Bingo News: October 2008 Archives

In just five days it's Guy Fawkes Night and there will be fireworks galore going off all around the country. We have seen a fair share of Halloween promotions around the bingo world this week but today it's news of the 888ladies Bonfire Night promotion. On offer in this promotion two weekend break packages to York to share with your partner or a friend.

Many online bingo players enjoy the chat games played at any given bingo site; it could be because of the free bingo money awarded when you win or it could be because of the sense of community they help to build. The VIP Chatterbox at William Hill Bingo promotion is all centred on the chat games at their site.

WeLuvBingo is one of the internet bingo sites whose name always reminds me of my school days - it's the Luv part of the name that does it - how many times did I scrawl that on one of my school book covers? Anyway there have been some changes over at this internet bingo site, mainly the WeLuvBingo makeover.

Do you remember I told you recently that whilst attending the Foxy Bingo Bruges cruise the Foxmeister was foxnapped? Well the foxnappers have sent me more pictures of the man himself but by the looks of things they have him earning his keep. In the pictures I am about to show you there is evidence of Foxy moonlighting - how Foxy Bingo HQ is going to take this I have no idea!

*Takes a deep breath and then exhales* Yet another online bingo site has today released news of their special bingo promotion for this coming Friday. This time I bring you news of Halloween with Wink Bingo, or as they like to call it - Hallowink Bingo. On offer at Wink Bingo this Halloween is what in essence is a free guaranteed jackpot game for £1,000.

How many times this week have I written Halloween promotion or Halloween special offer? Well I'm about to add to the count because I have details of the PaddyPower Bingo Halloween treats. No matter how tedious it becomes I want to ensure you have all the tools to make an informed decision as to your online bingo site to play at on Friday.

This week has seen many online bingo sites launch bingo promotions with a spooky theme and the William Hill Bingo Halloween special is the latest to hit the online bingo scene. The promotion runs throughout the day at William Hill Bingo and there is cash prize galore up for grabs. It could be that you take home a £10 bonus or one of the bigger jackpots or simply be tricked in the Trick or Treat special games.

From now until Halloween with Mirror Bingo all new players will get £10 free without them having to make a deposit so now is the perfect time to try out their online bingo site. When you decide to fund (which I am sure you will) you will earn a 100% cash match bonus and will be able to join in all of the guaranteed jackpot games that run six days a week.

It would appear that many online bingo sites are getting into the spirit of Halloween and offering up some great prizes and promotions for all of us online bingo players. Who are we to complain! Halloween at Sun Bingo starts on 27th October and runs until the spooky day itself, 31st October and up for grabs are some great prizes for all the bingo players at the new Sun Bingo.

A little while ago I bought you news of a promotion at Party Bingo called Genie of the Lamp. In this bingo promotion someone will win $10,000 and have their wishes come true. It isn't up to Party Bingo as to who the final wish is granted it's down to the players of Party Bingo to vote for one of the Party Bingo Genie of The Lamp wishes.

Was it really six years ago that Will Young won Pop Idol? It seems like only yesterday and I will openly admit that I am a huge fan and have just bought his new album, it's great! Well there is one online bingo promotion that I will definitely be entering and it the Will Young with Littlewoods Bingo promotion where there are a pair of tickets up for grabs to his show in Glasgow.

Next Friday many of us will be settled down to play in some of the great Halloween bingo promotions only to be constantly disturbed with the door knocking of the little cherubs out trick or treating. Well I suggest you disconnect the doorbell, remove the door knocker or simply leave the treats on the doorstep because Halloween at GetMinted Bingo is going to be celebrated.

We have seen an influx of free bingo games on offer from many of the UK bingo sites powered by Cashcade and this Friday Foxy Bingo aren't going to be left behind. Free Bingo Friday at Foxy Bingo sees 5 game of free bingo being played in the Sunnie Day bingo room but not only that they have added a further £5,000 into their guaranteed bingo jackpot games for the day as well!

How would you like to play free bingo and have the chance to win between £30 and £250? Well across many of the Cashcade bingo sites this week is free bingo week and the fun starts at midday today and doesn't end until October 26th at 10pm. So far I have found two Cashcade bingo sites offering the free bingo week; Sunday Mail Bingo and Daily Record Bingo.

If you haven't been to the new Sun Bingo site for a while or haven't got an account there then maybe now is the time to login or register. When the new Sun Bingo launched it only offered three side games alongside the three bingo games. They were Whack a Moley, Wags Shopping Spree and Gold Digger. Logging in yesterday I noticed a new game - Instant Wingo at Sun Bingo.

If you play at William Hill Bingo then you will have noticed that the site has had a makeover and with the changes comes a whole heap of information. The new look William Hill Bingo now looks more like a bingo site with sections dedicated to each aspect of the site in an effort to attract more players to their online bingo site.

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat but Betfred Bingo wont be putting a penny in the old mans hat. Betfred Bingo have £1,000 up for grabs at their online bingo site in their latest bingo promotion. The Christmas giveaway at Betfred Bingo is by way of a prize draw and entry is gained by purchasing a minimum of 1,000 bingo tickets in the promotional period.

I was reading the Times yesterday, not my usual choice of newspaper but the only one available in McDonalds, when I came across an article about the Queen and Prince Phillip visiting the Google HQ. A small section at the bottom of the article was about Google lifting the ban on gambling adverts. This will be great news for many online bingo sites who previously have not been allowed to advertise in Google ads.

Throughout the week at Dream Bingo you can find a multitude of specials taking place at the Microgaming bingo site. The Dream Bingo specials happen on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday and they offer up free bingo money and prizes dependant on the day of the Dream Bingo special. There is Back to Back on a Monday, Rush Hour on a Wednesday and Freebie Fridays.

There is big news today; the Foxmeister was kidnapped on the Foxy Bingo Bruges cruise by a bunch of nutters who are demanding serious amounts of cash for his release! The mascot for Foxy Bingo, Foxmeister as I affectionately call him, was standing around minding his own business when he was kidnapped by a group of ladies from a bingo forum.

Friday 31st October is Halloween as we all know; more so those amongst us with younger children because we have been nagged to death about costumes, sweets and to go Trick or Treating. What you might not know is that Friday 31st October holds a treat in store for all online bingo players - the big game at Foxy Bingo. Usually the end of the month sees the big £25,000 guaranteed jackpot play at Foxy Bingo, not this month...

Last Friday saw Bingo Night Live try and get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the worlds largest online bingo game. So did they manage it and who scooped the big £60,000 jackpot? It is official, Bingo Night Live are Record Breakers with a staggering 58,000 players participating in last Fridays game although as yet official numbers have not been verified.

Many online bingo sites seem to be cashing in on the guaranteed jackpot games lately and Sun Bingo is no different. However, the guaranteed jackpots at Sun Bingo are only available from 13th October until 26th October and not something that currently happens weekly as with some of the other bingo giants online today.

Rumour has it that Cashcade are launching Online Bingo Partners as the new name for its affiliate section. According to my sources, and they are sometimes a little flaky so don't take my word as gospel, the new section of the already existing affiliate scheme has been renamed to make the whole system more inclusive. I quite like the new name; Online Bingo Partners gives the impression that you are valued as a Foxy Bingo affiliate and it's most definitely the right impression.

When I say house winner at Sun Bingo I don't mean a bingo player who won a full house; I'm talking about the player who won a brand new house in the Sun Bingo promotion that started to celebrate the launch of their new online bingo site. Joanne S from Nottingham was the lucky house winner at Sun Bingo and is now the proud owner of a house worth £250,000!

Live TV Bingo is set to launch onto our TV screens on 1st November 2008 and will broadcast on Nuts TV on Sky channel 196 and also Sky channel 867. This new Live TV Bingo show is being bought to the screens by NetPlay TV; the people behind bingos.co.uk and bingos.com already host live bingo streaming on bingos.co.uk.

Have you seen the new William Hill Bingo TV adverts? If you have you will have noticed that William Hill Bingo are supporting Breast Cancer Care and part of this is the special Pink Ribbon games. For all new online bingo players who deposit and play through £20 within four weeks William Hill Bingo will donate £10 to Breast Cancer Care.

One online bingo site is offering up a Sony PSP and a £150 shopping voucher this week as well as some big money guaranteed jackpot prizes. The STV Bingo weekly specials include two guaranteed jackpots with prizes of £2,000 up for grabs as well as a midweek special prize game on a Wednesday. Although STV Bingo is best known as an internet bingo site for Scottish players they welcome people from all over the country in their bingo chat rooms.

This Friday sees the nations free bingo game, Bingo Night Live attempt to get into the Guiness Book for World Records. Friday October 10th could prove to make Bingo Night Live Record Breakers and they want all us bingo lovers to join in. To tempt us even more than usual the free TV bingo game show are offering up £60,000 if the big jackpot hasn't been won by then.

One of the best ways to win free bingo bonus money is to participate in the chat games at an internet bingo site; not only can you increase your bingo balance but you can also make some great friends in a sites chat room, I certainly have. The Chat for Cash at Butlins Bingo promotion will definitely encourage people to take part in their bingo chat games!

There is a new promotion at 888ladies Bingo that runs from 1st October right through until 31st December 2008 and it will see on lucky player being credited with £888 every month for a whole year. The Fairytale bundle from 888ladies could really make one lucky player's dreams come true with a total of £10,656 up for grabs in this latest promotion from 888ladies.

It would seem that many online bingo sites are trying to outdo each other with their new player welcome bonuses and one site that have joined in the war for new players is BetFred Bingo. This site uses the PlayTech bingo software the same at Blackpool Club Bingo who offer £21 free to their new bingo players. Betfred Bingo offer £15 free now where as before it was just £5.

How many times have you found an online bingo site that you really like and spent time on msn telling all your mates about it; giving them the name of the site and telling them how great the game play is? I know when I find a great site I want to share it with my friends so why shouldn't the online bingo sites give you something for your trouble. Well that's exactly what Play Mates at Tombola Bingo is all about; giving you something back.

I've already told you about one of the promotions at the online bingo site of Wink Bingo but now I bring you news of yet another. Not content with given away £150 daily to one lucky player they also have Chug a Chug a Motion at Wink Bingo throughout October. This bingo promotion will see one player take home £1,000 by playing in the special Chug a Chug a Motion at Wink Bingo game.

It would seem that many online bingo sites are cashing in on the spooky month of October and using Halloween for the theme behind their latest promotions and who can blame them. Game Village Bingo isn't one to miss out and their latest promotions look quite interesting. The Game Village Bingo Halloween promotion has lots of different elements to it but its all about cash giveaways to both its luck and unlucky players.

Are you a fan of the stage shows? Do you fancy a trip to London with a friend to see one of the best stage shows around? Then the latest promotion at one online bingo site might be just up your street. Up for grabs is the chance to go and see Wicked with 888ladies Bingo in their Halloween promotion running throughout October and the prize will be given to not one but THREE players who are drawn in the prize raffle.

PaddyPower Bingo is celebrating its second birthday in the online bingo industry and they have a jam packed schedule of promotions that they have named OctoberFest at PaddyPower Bingo. In amongst the delights available are a few free bingo games, a diamond ring giveaway and Halloween treats galore.

Throughout October there is a Wink Bingo daily promotion running that will see one lucky online bingo player at their site win £150. Although Wink Bingo have put a spin on this promotion by advertising it as them offering you the chance to win a family meal out, or in if you prefer, in essence it's just a bingo game where you can win £150 daily.

Ladies and Gents I think there is something you need to know and this may come as a bit of a shock so I suggest you are sitting down with a glass of brandy in your hand. At the time of writing this article there is only 84 Days, 12 Hours and 4 Minutes until Christmas but hey who's counting? The Harrys Bingo October promotion aims to help with three players bills.