Well reports have suggested that the extra bank holiday was a flop for online bingo sites that expected to be raking in the money as people had an extra day off work. Results in land based club suggest they have faired much better with bingo operators reporting some of the best results in 3 years.

Online bingo sites had pushed the 29th with some very generous promotions and expected bingo players to be rushing to their computers but it seems they underestimated the Royal Wedding. Many online operators offered a variety of free bingo sessions throughout the day and unique bonuses to try and attract what was expected to be a high level of demand for online bingo.

However it soon became clear that it was never going to be the big day that was envisaged and the UK was either glued to the TV or out at a party. The BBC claims that more than 24 million had tuned in to watch the Royal Wedding. It was claimed that throughout the world there was an estimated 2 billion watching the ceremony. In addition 1 million people were in London to witness the event.

While online bingo sites seem to have got it somewhat wrong this week land based bingo clubs seemed to have had a phenomenal week. Managers we spoke to at both Gala and Mecca bingo clubs suggested their clubs had had ‘surprisingly’ good weeks. At Seldis Cooper, which owns 7 bingo clubs in the UK, the clubs had seen the best weekly admissions and income in 3 years.