an instant.
