● Celebrity artist Nathan Wyburn was commissioned by Buzz Bingo to create an incredible portrait of King Charles III using only bingo dabbers and bingo tickets

● The portrait has been unveiled at Buzz Bingo Tooting ahead of the first anniversary of the King’s coronation

30th April 2024: An incredible portrait of King Charles III created using only bingo dabbers and bingo tickets was unveiled in the spectacular Buzz Bingo club in Tooting on Monday 29th April. This is ahead of the coronation anniversary on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.

Celebrity artist Nathan Wyburn, known for his weird and wacky techniques, was commissioned by Buzz Bingo to create the unique artwork.

Created with 80 bingo tickets and 12 dabbers, the portrait took only four hours for Nathan to make and has been created to celebrate the first year of the King’s reign and to wish him all the very best.

New players and regulars to Buzz Bingo Tooting can see the portrait for themselves this Spring in between a fun game of bingo. There is no better location than Buzz Bingo Tooting, a Grade 1 listed building, to honour the royal artwork. With its incredible art deco architecture, Nathan’s portrait will be among an impressive history of other artists to have performed at the venue when it was a theatre in the 60s – from Frank Sinatra to The Beatles. It truly is a location fit for a King.

Nathan Wyburn, the artist said: “I have so loved collaborating with Buzz Bingo to create this very special royal portrait of King Charles. I’ve used everything from toast, wine, pizza, soil, and my feet to create my artwork but this is definitely the first using bingo dabbers and cards! It’s been amazing to see the local players reactions at the Buzz Bingo Tooting Club and I’m glad we can all take a moment to celebrate a year on from the coronation.”

A spokesperson from Buzz Bingo said: ‘We were so delighted to collaborate with Nathan on this very special portrait of King Charles to celebrate the first anniversary of his coronation. The portrait is incredible and we’ve loved seeing it come to life through the art of bingo! It’s even more impressive in person so we hope lots of people come down to the Tooting club to see it for themselves and play a game of bingo, a perfectly British way to celebrate the occasion.’

Additional shots of Nathan’s royal creation can be found on his Instagram, including a time-lapse video of the creation process at https://www.instagram.com/NathanWyburnArt

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About Buzz Group Ltd

Buzz Group Ltd runs the UK’s largest omni-channel bingo operator, Buzz Bingo and launched its online platform, buzzbingo.com in September 2018.

2019 saw the launch of The Slots Room at Buzz Bingo, reinvigorating slots arcades in Buzz Bingo’s retail venues. In 2021 Buzz Group launched a programme of social bingo events including BADA Bingo – developed in house – and partnership with entertainment brands to create innovative bingo-oriented events night such as Abba Wonderland Bingo. Buzz Casino launched in January 2023.

Buzz Bingo’s cross-generational community numbers over a million active club members and each week 80 clubs welcome 100,000 players through their doors to enjoy bingo, play slots games and experience a great night out. Members win an average of £2.1 million per week in Club with £400,000 a week won online. With the game enjoying renewed popularity amongst new, younger players, Buzz Group is well-positioned to get the British public to fall in love with bingo in all its forms

buzzbingo.com capture the in club feeling of playing among friends, allowing people to play together, anywhere via their mobile, tablet, desktop or on Touchpads in all clubs. Much like in club, buzzbingo.com and buzzcasino.com are proud of its approach to safer gambling and fostering it’s community of players.

Buzz Bingo support its clubs and website from its Buzz Hub in Nottingham.

NB. Buzz Bingo rebranded from Gala Leisure Ltd in May 2018 following the sale of Ladbrokes Coral Group Plc’s retail clubs to Caledonia Investments plc in December 2015

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