wayne's Bingo News & Blog

An update from Wayne about HowAbout Bingo and the amazing opportunity he's taken on over at Buzz Bingo.

Pop sensation Olly Murs has become the face of the brand new Heart Bingo website, which relaunched on Pragmatic Play software this month.

Gala Bingo has finally said goodbye to Playtech's Virtue Fusion platform and migrated to the Electraworks bingo platform, owned by parent company Entain.

Wayne takes a closer look at the brand new card-based game from tombola, known as NEVADA.

In this episode Wayne chats to Kevin McGinnigle, founder of online bingo specialists Positively Distinctive Media. Kevin discusses his career in online bingo, from humble beginnings as a chat host, to eventually rising through the ranks to become Managing Director of 8 Ball Games, then to launching his own bingo business, PDM Ltd.

Wayne takes a first look at the brand new bingo themed slot from Eyecon - Paddy's Full House.

Wayne takes a look at some of the live win moments on Bingocams and reacts live to some of the best (and worst) celebrations.

Bingo fans rejoice as clubs reopen across the UK on 17th May. Here is a collection of news stories from around the clubs on opening day.

In this week's episode, Wayne sits down for a one-to-one with Adam Scott, Gaming Operations Director of News UK. Adam has had a long career in the bingo industry, beginning in clubs before moving to online. We discuss Adam's career, his time working for Gamesys and his new challenge looking after one of the biggest UK bingo brands - Sun Bingo.

From 1st May 2021 tombola are introducing a monthly net deposit limit of £500. This puts a cap on how much money you can lose within a calendar month and encourages withdrawal of winnings.

Wayne sits down to chat to Eyecon's Paul Gielbert about his career, Eyecon and the enduring success of the Fluffy Favourites brand.

Mecca Bingo have unveiled a new feature called RAFFLE, where players can buy tickets into various raffles to win some amazing prizes.

Flutter owned bingo brands Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bingo have released a new Jackpot Drops Bingo room, which features five additional jackpots guaranteed to drop by specific times.

Wayne has a chat with Chris Ashton, strategic campaign planning manager for Mecca Bingo, about his role at one of Britain's biggest and well loved bingo brands.

A recent poll by WhichBingo revealed more men are playing bingo than ever before, but just how accurate are these figures? We tried to find out by asking the operators directly.

In the first episode of the HowAbout Bingo Podcast, Wayne chats to friend and ex-colleague Roger Knowles, who now works for Buzz Bingo as the host of their weekly livestream shows.

Wayne takes part in a game of Higher or Lower on Mecca Bingo's new nightly livestream event - Live From Studio M

Wayne takes a closer look at a special Session Bingo event at Gala Bingo hosted by drag queen Davina De Campo.

Tombola have rebuilt one of their oldest bingo games; Rollercoaster. Previously the game was built in Flash, but as that system came to an end the site needed to update the game to work on modern web browsers. Cue the tombola Rollercoaster 2021 edition.

Wayne took part in the Big Bingo Quiz at Quizingo this week and came away with a bag full of prizes. Check out the video.

Foxy Bingo announces a year-long sponsorship deal of the popular dating show, First Dates, from January 2021.

Wayne takes a look back at everything that's happened on the site and in the world of online bingo, since launching the site back in December.

Gamesys have made a donation of £83,000 to Alzheimer's Research UK in memory of the late Barbara Windsor, who famously appeared in their Jackpotjoy ad campaigns.

Wayne takes a closer look at the brand new Mecca Bingo website which has been given a major redesign.

Lucky Pants Bingo makes the move to Playtech and picks up a number of bingo rooms that were previously exclusive to Mecca Bingo.

TOWIE star Gemma Collins hosted a special drive-in bingo event to celebrate the launch of PlayOJO Bingo in Manchester, alongside East 17 and Mr Motivator.

Tombola are at it again with a new 30 ball variant, Hex (not to be confused with HexaBingo). The twist? Even if you lose, you could win your stake back.

Relax Gaming launches a brand new bingo game where you're up against just two other players in a quick -fire bingo battle!

Ladbrokes Bingo finally make the move to their GVC owned Electraworks bingo platform.

Jumpman bingo is no more as network replaces entire bingo product with Pragmatic Play's solution.

Wayne takes a closer look at the new TV ad and rebrand from Gala Bingo.

Sky Bingo launch an exclusive Deal or No Deal Bingo variant