February 2008 Archives
UK bookmaker Ladbrokes is said to be still in talks to buy online bingo specialist Parley Entertainment.
Parlay, runs bingo sites for Bingo Butlins, Bingo Ann Summers and Bingo Yahoo.
The March Take a Break Bingo newsletter was in this morning and they have a few bits n bobs going on this month. As we have a long Easter weekend coming up its a good idea to get your bingo offers in line.
The February Take A Break Bingo Valentine promotion was a success with £500 odd given away.
Metro the UK newspaper has launched its very own virtual casino which sits alongside its excellent Metro Bingo web site, its bingo offering hosted on the domain metro.co.uk/bingo.
Clearly they use the newspaper to push these brands but I think the use of a forward slash in the domains is a bit of a mistake as players will struggle to find the locations for these sites typing in Metro Bingo or Metro Casino into google should get players to the right place I guess.
A survey was carried out recently by Ad Watch, a weekly analysis of most recalled TV commercials and the Foxy Bingo advert came in at 11th - that's an achievement in itself considering how many TV commericals we are bombarded with on a daily basis.
Reading the Sunday papers and catching up in all the latest celeb gossip I came across this advert for News of The World Bingo in the paper of the same name, now there is a coincidence. In the same paper, being part of the same newspaper group I found the advert for Sun Bingo too.
Yet another lucky winner at land bingo, this time a 65 year old lady from Little Sutton who scooped £10,000 at the Mecca Bingo hall in Ellesmere Port.
How it works is that each Thursday a "Money Ball" is chosen at random - if you call bingo between 9 and 10pm on the Money Ball number you will double your winnings!
One of the newest online bingo sites, Wink Bingo, offers a great schedule for coveralls - the type of game that means you have a great chance of winning big.
Sitting in the dentist waiting room today I was flicking through OK Magazine and spotted this advert for Hot Stars Bingo. Was it wrong of me to tear it out?
As I have said previously, a lot of the online bingo sites run by magazines tend to use skins of Jackpot Joy and Hot Stars Bingo is no exception.
One of the best ways to gain free bingo money, other than the obvious welcome bonuses and deposit bonuses, is to partake in the chat games offered by many online bingo sites.
Crown Bingo offer a wide variety of chat games so I thought I'd provide you with a few examples.
A poor grandmother was mugged outside her local Mecca Bingo hall after winning £100, how sad is that?
The 64 year old grandmother isn't really worried about the loss her winnings but the sentinmental things she carried in her handbag.
Gala Bingo, one of the best known online bingo sites, runs a 1tg Club for all its players who suffer from what I lovingly refer to as "1tgitis".
How many times have you been waiting for 1tg only for the prize pot to be won by someone else?
Talking to my mother in law the other day she mentioned a song called "Bingo" by a chap called Dave Carey. Apparently it's from the 60's, way before my time but I had to look around the web for this to see what the song was like.
It isn't often then you come across an online bingo site that donate a percentage of your deposits to charity, but that's exactly what Big Heart Bingo do.
Ladbrokes, the biggest UK bookmakers, are trying to acquire Parlay Entertainment, the online bingo specialists.
What I find funny about this is the Ladbrokes Bingo actually runs on the Virtue Fusion software platform, does this mean if they are successful that the game play for their online bingo site will change?
An unborn grandchild seems to have been a lucky mascot for one bingo player at Buckingham Bingo in Bradford.
44 year old Tracey Firth of Cleckheaton took her pregnant daughter, Gemma, along to her local bingo club and netted herself over £18,000.
I love the name of this site, We Luv Bingo - it really speaks volumes! This site itself is part of network that uses Globalcom (now 888 Holdings) software and as with all of this type of sites, registration is easy. All new players receive 5000 loyalty points free at registration which equates to £5 of free bingo.
Whilst searching eBay for all things bingo I had a brainwave - a change to the original version of the joke about blonde's and PC's....you know the one, "How do you know a blonde has been using the pc? There is tippex on your monitor!"
Well my version is "How can you tell when a blonde has been playing online bingo? - There are bingo dabber marks on the monitor!"
Ok, so it isn't the funniest joke in the world, but it made me chuckle! Sad isn't it that I laugh at my own jokes.
It was here I came across the advert for Daily Star Bingo - another online bingo site bought to you by JackpotJoy.
Crown Bingo is another online bingo site bought to you on the Virtue Fusion software platform, other sites that use the same software include Jackpot City Bingo.
These sites aren't a personal preference of mine, I much prefer the likes of Foxy Bingo and Think Bingo.
Many online bingo sites try to build a real community feel to their sites but not many can boast the community that Foxy Bingo have.
They provide a lot of extra's to their bingo, a bingo forum, bingo radio and once a year a Foxy Bingo Cruise and all of these make for a great "family" feel to the site as a whole.
Team Bingo is another way to bring bingo players together, and like Think Bingo, Foxy Bingo offers this too.
Yet another magazine article for you - this one bought to you by LoveIt Bingo, one of many online bingo sites powered by JackpotJoy.
So, what do I think of this one? To be honest, I think it's absolute pants!
Rightly or wrongly I have always imagined CEO's (Chief Executive Officer) to be real stuffed shirts - you know, a bit like accountants?
Gigi Levy, CEO of 888.com, owners of the latest addition to online bingo, 888 Ladies Bingo cannot be tarred with this brush.
Following on from the two big winners at Carlton Bingo clubs in Scotland I thought now would be a good time to look at the predominantly Scottish online bingo site, Bingo Scotland and their current promotions.
Bingo Scotland is the sister site of Think Bingo and Think Bingo Plus and runs some superb promotions.
Cindy Geary recently won over £11,000 after scooping £10,270 on the National Bingo game as well as the Regional prize of £1,067 and the £58 house prize at her local Carlton Bingo club.
Cindy, a married mum of 2 who is currently a student nurse at Napier University has agreed to share her winnings with her sister in law and a friend who always attend bingo together. It is an agreement that they have had since they started playing.
The 47 year old woman has been playing bingo since she was old enough to attend her local bingo hall.
Gill Barton (pictured left) spent 24 years working in a bingo hall and then made the decision to start her own business and it has paid off big time for her.
The mother of five chose to set up a business in training and recruitment even though many people told her that this would not take off.
£10K prize pool - nice touch this one on the 10th of each month £10,000 guaranteed Bingo jackpot.
WinkBingo special bingo promotions include the chance to win a gourmet meal specially prepared by a personal chef for you and your partner. This is a bit out of date now as I think it was a Valentine Day promo - unless they are talking about Feb 14th 2009 which would be a tad mean.
MariaBingo owners Unibet's profits have tumbled. Profits fell to £20m compared with £28.5m in 2006. This despite the active customer base increasing to 15% compared to the previous quarter for both Unibet and newly-acquired bingo operator Maria Holdings.
Fancy winning £100 or more just for wagering £10 at online bingo site JackpotJoy? Well that's one of the great offers available at this bingo site.
The beauty of this promotion is that you don't really have to do anything, simply play bingo or any of the other games available at Jackpot Joy.
Scanning through the magazines as I do I spotted my favourite Fox, the Foxmeister in Love It Magazine with his entourage of female fans!
Little do they know but I am his biggest fan and he only has eyes for me!!
Don't all rush at once to grab this bargain of the century! In fact, hang on whilst I make the purchase myself NOT!
Gala Bingo tea bag anyone? I'm not joking - eBay are selling a promotional Gala Bingo tea bag! For your £1.49 you will get....
Obviously, being a huge fan of Foxy Bingo and the Foxmeister, on of the first things I searched for specifically was "Foxy Bingo"
Low and behold, there is a "RARE FOXY BINGO FOXY LIMITED EDITION" up for sale!
Out of curiosity, whilst surfing on eBay, I thought I would search for all things bingo and was amazed to see so many categories that the search term "Bingo" fell under on there.
I have provided the list and how many items are showing in each section as of today and I plan on posting a couple of items per week that I found most interesting or funny. They will be shown in the new section "Bingo on eBay".
With many online bingo sites offering the added extra of casino type slots it is inevitable that we see some big winners from bingo slots!
I previously wrote about a big winner who walked away with $263,109.61 from Bingo Cabin (presuming the player did the wise thing and withdraw the cash - wagering requirements allowing!)
Foxy Bingo, one of the best online bingo sites, are currently running a superb promotion - a chance to win a family holiday to Disneyland - not Paris but Florida!!
If you haven't seen this promotion yet, then let me tell you all about it....
Can you tell I have been looking for all things bingo today? What fun I have had! This little ditty is all about spending the night at bingo!
The video shows some old Pathe news of people playing bingo!
This really is a pumping tune, not really something I think you would see used on an advert for an online bingo site. Although I'd like to see my hero, the Foxmeister from Foxy Bingo doing some crazy rave dance moves to this is the next TV campaign!!!
I think he might take a bit of a nibble at the raccoon (I think thats what it is) in the video though!
Aren't "Bingo Wings" what older ladies have? You know the under part of your arm that becomes saggy as you get older?
Well that's what I thought but I found this on You Tube but for the life of me can't see why it is entitled Bingo Wings!
have announced that due to the popularity of Free Bingo it is here to stay! That's right, every Thursday Gala Bingo will be running its Free Bingo!
As the online bingo industry continues to grow land bingo halls across the country continue to close.
Yet another Gala Bingo club has been forced to close since the smoking ban came into force, this time it is a bingo hall in Edinburgh. I hope the members have heard of Bingo Scotland, sister site of Think Bingo and Think Bingo Plus!