Gala Bingo

Trading standards should be checking out this club! happy to over charge for their snacks. When you challenge them their attitude is absolutely disgusting. The manager has the worst attitude I've ever seen in hospitality. Promotes are shown on paper form and on their touch pads so what’s with the attitude

This is intense!!! A great night out but don’t come here for the food (sucks even for the price) or beer (not really very cheap). Come here for the gripping atmosphere!

I was a bingo virgin until last weekend, when my friend decided that it would be a brilliant idea to head down to Gala for her 24^th birthday outing. A slightly unconventional choice, yes, but it was SO much fun. True, the flowing gin and white wine helped significantly to make it a fabulous day, but if you’ve never played bingo on this scale before, then you have got give it a go.
It may have been because we were feeling particularly giggly and excitable when we got there, but the staff on the front desk didn’t really seem that helpful and we had to get a third person to explain the rules to us when we got into the main hall. Eventually though, we got the rules straight and the bingo began. I swear, my heart was beating so hard with all the excitement (they go so fast!) that I was quite exhausted at the end of each round. We laughed the whole way through, but I feel I must warn you that some people take it frighteningly seriously. We even witnessed an out-​and-​out Jeremy Kyle-​style fight between the bingo caller and a woman who apparently didn’t shout loud enough to stop the game. Rule No. 1 — SCREAM if you win.
Drink and food prices are immensely cheap at £2.70 for a 187ml bottle of wine (Blossom Hill signature white, oh yes) and £2.75 for sausage and chips. You can’t go wrong really. Unless you hate greasy, canteen-​style food of no discernible nutritional value. In that case, I’d bring a packed lunch.
At £9 for five afternoon games, it’s pretty good value for such a laugh as we had. We’re already planning our next outing. We might even win something next time.

I thought Bingo to be an inclusive and friendly sport, well not sport per say. Nice old ladies in their knitwear, listening intently but with a jovial air of fun about the game. When I used to play at the seaside as a child that’s what it was like, not anymore! With large cash prizes being won all over the UK, Bingo has started to become a very serious pastime. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear of a professional Bingo player in the near future, making a living from touring the country to all the bingo halls. A career based on luck can be uncertain though. There is an unwritten etiquette to Bingo of the 21^st century, which I have discovered. Firstly, dead silence when the numbers are being called and secondly, no over dramatic reactions to not winning. Frankly, I prefer the relaxed approach taken to Bingo at the seaside.