National Bingo Game jackpots for the first time and the National Bingo Game introduced the "Big N" – an optional £1 jackpot charge to players which gave them a chance to play for a gold, silver or platinum jackpot which could exceed £1 million. Ticket sales for the jackpot were lower than anticipated and the prize was not won for a number of months, before the National Bingo Game decided to reduce the participation charge to 50p, but make it compulsory from January 2008. As a result of this move 3 millionaires were created in the 6 months that followed, but Gala Bingo's
Bingo Durango Bodio to record the four-song EP "Bingo Durango". Courted by a number of American labels, Bingo Durango suffered the death of drummer Allan Shutter in a tragic accident. The untimely death of Shutter sent the band into a tailspin only partially rectified by subsequent "Live" fanclub release and 1990’s "Bingo Durango", a collection of trenchant power pop that showcased a debt to The Beatles and XTC. The later band would prove of increasing importance to the Bingo Durango discography. Signed by Germany’s Jarmusic, the home of such psychedelic performers as Martin Newell and future Broadway icon David Yazbek, the band