May 2009 Archives
Carl Froch is all set to become the "poster boy" of British boxing after Ricky Hatton was taken down by Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas and although this invites a lot of red carpet treatment for Carl he admits to finding it hard to come to terms with his new celebrity status. In an interview from The People Carl Froch admits he loves bingo and says that he feels more at home going to a bingo hall with his Mum than attending premieres with his girlfriend, Rachel.
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A report in The Telegraph today took a look at the most risky search terms around the World Wide Web and thank goodness that online bingo wasn't in the top ten scored by the study. According to The Telegraph article the most risky search term was for Bebo with a 33.3% risk of exposing the user to malware. The study by McAfee found that the top ten risky search terms opened the user up to websites that contain viruses like Trojans.
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A pensioner has been banned from attending over 100 Mecca Bingo halls up and down the country after taking a group of her bingo pals to a rival bingo club for a night out! We think Mecca Bingo have gone a little overboard with this little old lady who arranged and outing for her and her bingo buddies to a Club 3000 Bingo hall just 15 miles from her usual Mecca Bingo hall.
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June is very nearly upon us and with this comes the 4th Annual Online Bingo Summit in London. Part of this event includes the Annual Online Bingo Industry Awards and this year onlinebingo.net have been nominated for Best Bingo Portal 2009! For the team here at onlinebingo.net this is a real honour and although we are not winners, just the nomination is an achievement in itself.
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In June one online bingo site launches their latest bingo promotion and players have the chance to cruise with Bingo Liner and the promotion runs from 1st June until the end of August 2009. Interestingly enough when you download the Leapfrog Gaming bingo software used to power Bingo Liner you will find yourself transported to a bingo liner so this seems an appropriate bingo promotion from this online bingo site!
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We don't often venture off the bingo track here at onlinebingo.net but as people who like a bit of a flutter playing online bingo we also like to buy the odd Lottery ticket now and again. It could be for the Lotto or even the more impressive jackpots offered in Euromillions. A new iPhone app for Lottery results has recently been launched by one of the best web sites for getting your lottery results - lottery.co.uk.
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In the middle of May we covered a story about a YouTube clip that appeared to be a trailer for a movie called Bingo Confidential with the main theme being a $1 million bingo game. We speculated that this may actually be a spoof in preparation for a new online bingo site but today we can bring you a Bingo Confidential update that dispels that theory. When our blog article appeared it caught the attention of the film's director, Susan Benfatto.
Continue reading Bingo Confidential update.
We spoke recently about the imminent launch of a new online bingo site, OkMagBingo, well this new online bingo site is now open to players. Registration to the site is simple with the usual information required to register a new online bingo site account. Once you have activated your new OKMag Bingo account you can login; your new account will show a massive £100 free trial bonus amount once you have logged into your account.
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More YouTube bingo related clips for you today and this time its an advert for one of the many bingo halls available in the United States of America. The whole theme seems to be very Eminem in the Castledowns Bingo advert found in YouTube with the music being a hip hop tune that appears to have been written especially for Castledowns Bingo in Edmonton, Alberta, USA
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Who doesn't love cheap bingo games? Well if you are one of our readers who answered "yes" to that question then don't read on because this Friday there is penny bingo at Foxy Bingo and some great cash prizes are on offer in this bingo promotion with bingo tickets on some games set at just one pence each. The penny bingo at Foxy Bingo starts at 10.30am with all games playing in the Gateway to Heaven bingo room.
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On many occasions hen parties have been held at traditional bingo halls across the country but you wouldn't expect it for a celebrity. However it was Mecca Bingo for Yvette Fielding and a hen party consisting of her five closest friends as she prepares to renew her wedding vows with husband Karl Beattie sometime this year. The Mecca Bingo hall in question was in Phoenix Lesiure Park, Dunwoody Way and by all accounts a great time was had by all.
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When it comes to online bingo branding which name stands out amongst the crowd for you and why? When it comes to the most memorable bingo adverts on TV there are a few contenders and each for their own reasons but which of the sites available do you think has the best online bingo branding? For me personally it has to be Foxy Bingo and over the last couple of years the Foxmeister has undergone a few changes.
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Do you remember the previous adverts for Think Bingo, the ones with all the real woman in a swimming pool with loads of pink bingo balls? Well someone has taken the time to make a YouTube video clip that sees Think Bingo go all Benny Hill on us. Gone is the music singing about knowing "where all the girls go" and in comes the tune from the Benny Hill show.
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There are just a few days of the month left but do not despair because there is still time to win some fantastic prizes from Bunny Bingo. Buster Bunny is not a man that bothers with lots of fussy terms and conditions either so you can take part in all of his great promotions right up until the end of business on the final day of the month and still be in with a shout of walking away with something special.
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Jackpotjoy is one of the oldest and most established bingo sites on the market with over 2 million players currently registered. The site has been growing in popularity for nearly seven years now and this June you can help them celebrate their success by donning your paper crown and joining in the fun at the Jackpotjoy birthday party.
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Big or Booby at Bingos.co.uk may sound like a double entendre from a carry on film but it is in fact a superb promotion running throughout May ay Bingos.co.uk that will see their lucky players splitting £5,000 worth of prizes. The twist however is that not all of these prizes will have you smiling as you may end up with a ham sandwich.
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Always with the best in bingo promotions Foxy Bingo have another one for you guys this Friday; the Free bingo Friday at Foxy Bingo has plenty on offer for all you online bingo players but the most impressive is the free bingo games with prizes totalling £1,000 being played throughout the day at Foxy Bingo. The free bingo Friday starts with the first game at 1pm and then throughout the day another four free bingo games will play.
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Always striving to offer their online bingo players great promotions Tombola Bingo have come up with yet another great offer at their bingo site. The latest addition is the guaranteed prizes at Tombola Bingo for their games Battleships, Bandit and Rollercoaster, three of the most popular games amongst their online bingo players.
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The Crown Jewels at Totesport Bingo is a bingo promotion that offers all players at their online bingo site the chance to play for a guaranteed prize jackpot of £500 every night throughout May. With only another 9 days left of this bingo promotion now is a good time to get in on the action and your chance to win the coveted crown jewels at Totesport Bingo!
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When you visit the home page of bet365 Bingo you may notice a new section called "specials". In this section you will find details of the bet365 Bingo specials currently being offering by this online bingo site. These include big cash prize games being offered by bet365 Bingo and details of how to get in on all the big money action at their online bingo site. Here we take a quick look at what exactly is on offer in the bet365 Bingo specials and where you need to play for your chance to win....
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Over the last few months there has been rumour and speculation about the change of software platform for Virgin Bingo but today the new Virgin Bingo launches on the Virtue Fusion platform and it is bound to attract the interest of many an online bingo player. Registering with the new Virgin Bingo players now have access to three gaming platforms, bingo, games and poker all under one account. This means that one login will give you access to all three platforms.
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It would appear that Facebook is becoming very popular with both online bingo sites and bingo portals around the internet and this begs the question should we start an OnlineBingo fan page for onlinebingo.net? There seems to be one already for onlinebingo.co.uk available on Facebook and it seems pretty impressive for the up to date bingo news.
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We have all seen the new Wink Bingo advert by now but have you ever wondered about the making of the Wink Bingo advert? How they managed to shoot the pyjama clad woman walking up the walls and along the ceiling? Well on YouTube there is now a clip explaining in full how this impressive online bingo advert was made and as usual when we surf YouTube we have included the clip for you to watch here at onlinebingo.net.
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The re-branded 888 B2B network DragonFish have today spoken about their new business venture into online bingo in the Spanish market. The DragonFish Spanish bingo network has kicked off with the launch of ElCartonazo continuing the great relationship between Wink Bingo and 888.
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With the whole country in the grip of a supposed credit crunch its great to see the world of internet bingo offering players ways to stretch their online bingo budget and the latest comes in the form of extra value days at Bingo Playground where this bingo sites offers extra deposit bonuses! Probably the most impressive of the Cozy Games bingo sites, Bingo Playground are offering all their players that chance to grab a 200% bonus until Thursday of this week.
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The Google Bingo news yesterday saw news of a supposed launch of a new bingo site called Devilfish Bingo and if you know online gaming then you will know that the DevilFish is a well known poker player called Dave Ulliot. Does the supposed launch of DevilFish Bingo come on the back of the re branding of the B2B casino operations by 888 called Dragon Fish?
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Tonight's Super Prize Night at Foxy Bingo offers up no less than TEN prizes of an IPod Touch with a total value of £1,940 in just 3 hours of prize bingo! The iPod Touch night from Foxy is a must not miss promotion for all the gadget freaks out there who have lusted after this latest technology but have always found the price a little out of their league or an unjustifiable expense in the present financial climate.
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You may have seen the advert for JackpotCity Bingo that shows a scantily clad woman laying on her bed playing at JackpotCity Bingo on her laptop but there are soon to be four new JackpotCity Bingo adverts airing on our screens in the commercial breaks of the ITV West Weather broadcasts.
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Acme Bingo instantly makes me think of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote and the big deliveries that Wily always received in an effort to get rid of Road Runner but when you took at the Acme Bingo clip you will be laughing at the poor bloke who can't win a game of bingo to save his life whilst his partner has an obvious run of really good luck! This is a comedy sketch produced by the Acme Comedy Theatre and it should have you laughing!
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A report on the BBC News website on Friday spoke of a Cascade Bingo hall robbed and immediately gets the old grey matter thinking CashCade but Cascade Bingo is nothing to do with the big name behind Foxy Bingo. The report tells of three men each armed with knives and hammers stealing handbags and cash at the Cascade Bingo hall they robbed in Northern Ireland. The robbers entered the bingo hall at about 8.25pm in Old Portadown Road.
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On Monday online bingo giants Foxy Bingo launch and all out advertising fest on ITV for their online bingo site and with it comes a time limited offer with Foxy Bingo offering something for nothing to all new online bingo players at their site. Whilst the Foxmeister will continue to strut his stuff to Funky Town in the commercial breaks viewers are bound to be flocking to the online bingo site when they see Foxy Bingo offer something for nothing by way of £20 free to all new players!
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There are quite a few online bingo sites that are part of the St Minver network and previously these sites only hosted two bingo rooms. Last week saw the launch of a new room for St Minver sites and with it came a whole host of new online bingo promotions.
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Another Cozy Games bingo site anyone? Let us introduce BingoAllTheWay to the world of online bingo and if you fancy giving it a try they are offering all new players a $20 welcome bonus just for registering a new account at their bingo site. This is followed by a massive 300% deposit bonus for your initial transaction at BingoAllTheWay but be sure to check the wagering requirements before choosing to make a deposit at this online bingo site.
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Unless you have been sleeping constantly over the last week then you will know that this Saturday (16th May) boasts the Eurovision Song Contest and one of the many online bingo sites plans to celebrate this momentous occasion with their Paddy Power Eurovision Party. Doors open at 8pm in their Sapphire Bingo room.
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As all of our readers are aware we like to scour YouTube frequently and recently we have seen quite a few clips called OnlineBingoNews. These are produced by the online bingo portal onlinebingo.co.uk and if you take the time to sit and watch one of them you will find that they are full of useful online bingo news! The news reader is Joanne McCabe from onlinebingo.co.uk and if you love an accent then you will thoroughly enjoy listening to Jo reading the onlinebingonews.
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On another look around YouTube we stumbled across a bingo clip entitled Bingo Confidential and after viewing the clip it appears to be a trailer for a film of some description. On further investigation we found a web page for Bingo Confidential and the cast of the DVD. It seems like an interesting storyline but we can't see it becoming a blockbuster on a par with the likes of Quantum of Solace or the new Star Trek movie.
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Even more news from the world of online bingo thanks to YouTube and this time it appears to be a bingo portal ripping off one of the giants in online bingo, Ladbrokes Bingo. The SkyTVBingo rip off sees this second rate bingo portal use one of the previous Ladbrokes Bingo advertising campaigns as a means to producing their own viral campaign on YouTube. It would be interesting to known if Ladbrokes are aware of this.
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As many of our readers know we regularly check YouTube for all the latest relevant online bingo clips and it was on one of these visits that we found a BingoOnTheBox advert. Now we haven't seen this on the television as yet and it many just be a viral campaign but whichever it is it is definitely a weird one!
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It seems today is the day to talk about free bingo, first 888Ladies start the bidding with their new daily free bingo games and now news lands of a week of free bingo at Mirror Bingo! To mimic the Ferrero Rocher adverts "with all this free bingo, they are really spoiling us". It would appear that online bingo sites across the UK are lending a big bingo hand in these tough times by offering online bingo players free bingo a plenty!
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Recently 888 Ladies Bingo made a change to their online bingo site increasing the maximum numbers of tickets available to buy in some rooms and whilst we didn't think this was a great move we may have to eat our words with the latest promotion. From tomorrow players can enjoy 888 Ladies free bingo daily with jackpots of up to £500! But more importantly watch out for a big free bingo game on Saturday 16th May.....
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Here at onlinebingo.net our email inbox is always buzzing with something new and exciting happening in the world of online bingo and today one such email grabbed our interest with talk about a site called OKMagBingo. The email came in the form of Daily Express Bingo specials and talked about a link game that is happening currently at their online bingo site. Interestingly enough when you try and open the site OKMagBingo today there is nothing there!
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When you visit the home page of Think Bingo you will notice that the site has had a complete overhaul and this coincides with the latest marketing campaign and improved deposit bonus on offer from this online bingo site. The Think Bingo makeover sees the site become more animated with so flashy graphics and the thought bubbles shown in the new Think Bingo advert across the new look site.
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To coincide with the launch of the new videos available at one online bingo site they have launched a promotion called the Minxy moves with Minxy Bingo; not only can you get dancing with Minxy Bingo and their tutorials but this online bingo site is now offering their players the chance to get into the groove with 3 of their friends in the last promotion from Minxy Bingo.
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Each and every month many online bingo sites will offer a prize draw where all players that have made at least one deposit at their site over the month will be in with a chance of winning a prize. This month players are being offered the chance of winning an Xbox 360 from 32Red Bingo and entry into the prize draw is gained by simply making at least one deposit in May of £10; the more deposits you make over the month, the more entries into the prize draw you get.
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CashCade are always providing great promotions at many of their online bingo sites and the newest is a great offer from Think Bingo to coincide with their latest marketing campaign to hit our television screens. All new players to this online bingo site who make an initial deposit of at least £5 will be awarded a massive 400% cash match bonus for a limited period. If you haven't registered with Think Bingo yet, now is definitely the time to do so!
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Another Monday and another Super Prize Night from Foxy Bingo and this week the site goes made with treats from Foxy Bingo which will see players enjoying great days out, makeovers and much more from this superb online bingo site. It could be that you fancy creating your own perfume or you could do with a little pampering session after a busy week playing online bingo.
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This month you are all invited to a party, so get your hair done, your legs waxed and your little black number out of the wardrobe (and this applies to you women too!) because its time to party hard and celebrate Game Village Bingo's Birthday. All this month you will find all of their promotions are based around the number two because of course this is their 2nd Birthday.
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It seems to be a month for bingo birthdays as May sees Game Village Bingo and King Jackpot both turn two and celebrate their first two years of trading in the world of online bingo. We would like to say Happy Birthday King Jackpot and tell you that the site is offering a special birthday cake promotion for all of their online bingo players that runs until 29th May 2009.
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On 19th June up and down the country Oceana and Liquid nightclubs will be holding some very special events thanks to the Foxy Bingo Ladies Day extravaganza! What's more the most innovative of online bingo sites has hired ALL of the Dream Boys to help the events go off with a bang. Players who are lucky enough to get hold of tickets for the Foxy Bingo Ladies events will be greeted at the venue of their choice by the hunky strippers....
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Over the last few months we have seen many online bingo sites launch and it would seem the platform of choice for operators is changing. Previously we saw a huge influx of sites launching on the 888Holdings/Globalcom platform but recently Virtue Fusion seems to be the platform of choice amongst operators. This is even more apparent with the news that on 20th May Virgin Bingo move from Parlay to Virtue Fusion.
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All of the online bingo sites on a skin of the 888/Globalcom software run a monthly promotion where they pay a few lucky players bills but not wanting to miss out on the players who love this type of promotion Gone Bingo pay your bills in May. However the site doesn't just offer to pay one persons bill this month but THREE a week throughout the whole of May on the Gone Bingo pay your bills promotion.
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Online bingo has long been growing in popularity in the UK but more recently it has seen a growth in Europe as well and that's why the people behind Wink Bingo have now launched ElCartonazo. When you visit the home page of this Spanish online bingo site you are greeted with two grown men dressed as women (a take off from the days of Vic Reeves at 888Ladies maybe?) and are offered 10 Euros free with no deposit required.
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Recently the online bingo site Minxy Bingo asked their players to complete a survey to find who they believed to be the minxiest amongst the stars and which was the minxiest song from a choice of eleven. Well the Minxy Bingo votes are in and have been counted and we can reveal the choices made by the online bingo players at Minxy Bingo! It's not surprising that Dirty by Christina Ugly Gorilla, sorry, Aguilera, romped in at number one.
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Social networking has been a phenomenon that has seen a tremendous growth over the last couple of years with Facebook being the most famous of these sites. We previously touched on Facebook Bingo but a fairly new site to this type of networking is Twitter so how does Twitter Bingo fit in with Facebook Bingo?
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Here at onlinebingo.net we find it really hard to keep up with the happenings at Foxy Bingo but that's not a bad thing by a long chalk! This online bingo site continues to come up with new and innovative promotions to keep their members happy and the latest if the Foxy Bingo Power Hours. So what are they and what do they mean for you as an online bingo player? Let us answer that as plain as possible - bingo and cheap!
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Flicking through a couple of magazines we stumbled upon an advert for 888Ladies in Thats Life and it follows on with the theme of Bingo Superstars that are seen in the 888Ladies Bingo adverts currently on our television screens at the moment. The still used for 888Ladies in That's Life comes from the calendar advert and shows Jenny Jones, a bingo superstar, posed either the June or July page of the bingo superstar calendar.
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Just lately time has passed me by and very rarely do I have time to sit and read anything other than news about online bingo. However with the Bank Holiday just passed I managed to grab a couple of hours with my feet up to read some of my favourite mags and that's when I stumbled upon the bet365 Bingo magazine advert in Take A Break. Funnily enough, although there is an online bingo site available from Take A Break there were no signs of their site in their magazine.
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When Totesport Bingo first opened its virtual online bingo doors we weren't overly impressed to say the least but recent changes to the site have seen a vast improvement. In addition they are currently offering a Champions League at Totesport Bingo where online bingo players are in with a chance of winning a grand prize of £1,000! This promotion started on 1st April 2009 but runs right up until 30th September 2009 so there is plenty of time to get in on the action!
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Had enough of "Working Day and Night"? Fancy a bit of a "Thriller"? Well that's exactly what you could be getting if you enter the competition to see Michael Jackson with Gala Bingo! This great bingo promotion offers up not one but three pairs of tickets to see this legendary pop singer live in concert at the O2 Area on Sunday 12th July 2009 and getting in on the action doesn't require anything more than answering a simple question.
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It's Monday again and we are all familiar with the superb Prize Nights hosted weekly at Foxy Bingo. Tonight this well known online bingo site offers a host of goodies up for grabs that although they would be great to win you wouldn't be best impressed if you received them at gifts from your husband! Monday Madness at Foxy kicks off at the usual time of 8pm and the games play every 20 minutes for some fabulous prizes.
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Viral bingo campaigns have been around for quite a while with many being listed on YouTube; the latest comes from Minxy Bingo and offers a tutorial for people who love to hit the dance floor. Dancing with Minxy Bingo aims to show you how to look super cool strutting your funky stuff and even offers you a dance move to get ride of the chap we is sleazing on you without being offensive.
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Cheggers plays Pop! Ok, so he doesn't any longer but what he does do is offer free bingo at Cheggers Bingo for a whole day on 7th May. The free bingo day is happening to celebrate the launch of a new room at this online bingo sites (and many others on the St.Minver platform) called the "Bingo Ballroom". This new room offers bingo tickets at just 5p each and for one day only you will be able to try the new room, and the others offered, for free!
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This May one of ChitChat Bingo's lucky winners is running his very own slot tournament at this online bingo site. Trigger1 slots challenge at ChitChat Bingo came about after this lucky player scooped a massive £26,840 in April playing the slot game Bingo Slots. To celebrate this huge win Trigger1 and ChitChat Bingo have joined forces to bring you a slots challenge with a total of £5,000 up for grabs.
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It's the first day of the month and as usual all the latest bingo promotions from around the world of online bingo for the coming month launch. One that really caught our eye was the chance to win a car with Mecca Bingo. This well known online bingo site is holding qualifying bingo games every week from Saturday to Wednesday and all players who buy tickets will then have a chance to win some fabulous prizes from Mecca Bingo!
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You can tell a bank holiday is looming on the horizon because the weather is pants but online bingo is a great way to relax and enjoy the indoor time we will probably have to endure. The bank holiday at Littlewoods Bingo offers up a few ways to put a smile back on your face even if the dreary weather doesn't because this online bingo site has some great promotions starting Saturday and playing through until Monday.
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Recently we wrote about the 888 Ladies adverts and how we felt this online bingo site had lost its connection between player and brand but the latest change from this site sees players being able to spend more at 888 Ladies as they increase their maximum ticket purchase in some rooms from 24 up to 48. Whilst many other online bingo sites offer much bigger maximum tickets per game than 48 is this the right thing to do?
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