Despite its ever thriving online business, one of the UK’s largest bingo operators, Gala, has announced it is to close yet another Bingo hall, this time in Birmingham.
Gala report that the triple blow of the smoking ban, higher taxation levels and new gambling laws which prohibit big jackpot gambking machines have all contributed to the decesion.
Seventeen jobs will go at the Bingo club in Great Barr, which will be closing its doors to players on June 23.
The worry is that this could be the shape of things to come - the current UK economic climate means that families have less disposable income than this time last year - a trend that looks set to get worse rather than better over this year.
Whilst we’re all for more people playing online bingo, we are also mindful that the slow death of the traditional bingo halls in the Uk would be an extremely bad thing all round.
If you have any news or stories about your local bingo hall, please let us know!!!
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Ok, so we play bingo online whenever and wherever we can - but whilst this is no bad thing, is there ever a time NOT to be playing bingo online?
We bandied this question around the office and got some humorous ( and disturbing!! ) replies! And it promopted me to think - why not ask our devoted readers when they think you should definitely NOT be playing bingo online?
Just to add a bit more excitement, we’ve decided to award a prize to the very best reply - we’re rummaging through the gift cupboard even as I write - so get posting comments to us with your answers!
Just to give you a flavor of how weird we all are here at Play Bingo Online.net - here’s my top 3 answers so far :
I should not play bingo online when :
1. When boyf or girlf is on one knee trying desperately to ask you a question….
2. When your waters break!
3. When the fire alarms being going off for like 7 minutes!
Good luck, I can’t wait to hear your suggestions,
All the best,
Bingo Dave!
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Gala Bingo claims that they have a winner every two minutes on their site! Not only is that an amazing statistic, but so is the fact that they pay out minimum of £15,000,000 a week in prize money, and upto a massive £28,000,000 a week!!!
Not only that, but Gala also guarantee a minimum cash prize of £5 per full line in any of their games! All this reinforces Gala’s position as probably the premier Online Bingo site in the UK at the moment! If you’re interested in signing up there, check out our review first and then take advantage of the free £5 to play offer! Thats right, when you make your first deposit, Gala Bingo will credit your account with £5 bonus money to play with!
With tickets starting as low as 5p, thats a lot of online bingo you’re getting for free!
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Here at Play Bingo Online.net , we consider part of our job is to help you decide where to play your online bingo. We are pleased to announce our new Bingo Site rating system, unique and exclusive to us!
Our first review is of Gala Bingo, one of the definite favourite bingo sites currently available!
Check out the review here and let us know what you think, and what else you would like to see added! We are in the process of adding some shots of the site and the games in action, and are hoping to add video of an actual game in play ( our very own Bingo Dave is currently trying to capture this even as i type! )
In the coming weeks we’ll be adding more reviews of all your favourite bingo sites, so keep checking back to see who’s been added!
All the best,
Play Bingo Online Team
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Gala Bingo has changed the life on one old aged pensioner when she hit the jackpot on Gala’s online Kerchingo Bingo game!
The OAP from Bristol, had only been playing online bingo for two months when she won £1,000,000 in Gala Bingo’s online KerChingo game.
The pensioner said she plans to spend some of her good fortune paying off her children’s mortgages and to put up a greenhouse.
“I’m absolutely shocked,’ Pauline told reporters. ‘My heart is still racing. I’ve played bingo for years; in fact I won GBP 6 000 in the National Game 12 years ago. However, I’ve only been playing online for two months.
‘Two weeks ago I played online, putting GBP 5 on my account, and with my last 60 pence I played the KerChingo Qualifying Game. To my surprise I won the full house which meant I won GBP 50 and a KerChingo Final Game ticket.
“I had always thought that I would win big and I do remember that a clairvoyant once said to me I’d never be stuck for cash, but when I needed to retire from work two years ago due to stress, I wondered what she could have meant!”
Gala has long been considered one of the premier online destinations for playing online bingo - if you haven’t already, check it out at www.galabingo.co.uk
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