Eyes down in shame: Six women have been banned for life after the bingo brawl (Picture: Alamy / File)

An innocent game of bingo turned nasty when a violent brawl erupted between six women at a venue in south Devon.

There were bouncer’s orders for the ladies after they came to blows in the middle of a game in Torquay earlier this month.

Shocked witnesses said there were ‘chairs flying through the air’ before police arrived at the scene. An ambulance crew also treated two women for facial injuries.

‘It’s not the sort of thing you expect to see at the bingo. It was vicious,’ one player told This is Devon.


‘There had been a disagreement in the foyer before we started playing. The game was interrupted by these two groups talking and arguing.’

The game of bingo turned violent (Picture: PA)

They added: ‘The next thing I saw was one girl practically flying off her chair. I don’t know if it was because somebody had punched her or she was going for somebody else.’



All the women involved were handed lifetime bans from every Gala Bingo hall in the country. No arrests were made.

A spokesman for Gala Bingo said: ‘We can confirm there was an incident at our club on October 17.

‘Gala Bingo has a zero tolerance towards any violence in our clubs and the members involved will be barred from our clubs.’