Buckingham Bingo - ten things you need to know
- Buckingham Bingo welcomed nearly 1.7 million visits from its members in the last 12 months – on average we have better attendances than any other club.
- With 11 clubs and over 500,000 members, Buckingham Bingo is the North’s biggest independent bingo operator.
- Each year Buckingham Bingo gives away free gifts and promotions worth over £5,000,000.
- Buckingham Bingo clubs offer members the highest quality catering at the most down-to-earth prices in the industry and that's a fact!
- Many celebrities like to play bingo, including Denise Van Outen, Catherine Zeta Jones, Robbie Williams, Elle MacPherson, Atomic Kitten, Damon Hill, Bianca, and Jade Jagger.
- The biggest bingo win ever was on 22 December 2002, when Paula Young from Sheffield scooped £956,000.
- The bingo industry employs over 20,000 people from callers, and change givers to cleaners and accountants.
- Over 3 million people regularly play bingo in Britain’s 700 licensed clubs.
- Bingo was played by the Romans and was recorded as a children's game under the name of Lotto in 1778.
