January 2008 Archives

News of The World Bingo TV Advert

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Remember the good old days when you could play bingo in The Sun and News Of the World? Having trouble "making your mind up" as to which online bingo site to play at - News of the World Bingo or Sun Bingo?

Well in days gone by they weren't in direct competition with each other...

 

Bingo 777 TV ad

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I have never seen anything so dire in my whole life!  Bingo777 call this a marketing campaign? Their marketing manager needs sacking - well, after being made to endure several hours of this tv advert on repeat!

When I saw the Foxy Bingo TV advert it made me feel happy, I'd even admit to having a little chair dance but this....

ASTROnomical Fun at Astro Bingo

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Bingo isn't just for the blue rinse brigade anymore and Astro Bingo proves this with a busy schedule each and every week.

Astro's chat room is full of an exciting and fun new adventure each night.

Penny bingo at Ann Summers!

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Don't miss out on Penny Bingo Marathon at Ann Summers online bingo site TODAY! Between 13.00 and 18.00 all games are just 1p! Not only are the games cheap as chips but the prizes are great!

KerChingo on Gala Bingo TV

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The advert for the Kerchingo £1 million on Gala Bingo TV doesn't really make me instantly want to turn my TV on and play - it's quite bland and boring in my opinion - I think they need something far more catchy like the Foxy Bingo TV advert!

Bingo Scotland TV advert

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's contribution to the TV media campaigns starts with a semi naked man in a kilt and in contrast to it's sister site, Think Bingo, the colour scheme is very blue in comparison with their very pink.

Manchester United Star Diggs Bingo

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Soccer ace Cristiano Ronaldo is hooked on a new game - the UK's most popular gambling game, bingo. But Man U fans won't find the winger shouting "House" down the local bingo hall. Instead the 22-year-old plays Bingo at home after being given a DVD version as a Christmas present.

A King's ransom at KingJackpot

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King Jackpot is the newest addition the the LeapFrog Gaming software platform and joins the likes of Bingo Cafe in offering a fully interactive 3D gaming experience.

Not only is the software interesting but the promotions are looking rather good too....

Fancy a Bingo Boogie?

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I had to laugh when I first saw the name of this online bingo site - Bingo Boogie - I thought it was called Bingo Bogie!

You will be laughing though hopefully, all the way to the bank with some of the great offers at Bingo Boogie...

Gold Jackpot winner

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A 41 year old East London woman recently became the first Gold Jackpot winner in the Big 'N' National Game.

Although she had only been a member of the Barking Road Gala Bingo club she has player once a week faithfully since becoming a member.

PartyBingo.co.uk TV Advert

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To split or not to split - that is the question?

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The most recent big winner at land bingo, Christine Bradfield, has said that she plans on sharing her winnings with her sister-in-law, Lorraine after making a pledge many moons ago that any winnings would be shared 50/50.

Christine won a staggering £1.1 million at her local Castle Bingo Hall.

This begs the question - to split or not to split?

Choosing a Bingo Username

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When registering with an online bingo site one of the requirements is that you choose a username, this is the name that you are known by on the bingo chat software and the name that will appear when you win.

In my time trawling many an online bingo site I have come across some usernames that vary from the plain boring to the downright wacky

Bingo Bonus Hunter or Bingo VIP?

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Which category do you fit into? Or are you a mixture of both? Do you spend your time in google searching for the best online bingo experience or is it simply the welcome bonus (free bingo money) that attracts you?

The bingo bonus hunter isn't really the market that online bingo sites want to attract it's the Bingo VIP's that mean real money to any online bingo site.

 

Gone Bingo UK - Fastest growing online bingo site?

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I read today an article that intrigued me about Gone Bingo UK - in it it states "user-friendly bingo site and a fun atmosphere makes Gone Bingo UK the fastest growing online bingo site out there."

What actually makes an online bingo site the fastest growing?

Fruity for Valentine's

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Fruit Bingo are offering a couple of great promotions over the Valentine's period at their online bingo site.

Being a Leap Year, the chance for us girlies to take the bull by the horns and do the proposing, Fruit Bingo are giving you the chance to win one of four mystery prizes,

Jackpot City Bingo review

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Bella is the "mascot" of Jackpot City's online bingo site and she brings with her a bingo bonus of £10 free with your first deposit of £10.

Gala Bingo Club in Bournemouth to close

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The Gala Bingo Club in Bournemouth is set to close in two weeks.

The closure is set to take place on February 10th leaving hundreds of bingo players without their local bingo hall.

The nearest clubs are in either Lansdowne or Tower Parks in Poole which many players will not be able to travel too.

Now is the time for them to start playing online bingo!!

 

Welsh Bingo Winner

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A Welsh mum has walked off with what bingo execs claim could be the world's biggest ever win with a whopping £1.1 million jackpot strike. When Christine Bradfield's luck came up 600 players at her local club, in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, went into a frenzy. The bingo player from Bargoed, had clinched the biggest ever bingo win in UK history, and possibly the world.

 

£10 Free @ Foxy Bingo

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C'mon, join the party at Foxy Bingo. Every new user this month gets £10 free to give them a try (no deposit required), and with £1000s paid out every day you'd be mad to miss out.

Foxy Bingo was recently voted the UK's favourite online bingo site in independent market research. And with 30 chat and games rooms, a fun and friendly community and new games starting every few minutes, it's not hard to see why.

Foxy Bingo Cruise

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Following last year's amazing maiden voyage, on the Good Ship Foxy Bingo it is once again taking to the seas this March and to celebrate Foxy Bingo are offering the chance to hop on board for a very special price.

Join FoxyBingo com in Hull on March 10th, get your eyes down for a few games of bingo, strut your stuff on the dance floor and enjoy a few drinks with all those friends you've made in the chat rooms as we cruise across the North Sea to Holland.

888 Bingo Chat Games

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888ladies do not stop at just offering UK bingo their Bingo Chat Hosts are always there to float your boat on an ocean of Bingo chat games, where Loyalty Points are just waiting to be hooked by one and all. Some of the Bingo prizes you keep, some you pass on to a friend, but one thing is certain: there's always plenty of Bingo options to go around. 888Bingo Chat games are also a great way to get to know your roomies better and have lots of fun doing it.

£888,888 Coverall at 888Ladies Bingo

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Fancy walking away from a night at online bingo with £888,888 in your bank account?

Well 888Ladies Bingo are offering you this opportunity with their great coverall.

Bingo Warfare

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Keeping a close eye in the voting for Roomie of the Year at BingoCMVote and knowing all things bingo, it has been bought to my attention that not only are the playground comments being posted actually on the site, some players are even resorting to emailing the contenders with abuse.

TopTen Bingo

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I myself have played at Top Ten Bingo's online bingo site but wasn't aware that they actually ran a bingo hall as well! Maybe I should really read some of the articles provided here by Simon *oops* - like this one about Top Ten Bingo

Harry's Bingo - Jewellery Promotions

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Harry's online bingo site are currently offering some great bingo promotions. My favourite being the chance to win some Swarovski jewellery.To win all you need to do is be the player who wagers the most in a specific period (usually an 4 day slot). With the promotion ending on the 31st January 2008 you need to be quick to be in with a chance of winning some of the stunning jewellery shown by reading on!

Blackpool Bingo - Team Poker Challenge

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Team Bingo is a great way to build an online bingo community and Blackpool Bingo's Team Poker nights seem to be achieving their goal.

Mecca Bingo launches roulette

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have now introduced roulette as a mini game to their online bingo site.

With many bingo sites introducing casino type slots or games at their sites the race is on to provide the best games for online bingo players.

The making of Foxy Bingo's TV commercial

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Players from Foxy Bingo where invited along to the filming of the advert as Foxy Bingo believes all its players are "stars".

Not only did they get to star in the commercial but any player who arrived and took part was credited with 25,000 loyalty points, thats £25 of bonus bingo money!

Foxy Bingo's new TV advert

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Watching Coronation Street the other night I was actually interested in the adverts, the new Foxy Bingo advert came on, no more Jordan, it's all about the fox now!!

I have to say, Foxy looked, well, FOXY! Is it wrong to be attracted to a fox? He does look rather dashing though....

Mecca Bingo - STRIPPERS

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What would make a night at bingo even more entertaining? How about strippers!!!!

Well that is what happened at the Mecca Bingo club in Wednesbury.....

Bingo Players against Gordon Brown

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Being a bingo player but now knowing too much about what all the fuss is about the taxation on bingo, our Mr. Simon Collins is the man who knows all that, I was quite impressed to find this little ditty and the little old ladies dancing around really made me laugh!

Bingo Bongo - Is this the inspiration?

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For any of you that have visited the online bingo site Bingo Bongo you will know that there site is based around a jungle theme. While doing my usual search for anything bingo I found this on You Tube...

Bingo on TV - Sky channel 841

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I found this on You Tube - advertising the launch of Gala Bingo on interactive TV.

Think Bingo Plus launch Auto Sort

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Think Bingo Plus, the little sister of online bingo giants Think Bingo, have now launched a new way for players to customise their game play.

Online Bingo Slots win of $263,109.61 at Bingo Cabin

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Bingo Cabin has given one lucky player a rather healthy looking bank balance - player Swabs was playing Pyramids of Cash and you could say her numbers came in!

WinkBingo set to hit our screens

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888 Holdings plc has entered into a licensing agreement with Wink Bingo through which 888 will provide its bingo software, instant games and support services to winkbingo.com. The WinkBingo com site is expected to go live later this month targeting Western Europe.

 

888Ladies special offer

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888 Ladies Promotions
Let the real pampering begin with extra 888ladies bingo experience with countless opportunities to win big even beyond the jackpots. Everything from cash value Loyalty Points to a weekend abroad is up for grabs with Ladies 888. They have something in the pipeline for all them bingo ladies out there.

Bingo Winner in Weymouth

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Oh how I wished I'd gone to land bingo that night! Weymouth is the Gala Bingo Club nearest to me, who knows the ticket could have been mine!

Roller Coaster Jackpot at Blackpool Bingo

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Blackpool Bingo's online bingo site really does remind me of Blackpool - the main page of the site brings back childhood memories of family holidays and rides on the Roller Coaster there - well now you can take a virtual roller coaster ride....

Fab Five Tournament at Foxy Bingo

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Yet another fine promotion bought to you by Foxy Bingo - the Fab Five tournaments played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The prize pot for this tournament is a whopping 85,000 points which is equivalent to £85 of prize money to giving away during each tournament!

Posh Bingo - Win a romantic weekend for two!

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Posh Bingo With Valentine's Day just around the corner Posh Bingo are offering the chance for all its players to win a romantic weekend away for two.

How do I win? I hear you asking............

SkyBingo January Sale

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If you are quick you may just catch the end of SkyBingo's January sale!

SkyBingo Review

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sky-bingo-new-logo.jpgSkyBet has been around a little while now as a sporting page but have recently launched their online bingo site. The bingo side of things is powered by the Virtue Fusion software that the likes of Crown Bingo use. The site offers two bingo rooms, both are 90 ball although one is only open from 19.54pm (what a bizarre time, why not 8pm?)

Great-Grandad wins big at Majestic Bingo

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A 61 year old man from South Shields has won £40,000 at his local Majestic Bingo club in South Shields.

New site with voting for CM's and Roomies

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In my many travels around the internet looking for anything bingo I have come across many a site trying to take on the big players in the market and the latest addition to the list is a site called BingoCMVote.

Burn's Night at Scot Bingo

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Scot Bingo's online bingo site is offering its players the chance to win a year's supply of haggis - thats a total of 150kg of haggis up for grabs!

And that's not all........

Want to be a Bingo Millionaire?

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Then head on over to Ladbrokes Bingo and check out their "Who wants to be a millionaire?" promotion.

Not only are you in with a chance of winning a million pounds you will also have the pleasure of Chris Tarrant as your bingo caller!

Dream Bingo's Progressive Jackpots and Guaranteed Games

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Dream Bingo is one of the newest online bingo sites so I thought I would check out their Progressive Jackpot. They call it the £750+ Progressive as it increases at a set rate over time. The Progressive Jackpot for 90 ball bingo starts at £750 and can be won if you call full house in 40 numbers or less, if it isn't won then the amount of calls will increase by one number ever two days.

Sun Bingo launches Battleships

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As an avid fan of the Sun's online bingo site I thought I'd have a quick game after work tonight and was surpised to find a new game in addition to 75 ball bingo, 90 ball bingo, 80 ball bingo, Cinco and Hamster Race

Angel Bingo

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ANGEL-BINGO the latest St Minver offering.

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Bingo is offered on Angel Games. Angel Bingo is a company, based in the South of England Angel Games is led by managing director John Angel, who's no Johnny-come-lately. He's an "older kid in town", bringing years of experience. John's background is when he started in the early sixties with the old-style, popular bingo halls. Bingo was always John's line, so going online was a natural progression.

Bingo.com TV Advert

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I remember when Bingo.com first launched and it was this advert that lead me to their online bingo site, my thoughts were.......

Ladbrokes Bingo TV Advert

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Yet another online bingo site providing us with a TV campaign is Ladbrokes Bingo. It's not clear on first impressions as to what the advert is going to be about, and to be honest one I wouldn't personally take that much notice of.

STV Bingo TV Advert

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Do you remember the Krankies - the charming Scottish couple Ian and Jannette? Well I have found them staring in a TV Campaign for STV Bingo

Cascade Bingo?

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Whilst at land bingo last night and standing in the queue for interval grub my husband said to me "I didn't know that CasCade did land bingo too?" What made him ask? He pointed to an older gentlemen opposite us who had a yellow clipboard with "CasCade Bingo" emblazoned on it.

Using Gala Wiz

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During my visit the Gala Bingo hall in Poole yesterday I thought I would try out the Gala Wiz, the electronic way to play bingo.

My husband came with me and being the type to shy away from change, he chose to stick with the paper tickets whilst I thought I would brave the Wiz.

Smoking Ban and Land Bingo

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Yesterday was the first time that I have visited my local bingo hall since the smoking ban has come into force and as a smoker I was avoiding going - two hours without a cigarette or standing in the rain alone???

 

 

Desperate Wives Bingo review

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Ever watch the programme? Well the front page tries to mimic the main characters I feel, although if you havent watched the TV programme this wouldn't be obvious. A good marketing strategy?

Bingo Jokes

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The mission I set myself today, and yes, I chose to accept it - was to trawl the net and see if I could actually find some jokes specifically about bingo.

The first one I found made me giggle for no other reason that I am BETTY!!

 

Q.) What do you call a lady who likes to play bingo?

A.) BETTY!

Gala Free Bingo

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GalaFreeBingo allows you to experience all the fun and winings of GalaBingo for Free.

All our players have had such a positive response to Gala Free Bingo Days that we have decided to bring it back for January. Simply log into Gala Bingo on their web site or Play on Gala TV, Sky Channel 841 on Thursday the 17th, 24th & 31st of January.

So play one of our scheduled games and have all the fun Gala Bingo has to offer for nothing.  The only problem with this format is because its free loads of people play and the jackpots are nothing to write home about.  i guess the old saying is true there is no such thing as quality free bingo.

Mecca Bingo - another winner!

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Everyday I check the online bingo news and I nearly always seem to find a winner from Mecca Bingo!

This time it is a 19 year old from Leeds who has scooped one of the big prizes - £90,000 to be exact. More and more younger players are taking part in land bingo, and online bingo now - gone are the days when bingo required a blue rinse and of course the bingo wings!

The youngster managed to call full house in 31 numbers on the National Game, the lowest number in all 470 clubs and has said she will share her winnings with her dad and her uncle.

FoxyBingo Goes Crazy

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FoxyBingo.com, the leading online bingo site, has started off the year with a mad new bingo promotion.  Not content with already offering fabulous prizes Foxy Bingo have now put up something that they think will bring in even more players to their massive number of rooms.

 

 

New guaranteed jackpot games offering over £20,000 to be won every week.  Guaranteed jackpots mean that the prize is guaranteed and players don't have to win the game in a specified number of bingo calls to get the top prize. This differs from the coverall games other bingo sites offer; whereby a players have to bingo in 45 calls or less to win the top prize.  The first player to bingo in the new games will scoop the guaranteed jackpot.  So, bingo players out there will soon know its worth having a flutter.

Ann Summers Bingo

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We all know this household name, and what a brilliant idea to start an online bingo site! After all, isn't it mainly women that shop at Ann Summers, with a few men thrown in for birthdays and Christmas - so with the demographic for bingo being mainly women are they going to be a new leader in the bingo scene?

TakeABreak Bingo review

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For any of you that read the true life stories in TakeABreak you will know that they now have their own online bingo site.

The site is powered by the Virtue Fusion bingo software and hosts 90 ball bingo and a free daily scratchcard! Take A Break bingo also offers £10 free to all new play

Mecca Bingo Aquisition

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Many young available chaps would give up their right hand to have as many inrested parties as Mecca Bingo has attracted.  The very desirable Mecca Bigno is once again under the microscope. MeccaBingo is in the sights of yet another potential buyer, it is another Asian group, the Guoco Group, Guoco is the latest Mecca investor to declare a significant stake in Mecca Bingo.

Mecca Millionaire Game - Chelsea man wins £150,000

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On 1st September 2007 Mecca Bingo launched its Millionaire Game at bingo halls all across the country. The launch came after changes in gambling regulations enabled bingo operators to take a percentage of any monies staked by players which meant that huge progressive jackpots could be awarded.

Does Bingo Scotland have some competition?

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A newcomer to the online bingo scene is ScotBingo, a site that uses the Virtue Fusion software platform could be set to give Bingo Scotland a run for its money in the Scottish bingo market.

 

Mecca Bingo - Chandlers Wharf

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It would appear that this has to be one of the luckiest land bingo halls in the UK and is based in Stockton in Cleveland.

 

 

Who owns Bingo.co.uk ?

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www.bingo.co.uk an amazing URL if every there was one for UK Bingo.  Its actually owned by Gala Bingo although the last enetry on the site was late 2006 so the content is a little stale to say the least.  It is such a shame for an amazing URL of this style not to be used to its full potential. 

Bingo Domain Names

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Its a common theme on line mistype of domsin names to give you and example of what I mean I have prepared a list of Foxy Bingo mistypes on the extended link below.  But suffice to say it is a regular thing for players to get their typing wrong on search engines and some sites look to exploit this by optimising these miss types to grab the traffic. 

UK Bingo Web Sites

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We have been searching high and low to identify a full list of UK orinetated sites which we will of course be getting Betty to review over the coming months one by one but attached on the extended link below find our current list minus a few new ones like skybingo.co.uk.

Virgin Games

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Virgin Games have a game games to suit all people - including Virgin Casino, VirginBingo, Virgin Poker and Virgin Skill games.

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There are lots of Virgin promotions, Virgin jackpots, and Virgin tournaments available. The Virgin Games website is currently offering special promotion on the Virgin Bingo matching your first deposit. The Virgin casino now allows you to earn Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles each time you play.

The Virgin poker room has a special room for Virgin newbies and the 'skill' rooms contain a large number of classic games in all styles including trivia, cards, puzzles and mini golf.

Palace Bingo

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Palace Bingo is the UK network of land based bingo clubs their website is ThePalaces.com which they claim extends the same warm Bingo welcome and great prizes to their bingo customers online.

Bingojoy

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BingoJoy.com is a bit of an odd thing I found on Sky yesterday morning on a channel called Information TV. LIVE BingoJoy com claims to be a Game Show but its a bit like watching paint dry as you cannot interact through the TV. It's on Information TV 2 Monday 12:00am to 3:00pm Brian Dowling (yes the irritiating Big Brother numpty) presents this new UK TV bingo experience. Cards are expensive starting at 20p and they offer a "Golden Jackpot" which is the same Gloden Ticket Bingo Game from Littlewoods Bingo so these guys must be sharing the network the Golden Ticket is worth £20,000. 

Daily Mirror Bingo

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Mirror Bingo have just started a new Bingo TV campaign promoting their £10 Free sign up deal which is available for all new regiustering players - there is no sign up required and its and excellent promotion.  The TV advert is good and really pushed the The Daily Mirror Bingo Brand and its long standing association with Bingo.

Liverpool Echo Bingo

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Yet another newspaper launches its online bingo site. The Liverpool Echo is the latest local newspaper to enter the world of online bingo. Echo Bingo offers £10 free to all new players and a match deposit bonus of 100% on all deposits between £10 and £150.

BallsUp! Bingo online bingo reviews

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The first thing that grabbed me about this site was the name! LOL It isn't one you are likely to forget. I stumbled across the site when doing my usual search for the "newest bingo sites" - its my favourite search - I like to try all the new internet bingo sites.

Bingo Cafe UK £1000 Prize Draw

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As an avid player at Bingo Cafe UK's online bingo site and registered for their newsletter each week I receive a reminder of the £1000 Prize Draw and each week religiously I usually forget. Not this week, this week I decided that I would take myself and my 8 entry tickets (not a huge amount of tickets but still, you have to be in it to win it right?) and go and see how my luck was.

My time as a Chat Host - part 2

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Macro's - what are they?

The dictionary defines them as follows (take from Merriam Webster):-

Main Entry: 2macro
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural macros
Etymology: short for macroinstruction
Date: 1959
: a single computer instruction that stands for a sequence of operations

80 Ball Bingo - the new 75 ball???

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Quite a few online bingo sites are now incorporating 80 ball bingo on their software. Is this going to replace 75 ball bingo in the UK?

What is the difference between 75 & 90 ball bingo?

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Well apart from the obvious 15 numbers!

A short answer is 75 ball usually you only have one chance to win - 90 ball you have 3 chances to win, but lets me go into a little more detail.

 

My time as a Chat Host - part 1

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Having spent a little time working at an online bingo site as a chat monitor I don't profess to be the oracle but there are some definite requirements for taking on the role of a chat host.

First at foremost you need to have a great personality!! If you are lacking in this area in real life then you aren't going to be able to express a personality in the real world! You need to be able to laugh at yourself and with others but know the limitations and the invisible line at online bingo that cannot be crossed. As a chat host you are what brings players back, the forefront of the sites online bingo community.

Jackpotjoy.com Darts Sponsorship

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Jackpotjoy.com, the UK Bingo and Instant Win site,  sponsored the 2006 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship. The sponsorship deal, saw 40 players in the tournament wearing Jackpotjoy.com branded shirt patches. The Championship, which runs between the 7th and 15th January and is due to finsih this weekend, has been screened live on BBC TV. This includes an hour every weekday on BBC2, plus coverage on BBC1's Grandstand, giving good exposure for the Jackpotjoy.com brand.

Love It Bingo Winner Tips

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Love it Bingo Kelly's eye? Maggie's den? Who are these women and what do they have to do with bingo? The only two fat ladies the editor of Love It knows is her mate Joely and herself. LoveItBingo claims you don't have to go out to play bingo or understand what all the funny phrases mean any more now you can log on to their bingo site. As they now let you play at home with loveitbingo.com and when you join up they will give you £10 free to play with.  Although this is not as good as the £10 bonus you can receive from Foxybingo.com which has no deposit requirement.

Playtech eyes Virtue Fusion

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The UK online bingo development company VirtueFusion, which provides the backend for online bingo at major companies like Rank MeccaBingo, William Hill and Bet365, could be Playtech's next acquisition, according to an exclusive and unsourced report from eGaming Review.

Gala Bingo Closures

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Speaking to Marketing Week Gala admits it has considered closures quite seriously. The stark admission comes despite repeated claims by GalaBingo of "no plans" to close bingo halls. Speaking to Marketing Week, Goulden admited to being on "red alert" regarding hall closures and hinted much will depend on whether the Chancellor eases the tax burden on the bingo industry in the Budget in March - five Gala Bingo Halls have been earmarked for potential closure. A month-long consultation process has begun on Gala Lakeside, Gala Teesside, Gala Bristol, Gala Bourne­mouth and Gala Edinburgh. The Bingo industry has been hit hard by the smoking ban.

OnlineSlots

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Most online bingo sites do not simply offer Bingo as a means of playing and experincing the thrill of a game they all offer slots and fruit machine games as well all bar one - www.ThinkBingo.com has always seemed to shun this tactic with the aim of offering a more pure bingo experience.

 

 

Think Bingo

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announced it has won the Which Bingo UK award for best online-bingo site of 2007. The Which Bingo Site of The Year award recognise and reward excellence in UK online bingo as voted by the players. The votes totalled more than double the number received in 2006, reflecting the widespread growth in popularity of online bingo in the UK. "More than three years ago, ThinkBingo stepped bravely into the world of online bingo. Now, we are delighted to name ThinkBingo.com as the 2007 WhichBingoUK Site of The Year."

Ladbrokes Bingo

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Join Ladbrokes Bingo today and get a £10 Bingo bonus. Simply deposit a minimum of £10 (as one single deposit) in to your Ladbroke account, purchase at least £10 worth of LadbrokesBingo tickets and Laddbrokes will give you £10 free to play Bingo. You will be credited with your free £10 bonus within 48 hours of spending your deposit.  As per ususal we would always suggest a site such as www.foxybingo.com for newbies as there you get £5 just for registering no depsosit required. 

 

Virgin Bingo

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Virgin Bingo A complete summary of all VirginBingo News for January. This month Virginbingo.com have some exciting promotions lined up.

Online Bingo Game

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One major OnlineBingo Game are Chat Games these are bingo side games a Bingo Chat Monitor plays while a Bingo Game is playing; a CM will usually tell you what they are playing and what it is. The Bingo CM will usually paste the Chat Game information inside the chat room and sometimes request certain information to you depending on what Online Bingo Chat Game is being played.

News of the World Bingo

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NOTW Bingo is an online bingo site which is effectively a mirror of The Sun Bingo Bingo. NOTWBingo is safe, secure and very easy to use.

If this is your first time playing online Bingo NOTW Bingo is a good place to start though unlike www.FoxyBingo.com they do not offer £5 for your registration details so you will need to make a deposit to play.

  

Littlewoods GameOn

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gameonbingo-logo.jpgLittlewoods GameOn is a bingo room, gaming site and lottery site using Dynamite Idea, Electracade, Orbis Technology Ltd software. They recently added WagerWorks software so its a really melting pot of a site with far too much content. It is one of 6 online gaming sites owned by Sportech (the Footy Pools Operator). The site's primary language is English.

OnlineBingo.com

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OnlineBingo.com this is a bingo room not a review portal which to be honest seems a strange way to use such a great domain name. Using Parlay Entertainment software licensed in Costa Rica it is one of 6 online gaming sites owned by Azul Electrico.

A quick lopok at their winner list reveals they cannot be attractibg too many customers as their last big winner was in Novemeber  i am, assuming this was 2007 thought the site did not offer up that information.

Rambles won a $5,494 Progressive Jackpot in November
SanityCheck won a $1,194 Progressive Jackpot in March
Stsaxton won a $4,563 Progressive Jackpot in September
Skibunny won a $3,853 Progressive Jackpot in February
Sugarontop won a $3,079 Progressive Jackpot in February
Big Redhead won a $1,344 Progressive Jackpot
bronco1955 wins a $3,111.26 Progressive Jackpot in November
SimonSez wins a $4,256 High Roller Progressive Jackpot
Macavity wins iPOD Shuffle in August
Bun Bun wins $543 Progressive Jackpot in June
ByteMe Wins $5,177 in Back to Back Progressive Jackpot Wins in March

Cyberslotz

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Cyberslotz is a bingo room using a combination of BingoTek and Microgaming software licensed in Malta. It is owned by Talarius Plc so its from a reputable company as they run a lot of highstreet slot (fruit machine) or arcade spots Talarius comprises two key gaming brands: Quicksilver which is the UK's largest chain of Gaming Centres currently with 200 sites spread across the length and breadth of the UK; Cyberslotz, which was launched in August 2001, is a "virtual gaming machine lounge". The Cyberslots offering is good from the prespective it has bespoke UK thmed games but to be honest its a little dated and a site like online casino with their Monopoly brands and massive progressives is probably a better bang for your buck.  

BoyleBingo

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Sponsors of Sunderland Football Club BoyleSports have decided to get into bingo with BoyleBingo - I know it sounds like some kind of MI5 torture treatment.  BoylesBingo have made another error as well as the name seaming to be a little odd they have have made a critical error by going for a download product. Unfortunately this will probably be a big mistake as players much prefer non download software such as that offered by our favourite sites www.FoxyBingo.com and www.thinkbingo.com - the reason for this preferance is people are less and less happy about installing applications on to thier computers for fear of slowing down performance or harming their PC in some way.  Any way if this offering is of interest you can check them out at either boylebingo.com or via boylesports.com.  Just noticed one other bad thing Boylebingo.com games are hosted in Curacao not the Isle of Man like their other stuff so in fact its unlikely they will be allowed to promote this site as is in the UK.

The Sun Bingo

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Thesun Bingo online service has become its most successful commercial partnership, SunBingo generated £3.8m in revenue for the last financial year for TheSunOnline.

SKY Bingo

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sky-bingo-new-logo.jpgThis is a different site to Bingo Sky which we featured last Thursday.  The guys who run Sky TV have decided to get into Bingo.  Details are a bit sketchy as its unclear what software they are using at this stage Betty will be doing a review of the site soon but this is what we have gathered.

BingoBase

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Bingo Base earlier this year signed a partnership deal with The Daily Star for Bingo offering a bingo comparison site called The Daily Star Bingo which is live at the DailyStarBingo Section.

Bingo Caller Charles Clarke

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The MP jovially called the bingo numbers at MeccaBingo Charles Clarke was raising awerness for the fact that Bingo Halls in the UK pay more tax than betting shops and casinos. 

The former minister in Blair's cabinet, was calling the numbers at a Mecca Bingo club on All Saints Green, Norwich, he took the time to speak to bingo players and heard about the tax which is hurting UK bingo halls.

While casinos and betting shops pay 15% gross profit tax to the Treasury, bingo halls are also charged VAT at 17.5%, which Mecca Bingo claims is an unfair advantage.

NutsPokerLeague

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Off topic I know but someone should think about this for Bingo!

The Nuts Poker League which appeared last year on television in Dragons Den.  On the show Bellis had the support of two of the five Dragons to fund his NUTSpokerleague project.  Bellis accepted the offer at first but eventually decided to go for other opportunities. 

GalaBingo.com To The Rescue?

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Part of the Gala Bingo response to the recent Bingo decline is to push the Gala Bingo online bingo product and to develop a Gala Bingo online TV offering in the hope of attracting a younger market less inclined to visit a Bingo club.  "We are seeing growth out of online bingo," said Mr Goulden. "It is fairly new, and only 20 per cent of our online players have ever visited a bingo club. We are probably going to market it more actively."

HotStarsBingo

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Hot Stars Bingo is the OK Magazine Bingo room powered by Jackpotjoy. It offers £10 free to players but unlike FoxyBingo which gives players £10 just for signing up this is a matched money offer. 

Castle Bingo Winner

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MORE than 50 years of playing bingo has finally paid off for a Merthyr Tydfil great grandad who has scooped a £90,000 top prize.

The lucky winner, aged 76, who does not want to be named, won the fortune at the Castle Club, Plymouth Street, Merthyr on December 22, where he has been a member since 2003.

He completed a full house quicker than anyone else taking part in the National Bingo Game, which includes 470 clubs across the UK.

The man, who is married, was playing with his sister-in-law when his numbers came up and with two children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren he could have an extra Christmas wish list.

"I couldn't believe it when they told me how much it was," he said.

"The reaction in the club was marvellous with everyone clapping and cheering me.

"I just couldn't stop shaking and I still shake when I think about it now."

He isn't sure yet what he will be doing with the money but he will definitely be taking his wife on a long holiday.

AOL Bingo

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We recently commented on AOL partnership for Bingo with Bingos.co.uk which can be no longer seen on the AOL UK site there is no mention of Bingo - just uncovered a post from the AOL forum -

Bingo AOL: a note
Just a quick note for any of you in our AOLBingo community - you can access the Bingos site at Bingos.co.uk where you can login as normal to your AOL Bingo account

Enjoy the weekend

This entry was made 19th October 2007 so we are guessing this is when the AOLBingo service was removed from the AOL site such a shame as AOL Bingo would no doubt have been a great addition to the sites we regularly feature and talk about here.
 

DreamBingo Testimonials

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Dream Bingo want to feature some useful testimonials on their site now - I have taken the liberty of publishing some of the latest ones from them here for online bingo.net readers to review.

FoxyBingo.com Loyalty Scheme

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At Foxy Bingo they have always liked to give something back to their bingo players through generous bonuses, regular tournaments and chat games. In particular, they have just launched a special top player bonus scheme to reward their most loyal and regular players, those who Foxy has named Very Important Roomies (VIR).

The VIR program is open to everyone who plays at FoxyBingo.co.uk At the end of each month they reward those who have spent £2,500 or more on bingo cards, and £5,000 or more on instant win games with a special pay back bonus. There are 3 tiers of bingobonus, from 5% up to 15% back on any money you lose. Check the table at http://www.foxybingo.com/site/promotions/vir/index.php for more details.

Jackpotjoy Deal or No Deal Slot

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In case your looking for this progressive any where else its exclusive to Jackpotjoy it has a lot of fun gameplay plus the opportunity to win a life changing amount of money, however we recently uncovered on www.Getminted.com they have launched a new megajackpots game on their popular Monopoly slot clearly hoping to compete it has already reached a massive £1.55 million pounds nearly double the amount the last drop we saw on The Deal or No deal Slot at Jackpotjoy. 

Jackpotjoybingo Promotion

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2008 Jackpotjoy are giving away ten bonus cash rewards and upto £1000.  All you need to do is choose naughty or nice and for every £5 spent you will earn an entry into their prize draw.  Five naughty and five nice members will some ace prizes.

ITV Bingo Promotions

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ITVBingo Newsletter January 2008
Happy New Year from Bingo ITV, Kicking off 2008 in style, BingoITV has a month packed full of bingo prizes and bingo promotions.
 

Bingo Alerts

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Bingo Alerts from Gaming Alerts brings you online bingo offers via a unique software tool, these free bingo bonuses and bingo promotions come directly to your desktop via their free bingo alerts toolbar which can be downloaded. Bingo alerts is completely free to download and BingoAlerts keep you up to date with all the latest online bingo news, promos and offers so that you never miss out. It is the only site that can keep you up to date in this way and make sure that you never miss out. Check out all of the latest bingo offers from their favourite online bingo sites like Gala Bingo and Foxy Bingo

SunBingo.co.uk

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Our new comer site of the year for Online Bingo UK has five great SunBingo games, twenty nine SunBingo chat rooms, sixty SunBingo chat moderators, hundreds of Sun Bingo jackpot winners,  thousands of The Sun Bingo players every day and finally £100 million won by The Sun Bingo players to date.

 Online Bingo Net votes for www.sunbingo.com as its newcomer site for 2007 congratultaions to them

Which Bingo Site of the Year

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Voting in the 2007 Which Bingo UK Site of the Year awards saw more than double the number of votes cast in 2006. Players flocked to name the sites they felt were most deserving of the most prestigious awards in UK bingo - The Site of the Year and the New Site of the Year.

SkyBingo

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Bingo Sky has arrived in the UK - and believe us, you'll be in the sky bingo rooms shaking with excitment when you're playing on this UK Skybingo.com site.  BingoSKY is part of the largest group of online bingo halls on the Internet. The site's creators have spent over a decade gathering knowledge, which has been channelled into producing a bingo site of highest quality. The site has earned its reputation as an industry-leading site and, Sky players have flocked.  Many sites lure players in with attractive offers but fail to deliver the complete online bingo experience. Bingo SKY delivers on its promises. The free Sky Bingo £20 credit to play with is a great welcome to the site but the experience only gets better the longer you play there.

OnlineBingo.co.uk

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A recent story from www.onlinebingo.co.uk the UK's best directory of UK Bingo web sites focuses on a bingo player now in a state of shock.

The woman bingo player from the town of Blyth was in a state of shock recently after she scooped a fortune while playing bingo with her mother-in-law.

Foxy Bingo

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FoxyBingo Advent Calendar Results
Update for anyone who took part in FoxyBingos advent calander well done to everyone who has took part in the foxybingo.com Advent Calendar promotion this past December.

Mirror Bingo

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Did you know as well as their online site MirrorBingo.com the Mirror Bingo people also offer a free to play in paper game we have taken the liberty of writing up these rules for our readers you can apply for a bingo card and be in the action by following the instructions.

MeccaBingo Wrexham

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Just days before, on Saturday afternoon, a grandmother playing at the bingoclub won £10,000 on a linkedBingo game. On Christmas Eve Barry Darbyshire, won £17,500 in the nationalbingo game less than a week after another local man also won £17,500 playing the Afternoon Delight Bingo Game at the Bingo club on December 19, and on December 18 a bingo customer won £5,800, also on the bingo national game.

Bryan Tyrrell, the bingo club manager, said: "It is fantastic that customers can win such amounts of money at one of our afternoon bingo sessions. There is always a great atmosphere when someone wins big money."

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