Some bingo loving pensioners have been left in total shocked and too frightened to go home after a man entered St Patrick’s church in Larkfield, Greenock, whist they were in the middle of their twice weekly game of bingo on Sunday night and stole a bag of cash, which contained charity money the church had raised. It has been said that more than 30 pensioners were left to scared to leave the church in case the thief was still out there.

Party Gaming owners or Party Bingo, Party Poker, Party Casino, Party Gammon and Party Bets are facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit from WMS gaming inc, so could the party be over at their respective online bingo and gaming sites? I think not, but lose this case and it could sure put a dent in their bank account as WMS are looking for trademark infringement damages totalling an astounding $287,391,422.70 million dollars!

The 1st September 2008 was a significant day for Gala Bingo and their bingo players as not only was it the day they no longer run the renowned national bingo game at their land based bingo clubs, their revolutionary high 5 bingo game launched and according to Gala Bingo their bingo players will now have an improved bingo experience and more chances to win when they play bingo with them!

In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, the chief executive at Mecca Bingo Ian Burke, has rapped the government over their inconsistent policies for the leisure industry as they have become under increasing financial pressure due to this absurd double taxation law. Mr Burke is not the only leisure boss to criticise the Labour Government, which is presided over by Gordon Brown as it was only last week that we see Tim Martian, who is the chairman for JD Weatherspoon, call for a five year suspension of increases on beer duty.

The staff and players at the Gala Bingo Club in Brade Drive, Walsgrave, Coventry, have been left reeling after a masked gang raided there bingo club at approximately 10.45pm on Sunday night. This was a horrific robbery for the security guard who was tangled up in the incident as he was shot in the leg by one of the raiders before they fled the scene empty handed. The 25 year old security guard is said to be in a stable condition in hospital and they only other sigh of relief was that no bingo players were actually in the Gala Bingo Club at the time of the raid.

Are the lights on at Mecca Bingo? Well if they weren’t before then they most certainly are now as the Mecca Bingo Club in York, have just been on a joint initiative with Southern Electric to give every one of their members that attended their bingo club a free pack of two environmentally friendly energy saving light bulbs!! What a “bright” idea this was from the management at Mecca Bingo and they even won praise from their local MP Huge Bayley!

Muriel Walton has just turned 100 years old and along with receiving a telegram from Her Majesty the Queen, celebrating this milestone in her life and wishing her a happy 100th birthday, the feisty grandmother was quoted as saying “she would rather have had a cheque”! One of her favourite haunts is her local Gala Bingo hall and to make up for the lack of “cash” on her birthday, she continued her celebrations playing bingo, and I bet she was glad she did, as Gala Bingo presented her with a great birthday present, as they gave her 100 days of free bingo with them!

Mecca Bingo have said sorry to a sick man called Ian Mann after one of their staff refused to let him use their toilets even though he showed them a card that proved he suffered from a debilitating illness called “ulcerative colitis”. Mr Mann works as a taxi driver and he had just dropped a passenger off at the Mecca Bingo Club in all saints green in Norwich, when he asked if he could use their toilet as his illness, which is a chronic bowl condition means that he needs to use the toilet quite frequently, hence the need for the card he showed them.

The Judges Bingo hall in a town called Tonypandy in Wales was originally named 'The Judge Williams Memorial Hall' when it was first built back in 1909, will be celebrating its 100th year in July 2009 and they are already busy behind the scenes to make sure this milestone goes off with a big bingo bang! The building was officially opened by Princess Louise and The Duke of Argyll and it was a gift to the residents of the area by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Rhys Williams.