March 2008 Archives
Jackpot Joy has always provided a wide array of casino type games as well as their online bingo game and the newest addition is the game Family Fortunes.
It's a 5 reel multi slot game with some great bonus features including free spins and the Family Fortunes bonus.
Have you ever watched Fear Factor on Challenge TV? It's quite a good format really, 4 people get the chance to try fear inducing stunts for a chance to win big money. They get to eat bugs and fall off high buildings, all for the sake of big money.
Surely it would be safer just to visit 888 Ladies Bingo and try your luck in their big games?
First things first, the name of this online bingo site - Bingo Friends, what a great name! For me personally I've made loads of mates playing online bingo, most of which I have met in the flesh.
Ann Summers Bingo & Casino have now launched their affiliate programme with St Minver. The online bingo site was launched back in July 2007 and the Casino in January 2008 - it hasn't taken them too long to realise that an affiliate programme might help to increase their member base.
It's a little confusing for me, there is SkyBingo and Bingo Sky yet they are two seperate sites. Bingo Sky has both a £ and a $ site both offer a 20 £/$ free welcome bonus, no deposit required.
Back in January this year the boss wrote about the biggest win at land bingo being claimed by a lady at a Castle Bingo hall in Wales - well this win has been topped by one lucky lady in Coatbridge.
The South Lanarkshire lady, mother of four, Soraya Lowell scooped a massive £1,167,795 on the National Game and its Platinum Jackpot.
Well it was for one of the armed robbers who stole cash from a Gala Bingo club in Sunderland as he set fire to himself as he tried to burn out the getaway car - now that's what I call Karma!
Staff at the Pallion New Road club were threatened by three masked raiders with baseball bats before they drove off in a dark vehicle Marissa Carruthers of the Sunderland Echo reports.
There is an online bingo site called Sophie's Bingo, it's a skin - part of the big 888 Holding's network like Posh Bingo, Bingo Fabulous and the like. It is called Sophie's Bingo because it is owned by the same people who own and run onlinebingoinfo.com - whose mascot it Sophie Lexus.
Apparently a "Wingman" is someone who is paid to get people "laid" so I was intrigued by the title of this You Tube Video "Bingo Night Creepin".
It's great to see all the older ladies quite smitten with this devilshly handsome young man!
Looking through You Tube I came across this video and it's nice little ditty about Gala Bingo.
I think this chap is a little disgruntled about not winning the jackpot maybe?
My daughter loves the Fairly Odd Parents and I was surprised to watch an episode with reference to Bingo. For those of you who don't know, the Fairly Odd Parents is an Emmy Award winning animated series from America and it shows on Nickelodeon.
Timmy's parents have been chosen to be Bingo Callers for the night and I love how they respond to his questions.....
One of the first articles on onlinebingo.net was about the BetFred Bingo Charity Duck Race and this is a You Tube video about the whole event.
The event took place back in July 2007 at a very wet Worcester race course.
I know this isn't really related to online bingo but still it's a way to win some great prizes and I spend many a day telling my little girl that she cannot have Mcdonalds for breakfast lunch and dinner just to collect more "properties".
Wink Bingo, one of the newest additions to online bingo, is offering one lucky player the chance to win a trip for themselves and three family member or friends to Euro Disney in their latest promotion.
Scandinavian Bingo, or as it is sometimes known, Multi line bingo seems to be one of the newest online bingo games and I was reading an article recently about a Swedish newspaper striking a deal with an online bingo site.
Unfortunately, unless you are a Swedish resident you cannot take part in this affiliation between Aftonbladet and Svenska Spel.
Gala Bingo are joining in with all the Easter festivities in a big way with many great promotions at their online bingo site.
One of the promotions is called Easter Money Back Bingo and the name gives it away, play bingo and get your money back.
The site is offering it's members the chance to win a pait of tickets to see BoyZone live in the O2 Arena, Wembley.
To celebrate Easter with its roomies Sun Bingo are offering all players the chance to win a share of £50,000 over this Bank Holiday weekend.
The games take place between 7.30pm and midnight and consist of 10 x £1,000 link prizes on Friday, Saturday and Monday, with 10 x £2,000 on Sunday.
Alongside the usual promotions, welcome bonus of £10 and deposit bonuses, not to mention Team Bingo, 888 Ladies Bingo offer lots of other specials to it's online bingo community.
32Red plc. has launched a new online 32Red bingo product, 32 Red Bingo powered by Microgaming, is aiming to make an impact on the burgeoning UK online bingo market. The new bingo product follows the recent launch of its mobile casino last month.
It is fairly well hidden on Sky but with Gala you can play Bingo via your red button the channel is available on section called Dating and Gaming. In order to offer a flavour of what you can expect on Gala TV we have dug up this showreel of how to play the game.
Apparently the old game is not dead in Aus, this clip is a tad long but gives a little insight into the joy of offline bingo and why people play.
It's quite nice to see the older generation talking about playing bingo in tents, how times have progressed.Alchemy Partners, the private equity firm run by Jon Moulton, is in talks with lenders about its struggling £100m buy-out of Buckingham Bingo, a Manchester operator affected by the smoking ban, gambling laws and tax changes.
Negotiations with Barclays, the main creditor, present Mr Moulton with a stark choice:
1) inject more equity into the business so as to cut its high debt levels
2) write off its £60m equity investment and leave Barclays to take over the company.
Bell Fruit Games and Cometa Wireless today signed a partnership agreement to bring Happy Fruits, one of Bell-Fruit's most popular slot machine brands, to mobile users.
Today I received an email informing me that BingoJoy and the rather camp Brian Dowling are running Bingo on Sky TV. Alongside this, they are offering a special RyanAir promotion that goes live today where players can win a trip for 2 to any RyanAir destination in Europe.
I received an e-mail this morning relating to an old Virtual Horse Racing account I had set up some time ago. The idea behind Virtual horse Racing is you own train and manage a digital horse. It is pretty interesting stuff the only downside is its all quite complicated and probably only for those who have a real competative streak in thier gameplay desires. The company which runs the service is called Race Clubs and for those with a keen horse racing interest it may be of interest.
LadyLuck's Mobile Bingo, Casino and Slots service is designed for use on your mobile phone. Their biggest winner to date walked away with £211,000 in profits from playing their mobile casino games.
, the first online bingo site launched on the Microgaming platform, has now launched 75 ball bingo. I remember reviewing the site when it first launched and being a little disappointed that there was only 90 ball bingo available. Not only have they launched 75 ball bingo, but they now have two 90 ball bingo rooms as well.
Foxy Bingo are giving away a trip to Paris for one lucky player at their party to celebrate the 1st Birthday of Foxy Bingo Radio.
To be in with a chance of winning simply email your bingo username to paris@foxybingo.com and you will be given a raffle ticket number - you have to be tuned it to Foxy Radio from 8pm because if your ticket is drawn you have just 5 minutes to claim!
Found more Ladbrokes Bingo creative to keep everyone up to speed though the final section seems to be different i.e. simply a bingo screenshot.
Wow this really hits the spot for all those bingo lovers out there.
5 Most Played Games on Ladbrokes:
Roulette
Deal Or No Deal Instant Win
Bingo
Tomb Raider
Top Trumps - World Football Stars
Latest Ladbrokes games Winners:
Deal Or No Deal
B J. £ 71,653
Lucky Star
J D. £ 44,612
Roulette
J B. £ 44,147
Roulette Classic
K K. £ 16,663
Reading through the Sunday Mirror online I came across an article that claims Mick Donovan, the chap who had Shannon Matthews for 24 days, kept her locked up and went out to play BINGO!
Isn't it bad enough that her parent's were distraught and pulling their hair out about her whereabouts without this being reported!
How do online bingo sites decide on their names? This is a question that has been floating around my head since "the boss" presented me with a list of 250+ bingo sites that I need to review over the coming months. Some have really out there kind of names and others are just plain boring.
What never ceases to amaze me about online bingo is how everything changes so quickly in this industry. Many a time I have reviewed an online bingo site only to return a week later and their deposit bonus or welcome bonus has changed. In some cases even the software has been upgraded.
So to this end, the following list is of all the sites I have reviewed so far, and the most up to date welcome bonuses and deposit offers.
The Guardian reports the value of Gala Coral has been cut in half.
The information comes by way of an investor in Permira, one of the private equity firms with ownership in the company. Gala itself has confirmed it is talking with its lending banks about amending some of its borrowing agreements.
Senior debt is being priced down on the secondary debt markets to below 85p on the pound.

Ladbrokes, the first company to broadcast television commercials featuring Ian Wright and other footballers under the relaxed gambling advertisement standards in the UK, has launched a new £2 million campaign for LadbrokesBingo.com.

New advert for a UK Bingo service this time its the delivery of a chocolate taste however nice advert though. Strap line is "Bingo the Big Bubbly Bite".
Bingo delivers bubbliness in the chocolate, crunchiness in the bite
Bingo Bar Description: Crunchy biscuit bar topped with bubbly milk chocolate and covered with real milk chocolate.
CyberBingo honoured with Gambling Online Magazine Top Bingo Site award again.
Cyber Bingo was first awarded this coveted prize back in 2003 whilst thrilling for the CyberBingo team to have won it once again in 2007 it is in fact somewhat amazing for such a little known site to win the award so many times.
UK based Netplay TV announced it has splashed the cash on Bingos.com, a pan-European online bingo operator, Netplay has reportedly spent £6.25M on the company. Which if you think Netplay's market cap is near £13m they have bet the house on this working out.
Reading through my Sunday paper and feeling elated for the family of Shannon Matthews and her safe return my joy turned to sheer pleasure when I turned the page and saw my hero, the Foxmeister from Foxy Bingo, staring back at me.
It reminded me that 9pm on a Sunday Foxy Bingo hosts £1000 guaranteed jackpot games at their online bingo site.
One of the most interactive bingo software platforms has to be the LeapFrog Gaming package, it's the only platform where you are actually a character walking around a 3D world.
Bingo Cafe uses this software and despite the fact you have to download the software and install to your PC, from a personal point of view, I really enjoyed playing at this site.
The Mecca Bingo club in Wrexham has reduced one lucky lady to tears after she scooped £19,560 on the National Bingo game.
The winner said "I couldn't believe it when I realised how much I had won. I sat with a big smile on my face but with tears running down."
It always amazes me when I look on eBay and see vouchers for sale, it's not something I would buy from an auction site.
What amazes me even more is that people bid mere pence less than the voucher is worth and the Gala Bingo £5 voucher was no exception.
One lucky Grandmother seems to have lady luck in her back pocket - she has won the National Bingo game, not once but THREE times in as many years!
The 68 year old woman had her first win back in October 2005 pocketing £20,000, a mere three months later she won another £20,000 at the same club..
Angel Bingo is another site run by St Minver on the Parley Entertainment software and offers all new players a whopping £1 welcome bonus - dont get crushed in the stampede of bonus hunters now will you!
Registration to the site is easy enough but to get your free £1 ensure that you use a valid email address as unlike Foxy Bingo, Angel Bingo only instantly credits you 10p, the rest is added once you validate your account through the email link.
For those of you who don't know the Foxy Bingo cruise took place recently and being a huge fan of both the online bingo site and the Foxmeister I am able to bring you pictures of the Foxmeister himself in a few "compromising" positions!
Bad weather hampered docking back in Hull, but watch this space for a full and frank interview with one of the players who was actually on the cruise to find all the gossip!
Online bingo giants, Mecca Bingo, have recently launched 75 ball bingo in their new Lucky 7 bingo room. Mecca Bingo being one of the great british names in Bingo have joined the army of online bingo sites who offer 75 ball bingo - Foxy Bingo host an abundance of 75 ball bingo rooms!
Having decided that I'd like a couple of days to watch daytime telly here I am at home, relaxing and watching the goggle box. Jeremy Kyle is one of my favourite daytime TV shows, so give me the Foxmeister from Foxy Bingo and Jeremy Kyle on the same day and I am one happy lady!
Jeremy Kyle has always been known for being outspoken in his dealings with his TV show guests and the show can only be desribed as a cross between Trisha and Jeremy Spinger (minus the fights of course!)
I'm not a huge fan of having to download software in order to play online bingo so usually avoid the sites that use the PlayTech software but Ruby Bingo also offer you the chance to use a flash version of the game which means you do not have to download the software.Unlike some other sites, Ruby Bingo UK doesn't offer you a free welcome bonus but they do offer a 200% cash match on your first deposit.I took the time to participate in the first Guaranteed 10k Jackpot at Wink Bingo, and was amazed to see 500+ players in the room!
The atmosphere was electric as we all had our fingers crossed that it would be ME!
are offering all their players at their online bingo site a chance to get fat, rich, cuddly or photogenic this Easter. What am I waffling about? Their Easter promotion of course - although I'm a couple of days late as it started on Friday 7th March you still have time to take part, this promotion runs until Sunday 16th March 2008.
Foxy Bingo are offering all their members a chance to nominate their fellow roomies for a ride in the Foxy Limo completely free of charge!
Yes, that's right - FREE - all you need to do is nominate one of the roomies who you think deserves to be treated to a ride in their luxury limo.
I do not profess to being able to speak German (or whatever language this is), or understand a word this woman is "singing" but its obviously bingo related.
She is obviously a bingo fan, just look at the back drop - I wonder if she plays online bingo and if so where?
Well you all know how much I adore the Foxmeister from Foxy Bingo right? Well I've come to the conclusion that it just isnt going to work with us - we're just different species lol
To this end I've decided I want him to be happy, even if it isnt with me. I think I have found him the perfect partner!
We Luv Bingo, well I know I do, and the online bingo site of the same name is hoping that you do too. Their most current promotion is the chance to win £20 a week into your bingo account for 12 months, that's a total of £1,040 free bingo for the lucky winner!
For every deposit of £10 you make before the end of March you will gain one entry into the draw.
There aren't too many TV adverts for online bingo that really catch my eye, have I been too spoilt with the Foxy Bingo one, starring my hero the Foxmeister? Well I can't be the only person who loves it as it came 11th in a survey about the most memorable commercials.
Sven Goran Eriksson, according to The Sun Newspaper, has been running bingo nights for his players - with himself as the bingo caller no less.
It is reported that he is a big fan of bingo and has been most of his life, he also feels that its a great way for his players to bond and unwind.
Checking out the Desperate Wives Bingo promotions I came across a very green page advertising the Lucky Shamrock Marathon, do you think this is anything to do with St. Patrick's Day on 17th March?
The pattern that you need to win 5 times on is the 4 leaf clover pattern so I'm right in calling this a St Patrick's Day promotion.
As I do most mornings I stumbled downstairs with sleep clogging my eyes and stumbled to the letter box expecting more bills and was surpised to see a nice shiny envelope emblazoned with the Jackpot Joy logo.
888 Ladies Bingo, one of the newest online bingo has taken a leaf out of Foxy Bingo's book and launched Team Bingo.
This is a great way to try and build a community feel to the site because players have to form teams which builds friendships and team spirit alongside a sense of competitiveness in a good humoured way.
One of my favourite sites for online bingo information is UnluckyForSome and visiting today I noticed the big bingo ball (on the left) with "Save Our Bingo" on it.
I panicked, thinking "Oh My God, the government havent bought in some new legislation like the US meaning we are going to lose online bingo!", this isn't the case yet, but it could be with the double taxation levied against the bingo industry.
Bingo Lotto launched on Friday 29th February this year and I missed it!! Even though I wrote about it a couple of days ago, but my defense? I was playing online bingo at Foxy Bingo!
I read today that online bingo operators may be forced to contribute towards the cost of gambling awareness and help groups.
Andy Burnham, the governments Culture Secretary is set to bring in new rules which will force gaming operators to contribute to organisations like GamCare.
Bella Bingo, when I first saw the name I thought it was going to be another online bingo site run by a british magazine. It isn't - firstly the site isnt powered by Jackpot Joy but Parabol Gaming, a platform I had never heard of before I did the Violet Bingo review.
If you enter the code that shows above the registration form you will receive £5 free.







