Bingo

The qualifying rounds for the $10,000 Bingo World Championship 2008 are coming to a close on the 31st of January but Bingo Entertainment N.V is giving players one last chance to qualify for the Grand Final.

Thousands of Colombians gathered at Simon Bolivar’s Park in Bogota on Saturday to participate in the second edition of the “world’s largest bingo game”, hoping to leap into the record books again as they did last year.

A GUINNESS world record attempt at Red Rock soon is sure to attract attention as Leane McLachlan tries to break the best time for continuous calling of bingo.

BINGO millionaire Jean McCullagh has vowed to fight relatives claiming a share of her online bingo jackpot win.

Blake Robson, of the Mecca club in South Shields, beat off the competition from five other regional heat winners to take the National Bingo Gaming Association’s Bingo Caller of the Year award.

James Cook, 31, from Fountainpark, will take on five other callers from across England and Wales. He beat his Capital rival Alan Brown, from Wester Hailes, at the Scottish final last month.

A catering team leader from Wigan, turned in to a dancing queen after a huge win at bingo. Alice Mulvey from Ince has revealed that she and husband Frank, 61, danced around their driveway after she came home.

Julie Bowes-Shorten, of Sprowston, won the National Bingo Game prize of £100,000 playing bingo while playing the game in her Norwich club.

A shocked player scooped more than £28,000 to start her weekend with a bang. The lucky woman, who does not wish to be named, won the cash on Friday.

Fellow bingo palyers in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) are hoping some of Irene Hall’s luck will brush off on them following the launch of a new game offering a massive £1 million jackpot.