The 2008 Bingo Caller of the Year competition has been cancelled. The competition, which is organised by the National Bingo Game Association, is a high point in the calendar of both bingo fans and industry insiders, and the news that this year’s event will not go ahead has disappointed many.
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80 ball bingo is, as you might expect, a game of bingo that uses the numbers 1 to 80. Most bingo games involve 90 balls, as in the traditional UK game, or 75 balls, as in the American-style pattern game, but 80 ball bingo sits neatly between the two and provides players with a third option that adds a dash of variety to their hobby.
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A Birmingham bingo player is celebrating her second big win in just over three years. The grandmother of six won £102,000 in May 2005, and she won more than £38,000 on Sunday 1 June, 2008, giving her a £150,000 double!
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Bingo Night Live is a brand new bingo game show that will be broadcast five nights a week on ITV1 from Wednesday 4 June. Presented by Michael Underwood and Melinda Messenger (familiar faces to viewers of GMTV and Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway) each 60 minute show will be on air after midnight.
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