The winner who requested not to be named was a new player and she was playing her third game. She never intended to play originally and she was just caring for the one who regularly plays Bingo. Just because she was forced to play the game, she got a £2.5 ticket and that turned out to be the best investment she has ever made.

The winner played without having any hope and everyone amazed when she was announced as the winner and she was about to collect £350,000. The player was amused and she couldn’t talk for 20 minutes after the results were announced. The people at the Bingo hall congratulated her and they offered her a drink. She was so excited that she could not even pick up the glass.

One of the Bingo players in the hall helped her call her work and home, informing the huge prize amount. Totally, 240 members played the game and according to the rules, 239 players other than the winner made £1,265 on the beautiful Wednesday afternoon.

The special Platinum Play-off prize consists of the build up of the roll-over jackpot during the month of August and this was split between all the bingo players who had won their particular clubs House Prize in the National Game, and all they had to do was win in fifty-five numbers or less. This meant that 169 winners celebrated after scooping ₤6 300 each. In fact massive celebrations took place in bingo clubs the length and breadth of the country.

During the afternoon National Bingo Platinum Play-off, thirty nine players each won a share of ₤268 720 and in the evening game ₤800 287 was shared by one hundred and thirty players. The National Bingo Gaming Association commented that its prizes had made three bingo millionaires during the past eight months, and that this odd win had made a great deal of people very happy. They each took home substantial wins and everyone was very happy with the outcome of the game. It just goes to show that anything can happen when playing a game of bingo.

Mecca bingo is a major force in the UK bingo business, it is a successful Brand and they are also famous for operating online bingo. At present that are experiencing strong profitability challenges in their land based bingo halls and this more than likely is attributed to the fact that external factors have impacted on turnovers., these include double taxation, the smoking ban and the removal of section 21 slots machines from bingo clubs.

This move has caused speculation as to whether there might be a takeover bid in the works, however I suppose that we shall have to take a “wait and see” attitude regarding he possibility of a pending takeover. Mecca Held out against the US gaming giant Harrah’s, in their attempt at a takeover. But his latest sale of shares has the bingo pundits wondering what is going to happen next.

Carlton Bingo Managing Director, Peter Perrins said that there were a number of banks who were interested in the deal at the time however Llloyds made them an offer they could not refuse, hence the reason for taking the loan from them to buy out the private equity holdings in the business.

Two years later Carlton bingo management went back to the bank, they again wanted to augment their holdings and purpose build two flat-floor bingo clubs, this needed an investment of ₤14 million and again Llloyds provided them with the funds as they had continued to meet their obligations on the previous debt. He suggeststhat all bingo operations should have good lasting relationships with their bankers. I agree!