Bingo News: February 2009 Archives

Bingolore launched a couple of months ago and already their mascot, Tingo the Tiger, is getting a bit of a name for himself. Recent attendance at the Zee Festival saw him trying out his Bollywood dance moves. Could Tingo become to the feline family what Foxy is to the canids? He definitely seems to be trying to emulate the Foxmeister. However, I am not here to compare but to bring your news of the promotions for March at Bingolore.

With more and more online bingo sites using the Virtue Fusion software to power their sites we, as bingo players, are spoilt for choice. Each new site is vieing for our patronage but some of the older sites are upping the anti. The latest news in that there are to be new rooms at William Hill Bingo and here we will look at exactly what they have to offer online bingo players at the Will Hill bingo site.

Recently "TheBoss" spoke about a winner who took home over £100,000 playing one of the side games at an online bingo site. This game is now to be launched at Mail Bingo; the game is Chain Reactors and after producing such a big winner Chain Reactors at Mail Bingo is bound to be bombarded with players hoping to be the next big winner on this game. Here we will take a quick look at the game at how to play it.

The title Mecca Bingo becomes Tescos might imply that either the well known supermarket is launching into the world of online bingo or that Mecca Bingo is opening a supermarket chain; neither is true. The closure of a Mecca Bingo hall in Park Road, Toxteth saw the site available for development and construction of the new £30 million Tesco store is hoped to be underway by September.

Lib Dem MP John Hemming had called for VAT to be scrapped claiming other forms of UK gambling pay just 15% while bingo halls face a massive 32%.  Mr Hemming said ministers "had it in" for bingo and its mainly working-class members and claimed scrapping VAT would only cost around £10m.

But this call to cut VAT on bingo has again been rejected by the Labour government which says this bingo tax is not the root of the bingo industry's problems. So Bingo halls will not have their VAT rates cut despite claims the tax is forcing clubs to close with the loss of thousands of jobs.  Meanwhile Gordon Brown blows thick end of £500 Billion more on banks the government has lost the plot.

There is a seeming massive rush towards no deposit bingo offers as bonuses on UK bingo sites at the moment with heaps of sites offering all manner of bonus offers. It is worth remembering that not all bonuses are created equal and its definitely worth checking the small print before going hell for leather with sign up activity. Sites like Cheeky Bingo which offers free play everyday could be a better option.

Foxy has had a crazy month, he either has the stamina of an ox or he must knock back a lot of Red Bull just to keep going. In the space of a few weeks he has returned to earth, introduced a million pound promotion, started a £150,000 charity drive and reintroduced free money at Foxy Bingo. There have even been multiple reports of Foxy waiting in bus stops all over the country but I am here to let you know not to worry, he has not lost his mind it is simply Foxy Bingo on Tour!.

Monday at midnight, on the dot, the new free play game Freefall finally arrived at Tombola Bingo. As expected the game was nothing less than sheer genius with planes, free fallers and targets. The object of FreeFall at Tombola Bingo is to click on four planes, watch as the free fallers drop to the ground, land on the targets and then match them up with the grid on the right of the screen.

As all our readers are probably aware my all time favourite online bingo site is Foxy Bingo and I absolutely adore the Foxmeister! Well today Foxy Bingo up the anti even further by offering £20 free to all new bingo players at their online bingo site. New players registering at the site between now and 16th March will be shown a huge financial welcome with £20 free to try all the great bingo games available at Foxy Bingo!

An Immingham Quicksilver Bingo hall has won an award after scooping five stars in an assessment by North East Lincolnshire Council of their catering. What's even better about the QuickSilver Bingo award is that all the food served at the establishment is given to the bingo and gaming players for FREE! Although the menu isn't very inspiring at QuickSilver Bingo, cakes, sandwiches and crisps, the customers are definitely not complaining as it's all free for patrons.

We have seen some great online bingo adverts recently and one online bingo site is offering you the chance to star in theirs! Get in the Minxy Bingo TV ad by simply entering their online competition where the winner will get a top class makeover before actually appearing in the new Minxy Bingo TV advert!

It wasn't so long ago that I wrote of a Virgin Bingo rumour that suggested this online bingo site had plans to move software platforms. Well the word on the bingo street is that the platform they have chosen to move to is Virtue Fusion ; a platform that is increasing in popularity amongst online bingo operators. The Virgin Bingo move is one that has been coming for a quite a while and this was obvious with the introduction of a room at the site exclusively for Virgin Bingo players.

At We Luv Bingo there are plenty of fabulous promotions and bonuses for you to get involved with. There is a variety of welcome offers and tournaments to keep your bingo dabber at the ready and the prizes aren't half bad too. We Luv Bingo promotions are certainly ones for other online bingo sites to learn a thing or two from.

I was reading through some bingo news on Google today and stumbled across details of a conference taking place in Las Vegas in March called Bingo World 2009. Taking a look through the agenda it mostly consists of stuff based around land based bingo halls in America but I was interested to find a section dedicated to Bingo and the Internet.

If you watched the last series of X Factor and cheered like I did when Alexander was declared the winner then the 888ladies X Factor Tour promotion may be of interest to you. This online bingo site is offering not one but FIVE pairs of tickets to see the live tour at the London O2 Arena on the 5th March but you will need to hurry and register with one of the chat host teams before 20th February.

Recent news around the bingo industry is that Buckingham Bingo are having even more financial difficulties according to an article in The Telegraph on 10th February.  Buckingham Bingo own 12 land based bingo halls around the country as well as an online bingo site called BuckyBingo and the company losses for the year ending March 30th are reported as being due to "a £69 million impairment charge".

Foxy bingo have brought you great jackpots, amazing rewards and now they are about to bring you something we all love, can you guess what it is? Well you've probably guessed from the title of this article but im going to go ahead and tell you anyway. A free week of bingo! Free Bingo with Foxy Bingo started yesterday but you have until 10pm on 22nd February to take advantage of the free games!

Recently I told you about the fabulous Strictly Come Dancing with Foxy promotion but what I failed to include in my enthusiasm for the You Tube dance video with the Foxmeister was details of the big Foxy Bingo Comic Relief games and when I say "big" I mean huge! The first of these five games took place on Friday 13th March but if you missed that don't worry there are still four more to go!

Do you remember John Sergeant from Strictly Come Dancing? Bet you can't remember his partner's name? Well it was Kristina Rihanoff and we have big news for you today! The Strictly Come Dancing start has teamed up with the adorable Foxmeister for a Comic Relief special dance video; Strictly Come Dancing with Foxy!

Some of you may be aware that Keith Chegwin, he of Swap Shop, Saturday Superstore and Cheggers Plays pop fame, has his own online bingo site. However after a recent interview in The Telegraph I can't imagine many people deciding to deposit at his online bingo site. The Cheggers faux pas came in the interview with Mark Anstead where Cheggers talks about his lack of faith in making financial transactions online.

After talking about GalaBingo.com it seemed only right to cover the other online bingo site bought to us by the Gala Coral group, MinxyBingo.com. In the review of Minxy Bingo I covered the rumours that the reason for the launch of a new site on the Virtue Fusion software rather than their bespoke software was that there is talk of the National Bingo game coming to the world of online bingo.

Yesterday saw the launch of the new Cheeky Bingo adverts and I was a tiny bit disappointed; I was expecting the glitz and glamour that is usual from the Cashcade camp and instead I got an animated Cheeky logo with no real umph. Having said that the four Cheeky Bingo adverts get their point across in the same manner as the online bingo sites name states.

With the recent promotion in the Sun newspaper for the Sun Holidays there has been more Google searches and hits at SunBingo.com. This can only be great news for Sun Bingo and after their departure from Tombola they have struggled a little to maintain the amount of bingo players at their internet bingo site. According to the reports there was soon to be another addition to SunBingo.com; the Sun Slots casino style games are now here!

Jackpot City Bingo is now offering a great new multiplayer slot room option with their new Marine Mayhem Multiplayer Slots games. Jackpot City Bingo's new slots room are connected with various community payouts which now gives the game a competitive edge that it didn't have before and makes it unique to the market. I for one can't wait to play Jackpot Citys' newly launched slots room.

Everyday one online bingo site is offering a stack of different specials to make there site appeal more to the everyday online bingo player. Mirror Bingo promotions are all about making your online bingo experience one to remember.. One of many Mirror Bingo promotions is the Welcome bonus which is open to the new players on their online bingo site. The Welcome bonus is simple and easy way to get double your money. 

One new online bingo site Cheeky Bingo is hosting a range of different promotions to get as many members as they can not that they need another marketing tool because they offer free bingo for REAL cash prizes; that's great marketing enough for this new bingo site. CheekyBingo promotions range from the chance to win £5,000 in a guaranteed jackpot game to the chance to boost your bonus balance with Cheeky Points.

Think Bingo Cosy has made sure that this month is choca block full with different promotions and little events for you to get your claws into. On offer is a range of chocolate treats, Ipods, TV's and gorgeous hampers. Here we will take a look at the Think Bingo Cosy specials for you to take advantage of.

Bingo Day knows the way to their players' hearts and that's through their stomachs; their latest promotion is giving players the chance to eat free for a year with Bingo Day. They're giving you the chance to dine out every month for a year absolutely free. What a great way to get away from the kids and get the hubby out on a date it doesn't even need to just be a meal for two, take the kids and make it a family meal out.

Throughout the month of February one online bingo site will be doing many promotions to keep you happy. This February with Mecca Bingo is going to be chocked full with many different promotions to make your bingo experience more enjoyable. The first of many is the Value Bingo weekends which will be running every weekend from the 1st February to the 28th February.

Through ut the month of February one online bingo site will be giving away 5,000 online bingo tickets to a lucky player at their site. Moon Bingo Ticket Giveaway is great opportunity to win loads of bingo tickets and then win loads of cash.Moon Bingo really knows how to make a strange online bingo promotion. Its not like all the others, its far different from them. Most online bingo sites give money away or dates with celebrities but not Moon Bingo. Their Moon Bingo Ticket Giveaway is by far the strangest promotion I have seen.

This February on online bingo isn't short of Valentines Day based promotions and game village bingo isn't missing out on the heart shaped mayhem. They have plenty of quirky special events in store for, so don't miss out on Valentines Day at Game Village Bingo. Here we will take a look at what the events are that you have to look forward to over the up and coming month.

Everyday from the 31st of January to the 26th of February Coffee Break Bingo is giving you the chance to win £1000. To be able to participate in the Coffee Break Bingo Dream Holiday promotion you need to have an Instant Cash Gamecard available in the Daily Mail only on the 31st of January.

One of the leading online bingo software companies, Parlay, has revealed that they will be expanding their ParlayGames Suite as part of its latest platform, Parlay5. Online bingo players are already familiar with what Parlay has to offer and enjoy the collections of mini games and instant games that are included in their online bingo software. First it was NYX Interactive and now Parlay revealing new online bingo software.

Valentines day is a celebration of love and affection for the ones you care about and now one online bingo site is going to make one lucky ladies February 14th one to remember. The 888 Ladies Valentines Treat is a fantastic opportunity for any Eastenders or 'I'm a Celebrity' fanatic to win a date with the handsome Joe Swash. To win this fantastic prize all you have to do is collect loads of love points between January 30th and February 14th.

The run up to Valentines Day is always a tense one, thinking of who is going to send you a card and will it show your true love but one online bingo site thinks that that's a load of baloney. BetFred Bingo Valentines Promotion is setting out to prove that the only love you need is with online bingo.

As you all know William Hill Bingo Pink Ribbon campaign has been going on for quite a while and now the results are in. It is finally time to see how much all you online bingo playing has earned. So here it is . . . drum roll please, a whopping £41,000!  WOW now that's what I call a generous donation.

This month one online bingo site is offering a scrumptious prize for its members; the Totesport Bingo February promotion is a great opportunity to win free meals, once a month, for a whole year to the value of £1200. That's £100 smackers to spend on feeding your face each month! To enter into the prize draw for the Totesport Bingo February promotion you need to make a deposit £20 between the 1st of February and the 28th of February.

Throughout the month of February with Bunny Bingo they are giving away a few extra prizes so that you can give that special someone an extra fancy experience on Valentines Day. If you are a winner of one of these lovely prizes then you will be contacted during the first week of March. Come and join in February with Bunny Bingo, you have plenty to choose from.

All through February one online bingo site will be celebrating the run up to Valentines Day by making there site full of loving promotions. Ladbrokes Bingo Month of Love will be filled with fantastic promotions. Now that Valentines Day is just around the corner, Ladbrokes Bingo have taken a new lease on online bingo life and decided serenade all of their roomies.