Bettys Online Bingo Blog: January 2008 Archives

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?

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

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?

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.

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

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.....

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!

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

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.

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.

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???

 

 

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!

£1000 Prize Draw every Saturday

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.

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

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?

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.

 

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.