Bonkers Bingo
This year, 7LIR have worked extremely hard on a Charities Week event that has raised nearly £500 and gave out some amazing prizes – including an inflatable dinosaur costume, a Land Rover experience, a £50 Amazon voucher and much more.
Bonkers for Bingo. Register. View Cart. Let’s have some fun virtually as we play some bingo games while at home. Small candy/chocolate prizes awarded on some games, while other games played for fun with a grand prize awarded on the final game. Bonkers Bingo is a fairly new initiative from Mecca Bingo. I’d been briefed that I should expect the unexpected, and I was-I’d deliberately not read up on Bonkers Bingo so I could be surprised. Bonkers is certainly the right word for it. The bar was packed on both nights, child free (no under 18s are allowed due to risque content) and the.
Of course, we had to get a little more creative due to Covid-19 so instead of hosting it in a hall, we created a Teams meeting and a Showbie group, including some background music to accompany it. Also, during PBT we acted as a delivery service to hand out the bingo booklets and, on the day after the event (Thursday 10th December) we delivered the prizes.
Here is the list of very generous contributors:
- Land Rover Experience
- Betty’s
- Clip n Climb
- Grove Bookshop
- Midgley’s Fish and Chips
- Odeon Cinemas
- New Brook Street Deli
- M&Co
- Sun Street Eats
- Artform Creations
Even before the event, the participants received an entry prize and the form with the most sign-ups received an extra prize – so everyone came away with something. 10 minutes before the event started Mr Revell challenged us to take a photo of our pets and include our bingo booklets in the picture; the first 5 people who sent one received a prize.
Following that, Mrs Varley began to get festive and challenged us all to write a Christmas joke (they were all crackers) and they really helped spark the festive spirit. The big event started and each participant took out their first card as Mr Revell read out the animals. For the first prize of the evening it would take a full horizontal line to win, then two horizontal lines and finally, for the £50 Amazon voucher, a full house. The event then continued like this for the Sweets Round, the Film Round, the Sport Round then, for the Land Rover experience: the Christmas round. It was certainly a night to remember.
Thank you to everyone who participated, Mr Revell and Mrs Varley for organising this and for 7LIR for helping to set this event up.
Recently you’ll have heard about a new bingo craze (Bonkers Bingo) sweeping the country. In this short article, I will do my best to explain ‘What Is Bonkers Bingo?’ and how can you join the fun.
WHAT IS BONKERS BINGO?
Try to imagine a Bingo game taking place in the middle of a rave. That’s the best way I can describe Bonkers Bingo. The game follows the same rules as the traditional bingo format. You’ll get a bingo card and you complete lines and full houses to win prizes. However, the whole night is geared towards having fun, rather than winning. Expect a lot of singing, dancing and drinking. Think of a Hen Party accidentally locked in a Mecca club with an open bar, and you’ll get the basic idea.
WHERE DID IT START?
It all started as a crazy idea from two guys in Liverpool. The duo wanted to take the stale and boring bingo format and give it a new lease of life. The first ‘Bongo’s Bingo’ night was played out in the Camp & Furnace venue in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. Since then the format has gone global with Bonkers Bingo & Bongo’s Bingo being played all over the world.
You might have noticed I used the phrase ‘Bongo’s Bingo’ and ‘Bonkers Bingo’ interchangeably. You might be wondering why? Are these two things the same? Well, no. Bongo’s Bingo is a brand name of the original crazy bingo night founded in Liverpool. ‘Bonkers Bingo’ is the generic term for bingo nights which contain music, dancing and fun.
Think of it as the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola; these two drinks are the same but different. The official ‘Bongo’s Bingo’ nights often have big-name bookings like David Hasselhoff, The Vengaboys, Fatman Scoop and B*Witched, with substantial cash prizes on offer too. Bonkers Bingo nights at a local club might not be up to the same level but will still be loads of fun.
Who remembers when David Hasselhoff made an appearance at Bongo’s Bingo in 2016? #TheHoff#BongosBingopic.twitter.com/YeOzXaBapK
— Liverpool Events (@liverpool_event) April 21, 2020
WHERE CAN I PLAY BONKERS/BONGO’S BINGO?
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If you want tickets for the original ‘Bongo’s Bingo’ experience, you can buy them online at the Bongo’s Bingo website. Head over there and choose the city where you wish to play. Be warned – tickets sell out fast. Make sure you plan well in advance.
If you want to play Bonkers Bingo, you can get tickets for the night at Mecca Bingo online. It’s super easy. All you have to do is check your diary for a free weekend then choose where you want to go (Gateshead, Chester or Sheffield float your boat?) Mecca hosts Bonkers Bingo nights at many of its Local Bingo clubs across the country.
WHAT TO WEAR AT BONKERS BINGO?
Dress to impress, dress for comfort or go crazy and wear a unicorn suit! It really doesn’t matter. This is ‘Bonkers Bingo’ everyone will be drunk in a few hours, and no one will care what you wear. Although, you might find yourself on the dancefloor for a few hours after the bingo games finish – so bring some gel inserts for the walk home.
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