Gala Bingo Celebrates Bingo 80th Birthday

Gala Bingo is celebrating the 80th birthday of BINGO games with FREE BINGO games! The game of bingo as we know it was born in 1929 and was originally called "beano”. Gala Bingo, as one of the biggest names in bingo games in the UK is celebrating the birth of bingo games with a massive selection of FREE bingo games. Following its 80 years of glory, bingo is still going strong, and with the invention of internet in our lives, it’s more popular than ever. MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Thursday 29th January is a special FREE BINGO DAY at Gala Bingo. Simon Longbottom, Managing Director of Gala Bingo, said: “It’s the perfect time of year to kick off the birthday celebrations, with everyone recovering from Christmas and what better way to get in the spirit, than with special offers and free bingo. Everyone has their own memories of their first bingo experience, but this year is all about celebrating bingo’s 80 great years, with many more to come we’re sure.” “The birthday year is the perfect time to look back over the last 80 years and also look forward to the next, with so many of the younger generation now enjoying the game, bingo continues to be an increasingly popular activity and it’s no wonder that 8% of the population play bingo.” Bingo Facts 1.      Ninety-six percent of bingo players have won at some point whilst playing bingo and there is a Gala Bingo winner every two minutes Celebrities love bingo! Denise Van Outen is a big bingo fan, as are Catherine Zeta Jones and Robbie Williams and even President-elect Barak Obama’s step-mum, Kezia Obama! 3.      Bingo is the only gambling game allowed by the armed forces A professional Gala Bingo Caller averages 23 Bingo Numbers called per minute 5.      Bingo is one of the most popular fundraising games of all time 6.      There are 277,000 admissions every day to Bingo clubs in Great Britain – enough to fill Wembley stadium three times over! 7.      Gala Bingo clubs alone have 32 million admissions each year 8.      Bingo callers have lots of famous alumni – including Brian McFadden and Russell Crowe who both started their showbiz careers calling bingo in their native countries 9.      Over £22 million has been won on High 5 – Gala Bingo’s exclusive rollover jackpot game, since it began in September 2007. 10.  The average age of a Gala Bingo club member is 39 Free bingo has a new look on galabingo.com. £10,000 to giveaway for free every Thursday!