Bettys Online Bingo Blog: May 2008 Archives

Sky Bingo, not to be mistaken for Bingo Sky, have a great schedule of fun at their online bingo site. There are specials on daily and a wide variety of chat games listed at their site and I thought it would be interesting to bring you details of them rather than you miss out on anything. It's also worth mentioning that it was only recently Sky Bingo added 75 ball bingo to their online bingo site.

As we all know June 15th is Father's Day and it's time to spoil our daddies and Crown Bingo are using the theme of "man" in their promotion schedule for June to celebrate. Some of the prizes on offer could make a great belated Father's Day present or simply a superb treat for you be it the 32" digital LCD TV or Nivea For Men gift sets; they seem to have covered all bases.

You may be thinking, as I did, what a strange domain name but when you take a look at the site, a Swedish online bingo site, and then translate the domain .nu you find that what you actually have is Online Bingo Now. A clever use of the domain by anyone's standard.

Many online bingo sites offer their bingo members a loyalty programme which gives them the chance to rise through the ranks and increase their deposit bonuses as well as earn loyalty points that can be exchanged for bingo money. Bingos UK are one of the many that offer such a programme.

Friday May 30th is a date for your diary if you fancy winning £8,888. What a great figure to win, double the two fat ladies and then some just for spending £5. 888 Ladies Bingo is fronted by funny man Vic Reeves and the winner of this guaranteed jackpot will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Gala Bingo have been in the news lately after their announcement of their intention to withdraw all of their land bingo clubs from the National Bingo game and this led me to take another look at their online bingo club to see if there had been any big changes there too. The only changes I found where the introduction of a few "specials". The specials vary from cash back offers to free money.

Game Village Bingo provides a unique bingo experience in comparison with many online bingo sites as the software used will not be found at any other online bingo site. Although currently the site only hosts 75 ball bingo this does not take away from the playing experience at Game Village Bingo. It would appear that their winners are really hooked on the site as well!

32 Red Bingo is one of the new type online bingo sites launched on the Microgaming software. The first to launch was Dream Bingo and Platinum Play Bingo is now also available. Microgaming is best known for the provision of casino software to many online casinos but just recently has moved into the bingo market.

The name of this online bingo site, Blind Date Bingo, makes me instantly think of Cilla Black and "our Graham" not to mention the oh so desperate contestants. The site itself is bought to you by the same people who run Exotic Bingo and appears to be part of a network.

STV is a Scottish television channel who launched their online bingo site back in July 2006 and soon become widely known amongst Scottish Bingo players. This isn't to say the site is just for people from Scotland, far from it, the rooms are packed with bingo players from all over the country. With 10 game rooms, 75 and 90 ball bingo not to mention the great promotions schedule, STV Bingo caters for everyone.

Although I don't personally spend much time playing at online bingo site Blackpool Bingo every time I visit their home page it always brings back childhood memories of holidays at Blackpool. Their home page really is the epiphany of everything that is Blackpool - Kiss me quick hats, ice cream, the Blackpool Tower and rock!

As part of my vocation I have to visit many online bingo sites daily and try to keep on top of all the latest online bingo news and promotions with over 250 online bingo sites it's quite a mammoth task for just one person and sometimes I miss the odd promotion or seven but on the whole I would say I manage quite well. Why is it then when a bingo site has a dedicated team of people managing different aspects of a bingo site that they cannot manage to update their promotions!

When we as bingo players join an online bingo site and make the decision to deposit funds at any online bingo site we pretty much take it as read the site is secure and trustworthy and enter our credit / debit card details to deposit funds from our financial institutions to the bingo sites. Have you ever been asked at this point to provide photographic evidence of your identity?

My email box this morning bought me interesting news about online bingo site Mecca Bingo - the introduction of more rooms but alas they still are a way off of the variety of rooms offered by bingo industry giant Foxy Bingo. Six rooms doesn't even come close to the 38 rooms offered by Foxy Bingo, not to mention the new pre buy rooms they have launched - but I digress, back to the news in hand.

Recently I was having a chat with a colleague in the bingo industry and we got onto the subject of the no deposit required welcome bonuses offered by many online bingo sites. We were discussing whether these bonuses were a good idea or a shot in the foot for the industry and how we felt things could be improved for everybody - from the bingo site owner's right through to the bingo players.

Did you watch in anticipation the "Any Dream Will Do" for the next Joseph to be chosen for the production in the West End? Are you a big fan of the winner Lee Mead or do you just love West End Musicals? If you answered yes to any of the above then the newest promotion from online bingo site Littlewoods Bingo could be right up your street.

Today I had a "we miss you" email from Ladbrokes Bingo, you know the type I mean, when you haven't played at an online bingo site for a little while and they want you to come back and deposit. Well I was lucky enough to be given £2 free to go and play at Ladbrokes Bingo so whilst I was there I thought I would check out what's new at the site.

It seems to be that more and more online bingo sites are launching penny bingo games and not to be left out Bingo Café have followed suit. The penny games launched on 20th / 21st May 2008 at midnight GMT and is bound to see an influx of players who prefer the cheaper games. Although the games will not be playing 24 hours a day 7 days a week there will be 2 hours per day of penny bingo games.

I love a quiz be it a pub quiz or answering questions on a television programme, I love to test my general knowledge skills so I was keen to check out the Mastermind promotion at All Bingo Club. After all Mastermind is one of the best know quiz shows around. So do you fancy taken a seat in the black chair at online bingo site All Bingo Club?

May 14th 2008 saw 888 Ladies Bingo generate its first big winner and it wasn't on bingo but on one of the many side games available at their online bingo site. "eibbed57" spent £45 on a spin of the reels on the Sands of Fortune multi line slots game and watched with delight as the reels spun in a win worth £125,510! If that had been me I think I may well have passed out in shock. It's worth noting that the Sands of Fortune slot game is provided by Cashcade Ltd, owners of bingo industry giant Foxy Bingo and as such the game can be played at Foxy Bingo also.

Paparazzi Bingo are currently offering all their online bingo players the chance to win a hot date with Ziggy. Don't know who Ziggy is? He's the chap from the last series of Big Brother, the one who got involved with the girl who looked a bit like Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham. Not really my idea of a hot date I'd rather go out for a night on the razz with the Foxmeister personally, he has far more charisma than Ziggy!

For many ladies who lunch Royal Ascot is a date then have highlighted in their dairy yearly and Ladbrokes Bingo are offering all their online bingo players the chance to win a pair of VIP tickets for a day at the races. So get hitting the shops in preparation as we all know that you have to have a hat when you attend Ascot, not that I have ever been but I've watched it often enough on the telly.

Busy Bingo is one of the newest online bingo sites bought to you by the St Minver / Parlay collaboration and they have just listed their new daily promotions. I would have thought these are going to be universal to all the sites using this platform but for now I'll concentrate on Busy Bingo.

Are you a music fan? Need to have tunes wherever you go be it in the car, at work or just taking a stroll? Then get yourself over to online bingo site Metro Bingo before the 1st June 2008 and you could be in with a chance of taking home a free MP3 player just for depositing £25 and playing bingo.

Sometimes when you play online bingo dabbing your cards or watching the game can get a little monotonous so I personally really like to participate in chat. This offers you friendly banter with your fellow bingo players and the chance to take part in chat games to win free bingo money. Paddy Power Bingo offers a wide variety of chat games to keep you occupied so here I will look at a few examples of what is on offer.

Revisiting BetFred Bingo after many moons of not being at their online bingo site I came across their chat specials schedule and it is jam packed with offers and games to keep all their online bingo players busy in the chat rooms. Rather than take a visit to the site yourself I thought I'd give you a little taster of some of the things they have running at the moment.

Mecca Bingo is best known for its land bingo halls but more recently its online bingo site has seen a growth in its popularity. The advantage for Mecca Bingo over many other online bingo sites is the name; it's always going to be synonymous with bingo, the same as Gala Bingo. I'm a little late bringing you details of their promotions.

The tinkle of coins as your jackpot spin pays out, the bright lights of the casinos, fantastic shows with chorus girls and handsome leading men - these are just some of the things that you can find in Las Vegas and King Jackpot are offering all their members at their online bingo site the chance to win a holiday of lifetime to this awesome destination.

Not so long ago I wrote about some of the Swedish online bingo sites and recently the boss directed me to another, HemBingo. I thought initially he was taking the mickey when he wanted something written about it, it's all in a strange foreign language but no he was deadly serious. Thank God for Babel Fish!

When you play online bingo do you sometimes have a few spins on the side games, buy a couple of instant win games whilst your bingo game is playing? Well if you do then Tuesday's at Think Bingo could be your lucky day! Which Bingo Site of The Year winner 2007 Think Bingo are offering 10% cashback on any losses every Tuesday.

We all love something for nothing and online bingo chat games provide just that. Virgin Bingo is no different providing a wide variety of chat games to keep its online bingo players laughing and interacting in the bingo rooms. As with all chat games played in any online bingo room they are run by the chat host on duty.

Was it really a year ago that Game Village launched? Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday I was reviewing this new online bingo / games site. May sees the celebrations begin for the sites 1st Birthday and to help them celebrate they are offering all new players a double welcome bonus.

The first thing I do every morning religiously (after brushing my teeth and washing my face of course) is turn on my PC and check my email. Usually it's just full of spam and offers of Viagra and ways to enlarge certain genitalia that I don't possess so this morning it was a very pleasant surprise to find an offer from Bingo.com for £3's worth of free bingo without having to make a deposit!

As online bingo players we have all taken part in the big games at some point whether it's the big £1 million coverall games available at many online bingo sites or just a progressive jackpot game but the new generation of Guaranteed Big Money Jackpots seems to be attracting more and more players to online bingo.

If you haven't already tuned in to Bingo Lotto on televisions and experienced the joys of Joe Pasquale and his extremely irritating voice then maybe now is the time to do so. With a whole heap of prizes up for grabs including cash prizes and brand new cars for an initial outlay of just two pounds what better way to spend your Friday evenings? (Ok, so I can think of a few!)