June 2009 Archives
Gala Bingo is often offering free bingo sessions at their land based bingo halls but the news today is that there is free bingo at Gala for 2 weeks at their online bingo site. There are four venues for the free online bingo games at Gala Bingo; The Midlands, The North, The South and Wales every single day for two whole weeks! Each day boast 13 free online bingo games and the first plays at midday with the last playing at midnight.
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News reached our ears today of yet another online bingo site launching and this one has something to offer new bingo players who like to try a site before you buy! EyesDown Bingo is part of The Gaming Network and has launched on the Parlay Entertainment bingo software. When you look at the sites that have moved from this software recently it's nice to see another choose to launch on Parlay; it adds variety to the bingo offerings available to online bingo players.
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At the beginning of every week bingo players around the world are offered the chance to win some fabulous prizes in the Super Prize Nights at Foxy Bingo. This week offers plenty of summer fun at Foxy as the site has themed all their prizes this week on having a barbecue, a popular past time by many when the weather is permitting and it most certainly has been of late.
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As we all know the online bingo industry is awash with choice for the player but with so many choices to make when it comes to which site to play at what does a player look for in a site? Well there are many aspects to take into consideration but a new addition to a network of sites is surely going to make their sites a little more popular. You can now pre-buy at all St Minver sites!
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Rank Group Plc finally have something to celebrate after an extremely hard year as the High Court upheld the decision to award Mecca a £59 million VAT refund. The High Court ruled that Mecca Bingo overpaid VAT on their gaming machines and interval bingo between January 2003 and June 2008. In addition Rank also made an additional claim for a further £26 million in VAT paid on machines between January 2003 and June 2008 at Mecca venues and Grosvenor Casinos; this too was upheld.
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You many have heard of ThinkBingo Cosy, the younger, lesser known site, of Think Bingo well things are set to change dramatically at this online bingo site on 6th July. Not only is this site about to get a new name, LittleBig Bingo, but there are set to be some changes when it comes to prices at the new Think Bingo Cosy. The question is this though "Is LittleBig Bingo going to be the phoenix from the ashes or simply a puff of smoke?".
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ChiliGaming is a name that is not known in the world of online bingo but this is soon to change as Chili Bingo is coming to your screens shortly. A report at EGR spoke of the choice of online bingo software for this new bingo site and it is reported to have chosen the Parlay Entertainment bingo software to power the games on offer. Some might consider this the wrong choice after two major bingo sites recently moved from this platform to Virtue Fusion!
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Bingo Roulette is the latest addition to the ever popular Tombola Bingo but this new game is about to become even more popular with the news that the Bingo Roulette jackpots at Tombola Bingo have just reached some pretty head heights! From next Monday (29th June) until 6th July this great online bingo site has ramped up the jackpots in all four of the Bingo Roulette rooms at Tombola Bingo.
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Every six months I like to take a look at what is trending in relation to Google key words and bingo. This time around I have decided to take a look at a slightly bigger list some 500 key word terms.I have picked the ten best results to chat about and then you can see the full list.
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Cheeky Bingo was a market leader when it launched earlier in the year with the then original feature of free bingo all day, every day but recently we have seen the launch of rival brands offering the same concept and things are about to be shaken up even further! Free online bingo at DragonFish (Globalcom/888's new B2B brand name) is what online bingo players can expect in the not too distant future.
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Can you imagine sitting on a luxurious boat, soaking up the sun, going across the Mediterranean Sea? Well you don't have to. One online bingo site is giving you the chance to win this picturesque vacation. The Sun Bingo Cruise promotion is all about giving you the opportunity to say port and starboard without being silently judged by the people around you.
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One of the best Tennis tournaments in the world has started and one online bingo site has taken notice. The Wimbledon Tournament at William Hill bingo will certainly be serving up a treat to all their online bingo customers. This online bingo promotion is the Andy Murray of online bingo promotions.
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You may be forgiven for thinking that "Foxy gets Cheeky" means that we are about to see the same concept at Foxy Bingo as is offered at Cheeky Bingo but this article is far more interesting than that! When we say Foxy gets cheeky we are talking about one of the ladies who attended the Foxy Bingo Ladies Night with the DreamBoys; all will be revealed, literally, as you continue to read. Another lucky lady got to get up close and personal with a couple of the UK DreamBoys in Ipswich.
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Do you get bored during the ad breaks? End up flicking through all channels trying to find something interesting to watch. There trouble with this is not only does it annoy everyone else in the room but you can end up missing the end of the program you were watching. If however a Foxy Bingo advert comes on simply press the red button and laugh along with Chinese Elvis on the Foxy Bingo Show.
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If you are fed up having to watch every penny you spend just in case another bill drops through the letterbox get yourself over to the big giveaway at GoldenHatBingo. The lucky winner of this superb promotion will not only win a £1,000 House of Fraser shopping spree but they will also have full use of a personal shopper to ensure their every need is met during a day of being treated like royalty.
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Foxy Bingo are renowned for running random free bingo days at their online bingo site and today is one of those days but with a difference. Today offers 90 ball free bingo at Foxy when previously all the free bingo games had been played on 75 ball bingo cards. For online bingo players who are in on the free bingo action at Foxy this means THREE chances of winning a cash prize rather than just one.
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Many online bingo sites now offer pre-buy games at their sites and this is a something that more and more are introducing. There is now an impressive pre-buy schedule at Bingo Scotland for some great prizes. Pre-buying your bingo tickets for any game at any online bingo site means that you never have to miss a game because you have plans for the time the actual game plays. It also adds an element of excitement for when you log in to your bingo account after the game has played to see if you are a lucky winner!
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Wimbledon is now underway and if you have enjoyed watching the action on the courts then you might be interested in what one online bingo site has to offer in the way of prizes in their bingo promotion. The Wimbledon tennis tournament at Virgin Bingo got into full swing yesterday but this bingo promotion continues until Sunday 28th June so you still have time to collect your bingo points and the chance to win one of the great ten prizes on offer.
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How do you fancy winning an iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano or an iTouch for just 1p? Well you can in the latest promotion from Foxy Bingo this Wednesday at 9pm. All tickets in this game will cost just 1 pence each and three players will each take home a penny iPod at Foxy Bingo this Wednesday! For this game you will be playing 90 ball bingo and each of the three prizes will be given to the three individual winners; if a game prize is shared then a cash alternative will be paid.
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Recently we showed you a YouTube clip of the new JackpotCity Bingo advert and spoke about the little faux pas with the layout of their 90 ball bingo card. This appears to have been rectified for the full JackpotCity Bingo advert because we have today found the full length, 30 second clip on You Tube. Although lacking in a great background track to attract the viewers attention it's a nicely laid out online bingo advert.
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Here at onlinebingo.net we spend quite a bit of time trying to find bingo clips on YouTube and recently we have seen many clips being submitted for sites like Bingo Zest, Cyber Bingo and Daily Express Bingo. Taking a quick visit to one of these sites we discovered that their online bingo site is running a promotion called Be a Star with Bingo Zest and when you take a look at the requirements to win a £25 bingo bonus all becomes clear with regards to the YouTube clips.
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There are many perks to my job and they come in many different forms; on Friday night I was privy to the inside scoop on Foxy Ladies Night as I got up close and personal with the UK DreamBoys in the Cardiff Oceana nightclub! Of course I didn't attend alone and got three mates to endure it all with me thanks to Foxy Bingo but our venue was just one of 40 around the country putting on the same great show for the Ladies!
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There are some musical acts that you just have to see at least once in your lifetime, acts that have shaped the music industry and managed not only to survive but to thrive over the generations. The biggest one of these stars has just announced his last ever live shows and if you are lucky you could just be there if you win Michael Jackson tickets at Minxy Bingo.
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Its not hard to see why there were awards a plenty for Cheeky Bingo at the Online Bingo Summit; this impressive site managed to scoop two of the coveted awards on Tuesday night as industry people voted them to have the Best Innovation 2009 with the free play offering at their site and as the Best Newcomer 2009. Since the launch of Cheeky Bingo we have seen a couple of other sites launch with the same format but neither got a look in.
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Bingo Café has always strived to offer something unique to their online bingo players and a recent introduction, although not entirely unique, is the new Blingo game on offer. In addition Bingo Café offer free bingo in their 75 ball bingo, 90 ball bingo and Blingo rooms so whilst we are all feeling the effects of the credit crunch this online bingo site is trying to ease the burden for their bingo players. Now really is a great time to check out all the changes at Bingo Café!
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June 21st this year is Fathers Day and one online bingo site is offering a plethora of prizes that could make great gifts for your Dad. First up in the Fathers Day with Totesport Bingo promotion is a bingo marathon on 19th, 20th and 21st June where the three players who have bought the most tickets in these three days will each be credited with a £10 bonus and be sent a Silverlit PicooZ Metro Fly remote control helicopter; an excellent gift if your Dad is a bit of a gadget man!
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You may have being wandering where Betty Pandora is this week; Well she has been partying the week away at the Annual Online Bingo Industry Awards. I am not bitter about being left here slaving away though because believe me Betty works hard to ensure she brings you all of the latest news so she deserves to let her hair down once in a while. Betty will be back tomorrow so my final duty is to reveal the 2009 Online Bingo Award Winners.
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How would you like to go on a luxury cruise at the end of this year? If your bank balance is looking anything like mine right now then the odds of you paying for a holiday of a lifetime are going to be pretty slim. Of course by now you know I am not asking this just because I am nosey, you know I am about to tell you how to win a cruise so let me delay no more end explain how you can win a bingo cruise at 888Ladies Bingo.
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You may remember at the end of May Betty Pandora bought you news about Mecca Bingo banning a 76 year old woman from every one of their UK venues after she dared to arrange a day trip for her and her friends to a rival bingo club; I know this sounds like the makings of a sitcom but I promise you its true. Thankfully Ladbrokes Bingo have sponsored the Mecca Bingo pensioner and saved her favourite hobby.
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BingoJoy is one of the many sites that make up the St Minver network. At present they only offer 90 ball bingo but do not dismiss them as the site has a lot to offer. All new players are given £1 worth of free bingo cards and a 100% cash match bonus up to a maximum of £125 which means there is plenty of free money to enjoy these excellent BingoJoy promotions.
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Gala Coral the company behind Coral, Eurobet, Gala Casino's, Gala Bingo and Minxy Bingo is coming under more pressure from the Gambling Commission as they battle to pay off the ever increasing duty on their bingo halls and slots machines. The Gala Coral group are struggling to pay off their huge debts and news that the culture minister has being advised to carry out further research on the link between roulette machines and problem gambling has only added to their woes.
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What a week it has been for Sacha Baron Cohen. His week started off great with him hitting the headlines after landing crotch first in Eminems face at the MTV Movie Awards as part of an elaborate and pre planned prank but things soon turned sour after the news leaked that a bingo hall prank in 2007 went horribly wrong and now a bingo player is suing Sacha Baron Cohen after she was left crippled.
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MinxyBingo may not have been around that long but with the backing and experience carried over from Gala Bingo they have quickly established themselves in the ever expanding online bingo market. If you have not yet tried out this stylish new site fronted by the most sophisticated of cats then now is the time to register to avoid missing out on the guaranteed jackpots at MinxyBingo.
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The 2009 Wimbledon Championships are just around the corner so you can pretty much guarantee that for the next month we are going to have torrential rain. If you have no real interest in tennis, no intention of paying a fortune for strawberries and no desire to see Cliff Richards throw an impromptu court side gig then you could spend your time trying to win a Wimbledon bet at Bingo Fabulous.
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When it comes to online bingo competitions we are often offered bingo promotions whereby we have to win a set amount of bingo games etc but when it comes to the wordsearch at Littlewoods Bingo you simply have to complete the competition, fill in the web form and hope that your name is one of the first 20 drawn from the hat at the end of the month to win a £10 bingo bonus credited to your account.
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GTech Corporation has launched a new interactive lottery, sportsbetting, poker, bingo and casino subsidiary designed to provide online operators with a range of end-to-end online gaming services and content.G2 it is planned will be an integrated market focused organisation that can offer GTech offline lottery customer's online iGaming bingo and lotto products to facilitate growth in this new emerging exciting area.
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If it wasn't enough to be treated to a night starring the DreamBoys for National Ladies Night on 19th June with Foxy Bingo they are also providing all people who attend with a Foxy Scratchcard for Ladies Night. The Foxy Scratchcard will be distributed to all the people who are attending any of the multiple venues and winners will get a free VK drink from the bar and there will also be a promotional code on the cards that can be used to grab free cash at Foxy Bingo!
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Of late we have seen many online bingo sites offering free online bingo in some form of another and as more sites launch the offers of free bingo just keep coming which, of course, if great for the online bingo player but is it really the way to attract players to you site and keep them coming back?
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Don't you just love it when online bingo sites lower the price of their tickets to a very cheap 0p? Well then you'll fall head over heels for Ladbrokes free bingo weekends. This online bingo promotion is exactly that. It is free bingo during the weekends throughout June. As far as online bingo promotions go, free bingo isn't the most exciting but certainly is the best value for money.
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An interesting article caught our eye this morning and it talks about the launch of ChannelFive Bingo! The piece written by Emma Barnett for The Telegraph talks about the news that Channel Five are soon to launch on online bingo site powered by PartyGaming! Instantly alarm bells ring and for a couple of reasons.
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We are sure you can workout for yourselves what the next promotion from this online bingo site will be. Penny Bingo at Love Bingo is exactly what it says on the tin. Every Wednesday at Love Bingo tickets will be just a penny. This online bingo site is saying "What Recession?" this June and on certain days is offering you 1p tickets for a jackpot of £5000. To be honest we think that is more than a fair trade. 1p for £5000! Who wouldn't want that?
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As online bingo players we are offered many different bingo sites to choose from when it comes to playing online but of all the sites available which are the most unique bingo sites and why? Of course the most obvious are those online bingo sites that offer bespoke bingo software or software that has yet to be used by any other UK bingo site. Two such sites are Game Village Bingo and Purely Bingo.
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It has been much debated as to whether there is any juice in using social networking sites like Facebook to advertise online bingo but one site obviously thinks there is something in it! Facebook with Costa Bingo is a new way to refer a friend to their online bingo site and claim 10,000 points (£10 free bingo money) and the team behind this new online bingo site have made it really easy for their members to advertise the link on Facebook!
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It's an exciting time on British television when the new Big Brother series starts and Bet365 is doing its part to make it even more invigorating than it has ever been. The Big Brother Bonanza at Bet365 is the perfect online bingo promotion for all those that love watching the arguments and evictions whilst playing their favourite game. Online Bingo!
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Everyone is getting in on the action of free bingo of late be it a new bingo site like Costa Bingo launching offering the free games all day or just a promotion from one of the hundreds of online bingo sites available. The latest is the Littlewoods free bingo day that will be running on 24th June and offers free bingo in three bingo sessions that last two hours each.
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How would you like to get a gadget than can hold all your music, photos and videos for 10p? Not to mention all you have to do is play your favourite game. Online Bingo! Apple iPod Touch night at Foxy gives you the chance to do exactly that. As you may well know Foxy Bingo is all about keeping the lovely bingo heads that play on their online bingo site happy. This promotion does that and then some.
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There are many online bingo sites available online to date that are part of the St Minver network of sites powered by the Parlay Entertainment bingo software and one of those is Metro Bingo but the question is is it Metro Bingo or Me Bingo? Well when you visit the home page of the site the banners, as per the image here, show Me Bingo so why the change of name? Is Me Bingo a better search term than Metro Bingo?
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Get yourselves over to Mecca Bingo today and start qualifying for the free bingo madness at Mecca that is happening every Friday throughout the whole of June! We recommend that, if the chance to win a share of £10,000 on offer over 3 hours of free bingo grabs your fancy, to start buying bingo tickets today at Mecca Bingo. There is just three weeks left of the free bingo madness at Mecca Bingo so hurry along today!
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Now that title could be dangerous in the wrong hands! The Hunt for a Hunk at Foxy Bingo is on as the site gets ready for its first ever National Ladies Day celebrations. Think hard, is there someone in your life that you think could be a great asset to the DreamBoys troupe? It could be a husband, father, brother or son but you might even have a rather sexy looking boss who you have often envisaged in his skimpies!
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It seems that we are seeing a new generation of online bingo sites launching as the industry seems to be moving away from offering a set free bingo bonus when you register a new account. The free Costa Bingo offer enables players to enjoy free bingo all day, every day without having to make a single transaction at the site in order to play. So are their pitfalls to this type of game play or is it really the best available in the world of online bingo?
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Lucky Losers at Bingos is a contradiction in terms surely? Not when you take a look at the latest bingo promotion on offer at their online bingo site, all becomes clear. This promotion will run throughout June at Bingos.co.uk and the special games will play in the 90 ball bingo rooms from 9am until midday and then again from 8pm until 11pm every day.
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When it comes to bingo Foxy Bingo ranks top for branding and search terms according to a study by Greenlight, an SEO marketing company but this is something that we had already suspected anyway. Foxy Bingo took a staggering 76% for bingo search terms that include free bingo, bingo and online bingo in the month of April on the most used search engine Google.
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Costa Bingo launched into the world of internet bingo in June 2009 and has a very familiar feel to it; the site boasts the free bingo games that can be found at the likes of Cheeky Bingo and Posh Bingo - no cost to players to play free bingo all day, every day! Registering with Costa Bingo is simple enough and until you choose to make a deposit at this new online bingo site, no financial details are required.
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Facebook, the ever popular social networking site, have many applications on which you can enjoy playing against your friends and you may have noticed many of your own friends posting their scores for these various applications. Did you know that you can also play bingo on Facebook now? They have added an application which allows you to play online bingo for free and compete for bingo credits.
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With many online bingo sites now advertising on our television screens the latest news sees on of the oldest established bingo sites launch and all out marketing campaign on ITV3. There will be four different themed adverts for Crown Bingo on ITV3 featuring the stars of their recent campaign, Roy and Steffen. These commercials will be featured between 9am and 7pm daily throughout June and include sponsorship of programs like Inspector Morse and Quincy ME on ITV3.
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When it comes to moving bingo software platforms many online bingo sites are leaving Parlay behind and opting for the Virtue Fusion (VF) bingo software. The latest to join the ranks of absconding bingo sites like Virgin and Paddy Power is Winbonanza and with the chance in software WinBonanza becomes Bingo Nation! So why the rush to change from Parlay to VF and how are the Parlay Entertainment people feeling about this?
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When it comes to advertising online bingo sites we have seen many mediums being used be it television, magazines, viral campaigns on You Tube and of course bill boards. However one online bingo site has taken a different tact to advertise their site, Bingo Britain is on the buses! Spotted by one of the team on Waterloo Road was a big Double Decker bus emblazoned with advertising for Bingo Britain.
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Last year saw the inaugural European Bingo Championships play at PaddyPower Bingo and this year the venue is the same! The European Bingo Championships 2009 kicked off on 1st June but there is still plenty of time to get in on the action and your chance to win one of twenty fabulous prizes on offer from this online bingo site. It's all about collecting points in this bingo promotion from PaddyPower Bingo and qualifying for the big final game.
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Gambling Compliance yesterday released news that the BetFair Bingo launch is imminent although no specific dates were quoted the launch is set to be sometime later this year. BetFair Bingo is reported to be launching on the PlayTech bingo software after the news broke that they are moving all their gaming to this software. Betfair currently have poker, casino and online sports betting which is all set to move shortly.
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When it comes to online bingo promotions Gala Bingo come up with some pretty unique ideas and offers for their bingo players and the Gala Bingo June promotion is no different. This month at Gala Bingo players are being offered the chance to have a makeover and even the chance to ask for fashion tips from Nicky Hambleton-Jones! Nicky originally founded the Tramp2Vamp personal styling consultancy.
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This morning I received an email from one of the many online bingo sites that I am a member of informing me that my account is inactive and has been for 180 days. This happens to many online bingo players who try a multiple of sites to find the one that suits but since when did it become acceptable for us to incur online bingo administration fees! The email from PartyGaming, the name behind Party Poker, Party Bingo etc, goes on to tell me that I am to be charged £4.34 on 1st July 2009.
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Each and every day players at Tombola Bingo are given the opportunity to play a free game where they can win real cash prizes. Previously this free game at Tombola Bingo was called Free Fall and players had to pick four/five aeroplanes daily and hope that the balls that parachuted down appeared on the grid. Today the games changes, it's now the Tombola Bingo Lucky Pick.
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June is now upon us and we have only a few more weeks before the kids break up from school. Many of us will now be planning our summer holidays but before you book anything take a look at the Bargain Bingo holidays from Sun Bingo! This online bingo site is offering its players the chance to win £2,000 in holiday vouchers in their latest promotion but there will be four winners in the promotion, not just one.
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Whilst Bingo Liner are offering their players the chance to win a cruise round the Med their sister site is offering players the chance to go to Disney with King Jackpot! The prize on offer in this great bingo promotion round air far for two, 4 days and 3 nights at the Disney Resort Paris and tickets to the theme parks.
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