Archive for the ‘Bingo Articles’ Category

Bingo and the Blind

The game of bingo is hard enough to follow when you can see, but what if you are blind? Traditionally if you were blind it would have been very hard or near impossible to play bingo, some games specially developed used tactile numbers, discs are then placed on top using a hook and loop system. [...]

Breaking My Bingo Virginity

Being a bingo virgin I decided to give it a try to see what all the excitement was about. It was Saturday night and my lift had arrived, it has to be said that I was a bit excited, nervous and feeling extremely lucky as we headed off. Arriving at the bingo hall I had [...]

Shed a Tear

With the number of people choosing to play bingo in their land based clubs increasing its still quite shocking to hear that some are still closing down! It will be eyes down for Gala bingo in Cambridge on 25th of May 2009 for the last time, due to the smoking ban and the resent budget [...]

Bingo and Lucky Charms

As we all know bingo is a game of luck and chance, no matter how you look at it you are always at the mercy of the balls. Many people still listen to clairvoyants and astrologers in a bid to win. People that go to the bingo believe that doing things in a certain way [...]

Bingo Calling

It was eyes down last week for a few land based bingo halls as they closed their doors for the last time, but its not all doom and gloom, traditional bingo halls have seen an increase, in fact it was reported in the Irvine Times (Ayrshire) that Gala Bingo hall in Irvine attracted over 1300 [...]

Farewell Memories of ITV Bingo

At the end of 2008 we seen the lights go out on ITV Bingo Night Live its interactive bingo site hosted be Melinda Messenger and Michael Underwood which ran from Tuesday till Saturday night. This show attracted some 50,000 insomniacs which watched this show from midnight till 1am. The show was a mixture of bingo [...]

On-Line Bingo Virgin

Bingo has growing in popularity with the introduction of the online game now more than 8% of the European population are now playing this game of luck and chance. So, your interested in playing on-line bingo for the first time? What’s the difference between bingo and online bingo? Which site is the best? Who has [...]

Death of The Bingo Halls?

In 2003 the UK saw the introduction of the online bingo sites, and with the no smoking ban, and rising costs is this the end of the traditional bingo hall? Some will argue that you cant beat the atmosphere and the smells of a real bingo hall, actually sitting next to a “real” person and [...]

Two Little Ducks ..Quack Quack..

Doctors orders, Two Little ducks, Legs eleven, these are all phrases associated with Bingo, as a kid I remember being told to “shut up” as my mum and aunty played for £5 and a cheese board. A lot has changed in the last 25 years from holiday camps and church halls to a multi billion [...]

New Bingo Site Launched Every Day

We knew bingo was going to be huge in 2009, but I don’t think anybody thought that online bingo was going to be this mammoth. So far this January I have witnessed more than a handful of new UK bingo sites being launched. Not that it bothers me much, gives me more interesting places to [...]