Bingo in London paid off for a 27 year old fast-food assistant when she won £73,000 playing at the Mecca Club in Dagenham Leisure Park. The winner, who is from Seven Kings in London, was so shocked by the win that she shed tears of joy.
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Virgin Bingo have given their site a little bit of a makeover - and they’ve even added some ducks to their page too! The Virgin Bingo site now looks a lot tidier, and more attractive to players. Don’t forget there’s £1 free bingo for new players - plus a £10 matched deposit offer too.

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Ever since the new Gambling Commission regulations on advertising came into force, I’ve been following the rulings at the Advertising Standard Agency. I follow them as much because I enjoy seeing the sorts of things advertisers get told off with as anything to do with Bingo. Today though a new batch of rulings came down the rss feeds, and I was surprised to see Deluxe Clubs as one of the people who’d been complained about.

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Cheggers, Stuart Hall, Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne step aside as there’s a new bingo man in town - and it’s Mr Paparazzi himself - Darryn Lyons! For those of you saying “who?” he’s the photographer guy with the funny red mohican style hair cut who’s made a fortune from pictures of the rich and famous.

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Just a quick note to say that the National Bingo Game have added to their site the entry forms and details for entry into this year’s competition. If you’re a regular Bingo Caller at a club that’s a member of the NBGA, and fancy your chances in the competition, you should be able to pick up an application form from your club. If you haven’t had one at the club, then download one from the NBGA site and you never know, you could find yourself in London at the end of November, a few numbers away from being crowned the Caller Of They Year.

I didn’t realise it either, but Gala’s own in house competition is well under way with the regional heats now all but finished. The final for the competition will be held in Birmingham at the end of June. To be honest Gala should make a lot more of their competition given the amount of publicity last year’s national competition got. The first I heard about this year’s Gala competition was when our resident former Bingo Caller Of The Year mentioned it on his blog.

But that’s not surprising really, last year, I only learned the competition had happened when I spotted a news story about the winner. That’s in marked contrast with the NBGA Bingo Caller Of The Year competition, I get lots of enquires about that competition myself from media people, a number of which have been interested in making TV about the competition. Gala are really missing out on this publicity and interest by not making more of their own calling competition.

That’s one thing, but Gala are actually missing out again when it comes to the NBGA Bingo Caller Of The Year. Why? Well, there are markedly less Gala Bingo callers in the competition every year. Mecca Bingo actively try to encourage their callers to enter, but from here it seems like there is a lot less impetus from Gala to encourage their callers to fly the Gala Bingo flag in the competition.

Brett did a piece on this himself that covers the differences between the Gala and National Bingo calling competitions. Let’s hope this year Gala get behind their callers and get them to enter both competitions. It’s some great free publicity for them if one of their callers win it.
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New bingo kids on the block Wink Bingo are making an impact with their offers and promotions - and they could be making an impact on your home if you win their current competition. Up for grabs is a £5000 makeover for your home, kitchen, garden or bathroom - it’s entirely up to you.

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Foxy Bingo are giving away £100,000 in a spectacular big money bingo jackpot promotion. From Wednesday 23rd April to Tuesday 29th April you can take part in a number of games including the guaranteed £10,000 Friday night game at 9pm in the Lucky Stars games room.

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One of the constant things I’ve tried to hammer home on this site is the game of Bingo is widely appealing beyond its stereotypical image and perceived target group. It’s heartening to see this article in The Herald that to a degree, confirms my assertions.

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A Platinum bingo jackpot of £1,167,795 has been won by a National Bingo Game player in Scotland, set a new world record.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer failed to remove VAT from bingo in his budget on 12 March, but he did decide to increase licence duty on the amusement machines that many bingo players also like to play.

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