The National Bingo games platinum jackpot has just produced another millionaire bingo winner on Sunday night! A 64 year old lady’s life has now changed forever after she scooped a whopping £1,023,353 at her local Gala Bingo hall. The lady who comes from the Basildon area asked not to be named is still said to be in total shock and in oar of her amazing one million pound bingo win!

Michael Edwards has done it again by blowing away the competition and prevailing “Top” in the bingo caller of the year stakes, as he has just been crowned “Gala Bingo Caller or the year” for the second year in a row! Not only has Michael won this prestigious title and a great cash prize, he has also earned to right to audition to become a Gala Bingo Caller on their live TV show, so keep an eye on your TV screens as Michael might be putting in an appearance on their very soon!

Lilly English has now been playing bingo for more than 40 years at her local Mecca Bingo club in Andover, she joined Mecca Bingo on Junction Road, in 1967 and she has never looked back! Lilly is now 93 years old and it has been said that she is the perfect bingo player and you will still find her playing her favourite game at least six times every week!

The long awaited announcement by the Bingo industry was finally made on Wednesday by Governments sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe. He issued a press release stating that the Government would now increase the number of £500 jackpot slot machines bingo halls were allowed to house on their premises, from four to eight. This was much welcomed news for bingo club owners throughout the country, but you still have to ask yourself the question, is it enough to help the ailing bingo industry as a whole?!

We have had “Britain’s got Talent” now Gala Bingo presents “Bingos got talent”, where 8 finalists will battle it out in a showdown to be crowned, Gala Bingo’s caller of the year in their annual competition. Bingo callers have been battling it out across the country over the past few months to make it into the grand final that will take place in Birmingham on 29th June.

The Bingo industry are now sitting with baited breath after a government source leaked that an announcement is due to be made today, Wednesday 25th July, regarding how many £500 jackpot machines a bingo hall is allowed to hold. Way back in March, sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, said that an announcement would be made shortly with regards to possible measures to help the failing bingo industry, and since then we have seen even more land based bingo halls close their doors for the last time.

Bingo Night Live seems to be a big hit with online bingo players throughout the UK since it first launched onto our TV’s just a few short weeks ago. Player numbers seem to be growing by the day and it is no wonder as this is a “Free” bingo game to play, where viewers can win real cash prizes. A top jackpot prize of £25,000 cash is offered if a player wins the full house prize in 33 calls or less and £1,000 cash prizes are offered on all full house prizes for the three games that are played each night.

Three lucky bingo players had just won more than £11,000 each on the National Bingo jackpot game after they all called house in 45 numbers on this game in their respective bingo clubs. The National Jackpot prize for the evening stood at £30,354 and was split equally amongst the three bingo winners.

The national bingo game have took the decision to suspend the national bingo caller of the year 2008 competition, citing the difficulties that the bingo industry are facing at the moment, behind their decision to put a halt to this year’s event. This move is unprecedented since this sought after bingo caller of the year title began back in 1994 by the bingo association, and was subsequently taken over by the national bingo game itself in 1999.