GalaBingo.com Goes for the Balls, Setting an Official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for the Largest Set of Bingo Balls

GalaBingo.com Goes for the Balls, Setting an Official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) Title for the Largest Set of Bingo Balls

GIBRALTAR, July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --



The scenes on the former street would make former pub landlady, Annie Walker's hair
curl. In an activity unlike any seen before on the former set of Coronation Street,
special guests and TV personalities pitched in to help make a huge success of
GalaBingo.com's big bingo balls charity GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) attempt for the game of
bingo with the largest set of bingo balls.



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The leading bingo brand used the launch of its newest game, Corrie Bouncy Balls as an
opportunity to help raise money and awareness for the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign.



GalaBingo.com Director, Alison Digges tells us, "We wanted to do something special for
the launch of 'Corrie Bouncy Balls'. Something involving balls! We love the innovative,
educational approach MCAC takes, so we're delighted to work with them. And an official
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) attempt seemed like a good way to get everyone's attention. So
we organised a bingo game at Coronation Street - The Tour in Manchester, invited some
former cast members and raised money for charity, all at the same time! We are delighted
with the result."



MCAC aims to help dispel the culture of embarrassment that discourages men from openly
discussing cancers associated with intimate areas of the body.



This one-off, extra-special bingo game kicked off on the famous cobbled streets of
Weatherfield on the 18th of July. Amidst much hilarity, the world's largest set of bingo
balls, 90 custom-made, giant bingo balls were ejected from the house windows onto the
street as This Morning's Alison Hammond called the numbers until the house was called!



For several weeks preceding the event, players at GalaBingo.com had been able to
compete for tickets to be part of this wacky event. Their efforts raised well over
GBP10,000 for the Male Cancer Awareness Charity. And with the official GUINNESS WORLD
RECORDS(TM) title for the largest set of bingo balls safely in the bag, with much pomp and
ceremony, a huge novelty check was presented to model and MCAC ambassador, Rhian Sugden.



Ecstatic fans of the show were able to tour the iconic former set and they even got to
meet past cast legends Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan), Sherrie Hewson (Maureen Webster),
Steven Arnold (Ashley Peacock) and Adam Rickitt (Nick Tilsley). A great event for an even
greater cause!



Notes to Editors



GalaBingo.com



GalaBingo.com was recently re-launched by Gala Interactive (Gibraltar), a new division
of the Gala Coral Group, the UK's largest bingo operator and third largest gaming firm.



With over 600 jackpots daily, the highest number available anywhere, as well as over
GBP2 million paid out to our members every day, GalaBingo.com already arguably produces
more winners than any other bingo site.



GalaBingo.com has also spearheaded the development of brand leading gaming products
with exclusive celebrity and media driven content such as Ant & Dec's Saturday Night
Takeaway, Little Britain, The Hoff, X Factor, Deal or No Deal, Iron Man 3, The Hulk,
Gladiator, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and John Wayne.



Gala Live TV features exclusive interviews with celebrities and interactive chat
rooms, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Gala Bingo provides its members with the best in
online and retail bingo entertainment.



Gala Bingo



Gala Bingo, the UK's largest Bingo Operator, runs over 138 clubs from Peterhead to
Plymouth. Every one of the 4,500 staff are focused on going further than anyone else to
guarantee that over one million customers a year experience the best buzz in Bingo. Gala
Bingo are totally committed to increasing the number of Bingo fans in the UK, who can
regularly enjoy the great value bingo, state-of-the-art fruit machines, and fantastic food
and drink on offer in Gala Bingo clubs, every day.



For more information on GalaBingo.com visit http://galabuzzwire.com/company.






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CONTACT: Contact Pete Murphy at Gala Bingo: +350-200-10445, Pete.Murphy@GalaCoral.com.


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