Live bingo shows further indicators of trouble

Despite the recent good news that the legal number of category B3 machines are to be increased in every bingo hall across the country, we at the Hideout are still hearing whispers that indicate trouble in the live bingo world. We reported last year on the cancellation of the Bingo Association's Bingo Caller of the Year awards ceremony but we have now heard that their publication Bingo Link has also been suspended. These sad knock on effects are still happening after a terrible year for live bingo, and we'll probably still see things looking bad for live bingo until well after the re-installation of these essential machines.

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Mecca sit in

In light of the many splendid things going on at Gala Bingo there is of course something to rival that at Mecca Bingo this week and it comes in the form of the Grand Night In. In this massive game there are going to be 25 £1,000 games in a row, meaning that players can win a share of the £25,000 over a mere three hours!

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Gala gets a new look

There's so much to catch up on at Gala Bingo at the moment, it's hard to know where to start, but let's give it a try and start with the big news that galabingo.co.uk have once again updated their site. Keeping it as fresh as the games and promos they offer on it, the new Galabingo site is easy to navigate and gives you more of an insight into their slots and bingo games on offer with mini previews whether you're logged in or not. Giving even those who are looking at the site out of interest an insight into what they're missing this is a fab idea that is bound to capture those who are as yet unsure.

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Tombola bingo to be guest speaker at AIG 2009

Tombola bingoThe 7th Annual Asian i-Gaming Congress & Expo (AIG) is taking place in Macau from the 24th to 26th February 2009. This year’s exhibition and conference is expected to far exceed any previous year’s attendance numbers, not only by the amount of sponsors and exhibitors but the amount of visitors that attend too.

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In amongst all the celebrations, a few sad stories

Bucky BingoSince we are always reading about the huge success story that is online bingo, we have been surprised this week to hear of a few online bingo sites that appear to be struggling.

Despite an increasing number of players registering every day at many sites, it would seem that the likes of Buckingham Bingo and bingo.com are finding it hard to meet their financial responsibilities. Of these two stories, we at the Hideout were surprised to hear that a site like Bingo.com which has the strongest and most searched domain name in bingo online was finding it hard to make ends meet. The truth is however that in the light of the recession even this American based site was finding it hard to offset profit against the severe taxation that plagues the gaming industry.

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