I have always maintained that bingo clubs are considered to be a soft target for robbers. They are reputed to be filled with elderly people and I really think this is the lowest kind of crime. I all honesty, quite a deal of money passes through the tills at bingo clubs and robbers know that staff have to have money on hand for paying out winnings, these are not all paid by cheque.

Although I believe these robbers have taken a huge risk for very little return and must actually be quite stupid, I mean robbing a bingo club at 7:15pm, must mean that hardly any takings were in the till. I don’t want to suggest anything to anyone thinking of robbing a bingo club, but I would say that timing has got to do with the takings, surely? I really do hope they get caught and what is coming to them for targeting a bingo club of all places.

In light of the recent loss of the bingo establishment run by Gala Bingo in the Galaxy Centre, the Mecca Bingo big shots are pulling out all the stops to avoid the same fate.

Now all the Gala bingo devotees have a welcome respite to their woes over losing their gaming club. Devoted players can still find their way to the Galaxy Center in Luton, then get on board the bingo express to head on out to Mecca Bingo in Skimpot Road. Better yet, there is no charge for this transportation.

This service is available every day at 12:45pm, and will take players to Mecca Bingo after meeting up at the bus stop next to St. George Square. The players will have time to play in three bingo sessions, and can even get one of those for free if they remember to say the word “ARNDALE” as they enter the door.

The smoking ban, double dipping taxes, and increased popularity of online bingo games have all contributed to the slow demise of the bingo halls. Mecca Bingo plans to keep that from happening to their establishment. The free bus tour will be available through April 5^th, and will hopefully open the world of Mecca to the once loyal Gala visitors.

Devoted bingo hall beauties and buddies need to make clear statements to the forces at work against them Support the nearest bingo hall, and keep the original spirit of bingo gaming a part of British society. Do not let this outlet for all different types of people to relate on the same level and in the same way. It is a great social entity that should be preserved for future bingo generations!

So here is the scoop on the schedule:

On the tele, between 6pm and 2am the free games will begin every hour on the hour. The prize money to be won for 1 line is £10, for 2 lines it is £20, and for a full house you can win £70! Remember these winnings are only available on a 90 ball game, with a limit of 30 tickets to be purchased.

To play online, the clubs to visit are the Seaside, the Amazon, the Castle, the Royal, the Dreams, and the Country Club. They will all play the same schedule, as follows:

Beginning at 9am through midday,

There will be 2 free games per hour (per club)

From Midday through 2pm

There will be 4 free games per hour (per club)

From 2pm through 6pm

There will be 2 free games per hour (per club)

**The winnings for the above games will be awarded as

£10 (1 line), £20 (2 lines), £50 (full house)

Then from 6pm through 10pm,

There will be 4 free games per hour (per club)

From 10pm through Midnight

There will be 3 free games per hour (per club)

**The winnings for the evening games will be the same for 1 line or 2 lines, however, the win for a full house goes up to £70 !!

They have announced that there will be extra prize money available of £150 000 and this amount is creating an extra opportunity for 10 000 winners a day on the Gala Bingo Website. It has also been estimated that 130,000 winners per week will benefit from this extra prize money and as a result of the new bingo games on offer.

In the Gala bingo “winnathon” that is played between 10:00 GMT and midnight, every player who has only one number left on their card to win, will be credited with £1 after the full house has been called. This does have some terms and conditions applied though as cashing in with one to go wins will be limited to one per day.

The “High five” game is still in play and the site has advertised progressives will literally grow before their eyes. It seems to me that Gal bingo is pretty jacked to capture some new business and other online bingo sites will have to make sure they can keep up!