Pensioners at the St. Andrews Church Hall in Larkfield had the shock of their lives when a thief burst into their bingo game and ran off with the bag of money they had collected for good causes. More than thirty pensioners were playing bingo at the time and were left reeling by the shock attack. Many were afraid to go home in case the thief was still lurking outside.
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Church Bingo Raided by Thief
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Gala Bingo Gets High 5 off to a Flying Start
Saturday, September 13th, 2008The Gala Bingo club in Chorley saw bingo fans off to a flying start when all thirty four players present got a share of the ₤10 000 High 5 draw. Gala Bingo has withdrawn from the National Bingo game and are relying on the High 5 promotion to draw customers to their clubs.
The Tonypandy Judges Bingo Hall Celebrates 100th Birthday
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Next year the Judges Bingo Hall in Tonypandy will be celebrating its 100th birthday and special plans are afoot to celebrate this momentous occasion. The building was erected in 1909 at a cost of ₤6 000, and opened in July by the Duke of Argyll and Princess Louise. It was originally called “The Judge Williams Memorial Hall”. The building was gifted to the people by Lt. Col. Sir Rhys Williams.
South Shield Pensioner “Shocked” After Bingo Win
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008A seventy seven year old pensioner from South Shields was left shocked after she won more than ₤28 000 while playing bingo at a local Mecca Bingo club. The widowed woman, who has been a member at the same Mecca bingo club since it opened, told us how she “went to pieces” after learning she had won so much money on the National Bingo Game.
European Based Bingo To Be Examined by Legal Eagles
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008There is a great clamor for online bingo operators to get into the European Market. Unfortunately this is still proving difficult as European countries hold on ever more tightly to their state controlled monopolistic gaming regulations. The thinking is very similar to that of the US with the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The EU has been examining this more in recent times and the European Interactive Gaming conference scheduled for September 23rd to 25th in Barcelona is going to be examining this phenomenon from the legal point of view..
Las Vegas Holiday for Bicester Bingo Winner
Thursday, August 14th, 2008A Bicester supermarket assistant is still in shock after winning more than ₤61 000 while playing bingo at the Gala Club in ozone Retail Park, Oxford. The fifty three year old woman only started playing bingo a year ago. She and her husband joined to get a break from caring for her sick mother. They both found that they enjoyed playing bingo and continued to play after her mother sadly passed away.
Line Up for Fun on Bingo Scotland
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Bingo Scotland has got a whole line up of fun planned every week and “Party Chat Mania” that takes place on a Thursday evening at 8pm, seems to be the flavour of the moment. This runs for two hours, where the online bingo site has a load of bingo games to be played in the chat rooms, these are party games and because of this a great deal more Scott Points are going to be given away.
Mother from Wishaw Wins ₤16 000 While Playing Bingo
Friday, August 1st, 2008After having played bingo for more than thirty years, a mother from Wishaw in the UK has won ₤16 000 in the National Bingo Game. This sixty two year old was playing at the Mecca Bingo Club in Kirk Road, where she has been a member for ten years and plays at least four times a week.
Pennies for Pounds at Game Village Bingo
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Game Village bingo is one of the online bingo sites that is presently offering pennies for pounds. This is a growing trend for online bingo sites and they are all trying to “out penny” each other.
Blackpool Bingo Winner
Monday, July 21st, 2008The popular online bingo site, Blackpool bingo has another winner. The progressive jackpot in the Royal Room has bee growing for a couple of weeks now and on player has been lucky enough to win it all. Lucky Mandthomas, hit the bumper jackpot and took home £7442 in a simply amazing win.
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