It’s 27th June – National Bingo Day!

Put up the bunting, ignore the ironing or the washing up until tomorrow, and get your dabbers ready, because it’s the 27th of June, and that can only mean one thing… National Bingo Day is here! That’s right, the game of bingo gets all the attention today, as players around the UK plan their outfits…

Dabbers Next Top Bingo Caller Finals 2nd July

You might not have heard of Dabbers, as it’s a fairly London-centric organisation, but if you try to imagine a bingo hall in the middle of Pride week you won’t be too far off. It’s chaotic and celebratory and loads of fun, with dancers, DJs, lip synching battles, and absolutely tons of glitter. It’s not…

Stevenage Man Wins £50k Bingo Jackpot on April Fools Day

It was perfectly timed for Stevenage resident, Phil Bacon. The 35-year-old manual and delivery operator is a regular at his local Mecca Bingo hall, but his last visit was anything but routine, as he found himself fortunate enough to claim a £50,000 jackpot. This would have been a pretty good day at the bingo for…

Did Coral Bingo Target New Mothers via Blogs?

An interesting (if slightly misleading) story in the Guardian, has reported that the online betting and gaming brand, Coral, has been targeting new mums with gambling adverts thinly disguised as blog posts. Understandably, this nasty sounding headline has drawn criticism from commentators, mental health professionals, and anti-gambling campaigners, but there is more to this story…

Club3000 SAVE Doncaster Bingo Hall from Closure

It’s nice to be able to share a bit of good news for once, after months of telling you all about bingo halls closing down. Today, I am going to be telling you about a bingo hall that has been saved from closure and is not only staying open, but has had a huge makeover…

Dazzletag Decide to Close BingoCams from 31st March

If you were an online bingo player back in 2011, you may well have been very excited to hear about a brand new bingo site that was introducing web cams to the game. Back then, BingoCams was a trailblazer, doing something no one else had thought of using their own proprietary software, meaning that the…