In a surprise move, Gala Bingo, the largest land-based bingo hall operator in the UK, has gone offline. The sudden withdrawal of its online bingo site has left thousands of bingo players, as well as all of Gala's online affiliates, in the dark until the site restarts its Internet bingo operations next month. The bingo site went offline upon the termination of Gala Bingo's partnership with St. Minver, an online bingo network.

With no additional information or explanations from St. Minver or Gala Bingo, many bingo portals were forced to pull their Gala Bingo promotions and redirect bingo players to other Internet sites. Other UK bingo sites are capitalizing on the opportunity to step in and fill the bingo void. For instance, both dailyrecordbingo.com and mirrorbingo.com are offering players affected by Gala Bingo's Internet disappearance £10 in free credit on their sites.