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You and Yours: Gap Finders - Jonny 'Bongo'

Gap Finders - Jonny 'Bongo'

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How a game of Bingo changed a night out into a new experience.

Gap Finders: We explore the experience of Bongo’s Bingo, a game mixed with drinks, quirky prizes and raves that found a gap in the traditional night out market.

Today’s guest is the man behind Bongo’s Bingo, Jonny Lacey – aka “Jonny Bongo.” 

Jonny grew up in Belfast before moving to Liverpool, where he started a weekly pub quiz night, but with added extras such as dance-off rounds and unique prizes.

In 2015, he joined forces with his business partner Joshua Burke, and together they decided to apply this same formula to a game of Bingo – creating Bongo's Bingo.
 
Since then, the game has spread to 40 different locations around the UK, as well as Australia, Dubai, Ibiza and even a brief spell in France, putting on around 130 so-called 'shows' a month. 

We speak to Jonny about how the game grew, why he thinks they became front-runners in changing a regular night out into an experience – and explore how much bigger he thinks a game of Bingo can become. 

PRESENTER: Shari Vahl
PRODUCER: Kate Holdsworth

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