Bingo and online bingo games

Bingo Magix gets you great VIP treatment!

2009-07-17T00:33:00.000-07:00

Popular online bingo site Bingo Magix treats all its players like VIPs! From the time you sign up for your bingo account with this online bingo website you become a part of this special club and can expect to get nothing but the best in online bingo fun and games.

The loyalty program at Bingo Magix is truly rewarding – it treats you like a king, or a queen as may be the case, from day one – you can expect to receive special invites to bingo tournaments, priority service and tons and tons of loyalty or complimentary points.

The more you play bingo online the higher you grow in your stature with the VIP club at Bingo Magix. There are complimentary points, or comp points, to be earned for every £1 you wager on bingo games. What’s more, your deposit bonuses grow along with your loyalty status.

Let me give you some examples: even as a newbie, you get your 300% Welcome Bonus on not only your first deposit but on the first 3 deposits! As a Gold VIP at Bingo Magix with 1000 comp points you become eligible for 75% deposit bonus on all your deposits; as a Diamond VIP member with 3000 comp points you get 125% deposit bonus and as a Super VIP with over 5000 comp points your deposit bonus goes up to a whopping 150% on all deposits – that means you get three times the money you paid into your online bingo account! That’s an awful lotta free bingo games – an excellent reward for your loyalty at Bingo Magix.

You can convert your loyalty points into more bingo bucks or BBs to spend on your daily bingo fun. So once you’ve collected a healthy balance of comp points in your account Bingo Magix starts funding your bingo games! See how your money grows by itself; not to forget the prizes that you keep winning when you play online bingo.
Come and play bingo, slots or instant games on Bingo Magix with all the fabulous bonuses coming your way!

Instant Online Nirvana at Posh Bingo

2009-07-13T02:48:00.000-07:00

The all new Posh Bingo online gaming site now offers an instant rush for those addicted to instant gratification. The Instant Win Games are among the top attractions that bring people back to Posh Bingo repeatedly.

Set your own pace, and take a break with Posh Bingo’s instant winners. With an envious combination of high prize money, and relative ease in winning it, it is win-win for you – all the way. You could bet as little as 20p and win up to £10,000! Imagine having loads of fun, and being paid for it! It doesn’t get any better, does it? Yes, it does… All your winnings are instantly credited to your account… Just like that…

With eight different ways to win instant money, these games have it all covered. You could ride your way to glory atop the Arcade Horses; or Bee environmentally friendly and make flowers bloom on Bee Happy. If being one of Ocean’s Eleven is you, then Posh Bingo has a game just for you – the Special Multiplier – crack the safe, and the moolah is all yours.

If you go by your gut instincts, then Hi Lo and the Hi Lo Shuffle are your games. Predict the winning numbers, and take away grand prizes. Want something gentler, then focus all your attention, and pick a stake and scratch to win the jackpot. You could also take a trip down the Beverly Hills Boulevard and try your luck with that of your favorite Hollywood Star.

With graphics that are easy on the eyes, and special effects that leave you gasping for more, Posh Bingo is as its name suggests – a great online gaming site that offers you a superior winning experience.

Why waste time? Start right away. Go to Posh Bingo and play! This is one time you won’t regret gaining pounds.

Platinum Play Bingo - get your very own Bingo Ball for Life!

2009-07-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

In the unique offer from Bingo Ball for Life with Platinum Play Bingo you get one bingo ball customized with the number of your choice and make it your lucky number.

Very few people get to make a bingo number their very own for lifetime and even customize their own bingo ball – just imagine playing with one such and winning big. Yes, you can do this on Platinum Play Bingo! Just visit the Bingo Ball for Life site, register yourself, select your number and customize your bingo ball and keep hitting on it for big wins!

Let your lucky number work for you or take help from a bingology quiz to help you decide your unique Bingo Ball for Life number. On Platinum Play Bingo you can have your very own bingo ball customized permanently to your liking. And if you bingo a full house in a jackpot game or better yet a progressive jackpot game on this lucky number, you can win up to £50,000! What are the chances of your lucky number being called out for bingo? Well, let me tell you there are people who have won even twice in a fortnight. Go for it and get a ball out there with your own number on it!

The Sun is also shining bright this week with the guaranteed £7000 Sunshine Giveaway on Platinum Play Bingo. You’ve got four days left with this sunny promo running from 1st till 11th July, so hurry! Play this bingo promotion daily with your bingo games and you could also win extra 4 BBz for Full House. What’s more, if your neighbor won the big prize then you get an extra 1 BBz prize, just for being there! Get all the details on the schedule for the Sunshine Giveaway games.

Have fun playing bingo with your very own lucky number on a bingo ball at the online bingo website Platinum Play Bingo!

Virgin Bingo Wonderland

2009-07-06T03:37:00.001-07:00

Want to get away to Marrakesh in Morocco or the tropical paradise on Necker Island on any weekday this July? UK online bingo website Virgin Bingo offers you the most exotic locales for playing online bingo and more!

Take a wild leap of imagination and see yourself in Marrakesh every Wednesday evening from 6pm onward, and play Free Bingo for a guaranteed £500 on Virgin Bingo! You can play here every week at the same time; with a maximum of 12 tickets per game you might just want to do that. To play Free Bingo just be sure to have cash in your account with Virgin Bingo.

There’s a jackpot cash prize of £500 going out every day with the free daily Necker Island Scratchcard! All you need to do is scratch this new card and take away anything from 10p to £500. You see, everyone’s a winner here so just keep scratching a card everyday! Get to those delightful little cards by going to any of the Bingo Rooms in the Mini Games tab; again, check your deposit in your bingo account with Virgin Bingo.

At Virgin Bingo, loyalty points take a whole new meaning. You can earn these V*Points on all the games and you get to decide how you want to utilize them – on offer for exchange are Virgin extras like Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles, Virgin Vouchers and even hard cash to be credited to your Virgin Bingo account.

For every penny you spend on Virgin Bingo, you earn 1 V*Point and with every V*Point you stack up 1 Flying Club Mile! Be a globe-trotter with choices ranging from a one way ticket from London to New York for 22,500 Miles to a London-Hong Kong round trip ticket in Upper Class for 100,000 Miles. Or, treat yourself to theatre trips, holidays and more with the redeemable Virgin Vouchers.

With Virgin Bingo getting rewarded is like entering Alice’s Wonderland; treat yourself to a whole new experience.

Take a virtual tour at Wink Bingo

2009-07-02T02:36:00.000-07:00

Bingostreet have invented the virtual online bingo tour - and we’ve now got three virtual bingo tours up on YouTube, one each for Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo and Cheeky Bingo - more to follow soon!

The powers that be behind the scenes at Bingostreet, thought that it might be a nice idea to provide a virtual tour of bingo sites, to accompany the many online bingo reviews that we already have on Bingostreet - which is mainly just text. Now the reviews really come to life!

I for one think it’s an excellent idea, and once you’ve taken a virtual tour of a bingo site you’re all clued up as to what it would be like to play bingo online there.

Take a well-known site like Wink Bingo for instance, but say you’ve never played there before and can’t be bothered to register. If you just want a quick peek inside to look at the quality and variety of bingo games on offer, simple, just click here for your very own private tour of this hot bingo site.

Initially none of these video bingo reviews have commentary, but I think we might be adding a simple voice-over at a later stage, just with a little bit of extra information for the viewers.

Do have a look at the video online bingo reviews and let us know what you think. If we do add some voiceovers later, what sort of information would you like to hear about while you watch the video?

We’d love to hear from you, and hope you enjoy the virtual bingo reviews!

Bingo , Luck and Horoscope

2009-06-11T02:10:00.000-07:00

Today I've read about my bingo horoscope so I'm going to play at Gone Bingo to see how it works.
Now I can receive 900% of my first 3 deposits. This awesome mega bonus can not be ignored. Playing bingo online is great opportunity to test my lucky numbers which are : 9,15,23,26,49.

JackpotJoy Bingo celebrates its 7th Bday

2009-06-02T02:56:00.000-07:00

UK bingo site Jackpot Joy celebrates its 7th birthday. This online bingo site is very popular among bingo players. The celebration will run through June with 7 garantied Jackpot with an unimaginable amount of cash.

The number 7 seems to be the theme , and also evidently the ticket prices will be 77p each.

It is a great opportunuty to win big with lucky number 7!:)

Bank Holiday Day

2009-05-25T03:38:00.000-07:00

Join Mecca Bingo for a Manic Bank Holiday Monday on the 25th from 8.45pm and a massive £25,000 is guaranteed. The online bingo promos at Mecca Bingo are more exciting then ever. This bingo site always provides great variation of games.

$5 M - I wonder who won it

2009-05-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday £5,000,000 online bingo jackpot at Wink Bingo was on stake. The huge coverall jackpot game at Wink Bingo takes place on the 20th of every month, and I wonder who was the lucky winner:)
I , myself would not be sad for second if I was the one but unfortunately I was not. Still looking for huge online bingo promotions, the BIG ones are to come in this summer

New opportuniteies for blind bingo fans

2009-05-20T02:31:00.000-07:00

I was extremely touched to hear some heartwarming news about a blind bingo fan in the USA who has been battling steadfastly to win the right to use audible bingo cards when she plays bingo.

51 year old Joanna Richardson hails from Rochester NY and is blind. A long-term bingo enthusiast, the only way she can comfortably play the bingo games at her local bingo hall is either with a companion, or by using audible bingo cards.

These special electronic bingo cards enable players to keep track of ball calls with the emission of beeps everytime a number can be daubed during a bingo game, and made playing bingo much easier for Joanna. However other bingo players complained about the noisy beeps and further use of the cards was disallowed by local bingo halls in her area, unless the cards were set to ’silent’ mode – an apparent contradiction in terms.

Joanna started campaigning against this decision and took the battle all the way to the NY Racing and Wagering Board, not letting up until victory was assured. She has now won the right to use her audible bingo cards wherever she plays bingo, and is happy to have won her battle.

“You have the control over the majority of what’s going on now” she said “You don’t feel like you’re throwing your money away. You know when you’re waiting and you know when you won. You can’t be cheated.” she was quoted saying.

Joanna can now set the card to make a beep when she has 1TG (one to go) or when she hits a bingo, which will allow her to play bingo again comfortable in the knowledge that she won’t miss out on a win (unless she falls asleep)!

What I found unsettling about this report was that apparently the entire issue appeared to have been caused by fellow bingo players, annoyed with the beeps emitted by the electronic bingo card. It just doesn’t seem to be in character of any bingo fan, whether you play bingo online or in a traditional bingo hall, to exclude someone from playing bingo games for such a selfish issue. My words might sound strong, but how would you play bingo if you were blind?

So from across the ocean, my hearty congratulations to Joanna for the courage to stick to her convictions and score a victory for blind bingo players, bless her cotton socks! And a noisy ‘Booooo sucks’ to all those individuals who complained. Shame on you.

Great cash giveway

2009-05-15T02:00:00.000-07:00

Littewood Bingo is going to be generous with a huge cash. This online bingo site is giving away 10.000 pure cash. All you have to do is to be an active player at Littlewood and you have the chance.

Think Bingo thinks it seriously

2009-05-14T01:20:00.000-07:00

Think Bingo makes couple of new changes such as dedicated bingo forum where players can follow new promotions and what happens with the site, winnings and even with other players as members can chat with each other. This online bingo site promotes now a 400% welcome bonus any many other exciting offers like Thursday Bingo Thriller with a huge 1000 Pound Jackpot, Friday Bingo Fortune with 3000 Jackpot, Weekly Bingo Whopper with 5000 Jackpot every Sunday and a Monthly Bingo Monster with 10.000 Jackpot. Among online bingo sites right now it is a noticeable offer!

888 Ladies opened a new free bingo room

2009-05-13T02:11:00.000-07:00

888 Ladies opens a new Free Bingo Room.
You have to be a funded player to purchase free bingo cards but as long as you are funding player you are able to get up to 6 bingo cards for free.
It starts 14th May, so hurry up, be the first and play bingo online even for free.

90 Ball versus 75 Ball

2009-05-12T02:26:00.000-07:00

There are two types of bingo played around the world. North America plays 75-ball bingo on a 5x5 card with the center square usually marked 'free'. In the UK, parts of Europe, Australia and parts of South America they play a 90-ball game, marked on a 9x3 card. Both types of bingo are available online .

The desired pattern which players aim to achieve in 75 ball can vary dramatically, from a simple single line to more complicated themed patterns. The aim of the game, however, is always the same: to mark off the numbers to achieve the desired pattern. Speed Bingo is a variation played exactly the same, but numbers are simply called much quicker.

In 90-ball bingo, each card has three horizontal lines and nine columns. Each line contains five numbers, meaning each card has 15 numbers. The first column contains numbers from 1-10, the second column contains numbers from 11-20, the third column contains numbers from 21-30, all the way through to the final column which contains numbers from 81-90.

A game of 90 ball bingo will normally be played in three stages: one line, two lines and Full House. In a "one line" game players need to mark a complete horizontal line across one card (i.e., 5 numbers marked). The aim of a 'two lines' game is to complete any two marked lines horizontally across one card (i.e., 10 numbers marked). Finally a "Full House" means all the numbers marked off on one card (all 15 numbers), as in a regular coverall game. The prize split differs for each stage of the game. The Full House is always the largest prize in any one game.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_bingo

Gone Bingo's new design

2009-05-11T00:56:00.000-07:00

Gone Bingo thought a big and made a nice vamp change in its website. Advertises online bingo with a coulorful letters and vibrant good looks. Also Gone Bingo has a fabulous welcome bonus , it gives 15 P free as a sign up bonus and also 300% on the first deposit. Gone Bingo players will surly enjoy the new look at the top of the internet bingo site, and will like new bonuses and cash prizes.

Posh Bingo TV campaign exceeds expectation

2009-05-06T02:39:00.000-07:00

Great online bingo site Posh Bingo is celebrating its new design and advertising it big time. Posh Bingo offers a 20 free match bonus to all new players and a back-to-back free bingo game all day and every day this week. You don't have to be posh to play bingo online at Posh bingo:)

Music and Bingo

2009-05-04T02:35:00.000-07:00

Businessman has developed a brand new bingo game with a musical twist. Instead of numbers, songs can be called , bingo cards are filled with popular songs and when music comes up from the audio system, you need to mark it as it would be number. In place of numbers there are pop songs and these songs are called instead of traditional bingo numbers. Easy! And I hope it will be available as online bingo soon.

Online bingo and slots

2009-04-29T01:17:00.000-07:00

Although the focus here at Bingostreet.com is mainly online bingo, what many bingo fans don’t realise is the sheer wealth of online slots included in their favourite online bingo software programs.

And we’re not just talking small 3 reel fruit machines, a lot of bingo sites sport a really decent collections of slots, super slots and multiline slots complete with hefty jackpots - good enough to compete with any online casino.

It was good to see that just yesterday Wink Bingo announced one of their latest bingo promotions, which for a nice change focuses on one of their popular multiline slot games, Sands of Fortune.

Sands of Fortune hides its splendours deep within the Wink Bingo software, but this is a proper online slot machine that could sit proudly in any online casino. Sporting a dramatic soundtrack that fits perfectly with the exciting and mysterious storyline about the hidden treasures deep in the tombs of ancient Egypt, this online bingo site slot machine pays out dramatically too, with a jackpot to the tune of £100,000.

Normally you’ll find the slot games neatly packed away in the Instant Games or Mini Games sections of online bingo sites, and if you haven’t had the chance to explore these extra slot games that are available to bingo fans, then I urge you to give them a spin!

Bingo and age

2009-04-28T00:43:00.000-07:00

If you new to bingo and stick to same old stereotypes it is highest time to register to a bingo site. Internet has changed this game like it has changed lots of things. Nowadays bingo online is not only for white-haired ladies but for everyone. As soon as you push the "submit" button, you'll change your idea about bingo players age. Now the average bingo player's age is late 30s . I am sure bingo site's goal is to keep all players happy, no matter the age but it surly makes everyone satisfied if young people like online bingo.

Posh Bingo again

2009-04-27T02:05:00.000-07:00

Posh Bingo climbing up among online bingo sites. As a new bingo site released 4 new TV advertisements .
If you rather play for a beautiful 3000Pound jackpot , no problem, Posh Bingo offers cheap tickets and high jackpots.

Looking for Bingo news?

2009-04-24T01:30:00.000-07:00

BingoStreet.com’s online bingo news section provides updates of the latest information concerning the online bingo industry and general online gaming industry. This section is an authoritative source bingo related industy’s news and has many items and articles included in Google News.

2009-04-15T01:41:00.001-07:00

Cheeky Bingo is the place if you love online bingo and you like to play free for real cash prize. But if you like nice bonus on your bingo deposit, that's not a problem, Cheeky bingo team is ready to give you a nice 200% on your first deposit. Now you are ready for the big cash? Any time! Pick your bingo card and you can play 24 hrs , non-stop.

888ladies bingo

2009-04-10T01:55:00.000-07:00

One of my fave online bingo sites, 888ladies has combined all the best elements of the game of bingo together with a really warm and friendly bingo community, giving you the best of both worlds. So if you’re a die-hard bingo fan and can’t be bothered to trog down to the local bingo hall any more, maybe your bingo hall isn’t even there any more, then you can always rely on 888ladies bingo to put the zing back into your online bingo games!

888ladies bingo is also very appealing to younger bingo fans, and you get a nice mix of generations at this bingo site which makes for a great community, and you’ll find you make a lot of new friendships, some of which you might find last for years!

This great bingo site has always got a great jackpot for you to play for, no matter what day of the week it is. Start with the Daily £100 Guaranteed jackpot game, every single day it plays at 8pm at 888ladies – and with the pre-purchase option you need never miss out on a single bingo game.

If you fancy your chances at an even juicier jackpot, you could always go for the weekly £1000 guaranteed bingo game jackpot that takes place every Wednesday night at 10pm. Again, 888ladies have made it extremely convenient for you busy bees, and you can pre-purchase your bingo tickets at anytime during the week, to ensure you’re in with a chance of winning a cool £1,000 pot!

Whatever day of the week it is, you’ll find that 888ladies bingo site always has something tasty bubbling on the online bingo pot! Top marks to 888ladies for being one of our fave bingo sites at Bingostreet!

2009-04-06T02:14:00.000-07:00

Here’s another fantastic weekend of Free Keno fun here on Bingostreet with cash prizes up for grabs. Hot favourite UK online bingo website Bingo Fabulous is sponsoring this week's Free Keno tourney with £100 in cash prizes to be won! Register at Bingo Fabulous and get a smashing 20 Free Bingo Cards to play online bingo without even making a deposit! There's a ton of hot online bingo promotions with fabulous prizes and jackpots waiting to be won at Bingo Fabulous!

Online bingo software upgrade

2009-04-03T00:52:00.000-07:00

Playtech just released a new bingo software. There is a downloadable flash client as well, and it does away with the need for online bingo players and serves the best such as instant excess to play bingo online

Multi-Currency Bingo Software from Virtue Fusion

2009-04-02T02:53:00.000-07:00

Virtue Fusion, leading gambling and online bingo software provider, has just released a multi currency compatible software for online bingo websites. This is very significant news for the online bingo and casino networks that use Virtue Fusion softwares as this makes it possible for the online gaming networks to expand their business to many new countries.

New bingo games at bunny bingo

2009-03-26T23:37:00.000-07:00

Bunny Bingo released 3 new games; one slot, one scratch card and one bingo game.

I really like scratch card games recently but as we all know my all time favourite is bingo online

Free keno challenge for online bingo fans

2009-03-24T23:39:00.000-07:00

I for one am glad to see that Bingostreet is branching out into the world of online keno games, as it’s one of those games now freely available online and in the same family as bingo and lotto.

If you’ve never sat down and played a keno game, then now’s an ideal time to start. With the Bingostreet Free Keno game ready for action at anytime, you just need a few seconds to create your account and then you’re off.

As with online bingo, the game of keno is all about the balls. No balls? No keno! You get to pick your choice of numbers from the board, place your bet and then wait for the balls to pop in. The more balls you predict correctly, the more you win. Simple, and great fun too!

This week our friends at Gone Bingo are the sponsors for our Free Keno tournament, and there’s £155 in cash prizes to spend at Gone Bingo - yay! To enter the competition just register for a keno account and start playing. You’ve got until midnight GMT this Sunday to get into a Top 10 position to win a prize!

I think it’s a great way to try out a new game for free, and also boost your bingo budget at the same time - a great bargain! You’ll need to be a depositing player at Gone Bingo to receive your prize. If you’re not yet a member or you haven’t deposited yet, my first question is why not? 2nd question is don’t you realise that new players get £15 FREE plus a super-boosted 300% 1st deposit bonus! Not many online bingo sites go out that far for new bingo members, you heard it here first!

So do yourself a favour, give your keno skills a shot, and win some free cash to play some hot bingo games at Gone Bingo this week!

Monday bingo

2009-03-22T23:09:00.000-07:00

Today I have nothing else to do but I play bingo online and read some interesting bingo news.

Mum's Day at bingo world

2009-03-20T01:48:00.000-07:00

This Sunday has gotta be one of the best days of the year to play bingo online, Mother’s Day, and if you want quality bingo games, super hot bingo jackpots and a warm and friendly bingo community, then join me and the rest of the gang at Wink Bingo this weekend.

Yeah, I know I’m always going on about Wink, but it’s because I know from personal experience they’re a great bingo site and there’s always a new reason why I’m still playing there after all this time.

In my time I’ve played at countless internet bingo sites, but most of my online bingo activity takes place at Wink Bingo, basically because I love to play bingo there.

Throughout March it’s been Mum’s Day fever at Wink Bingo, with tons of Mum inspired bingo promotions aimed at letting our mums know how special they are. Mum’s the World bingo game runs daily with £150 JP’s up for grabs, haven’t managed to nab one yet but there’s still two weeks to go as yet… There’s also some cool Mother’s Day vouchers up for grabs, coupled with a BOGOF offer so you get double value for money!

One of the best things about Wink Bingo is the fantastic community spirit, and if you introduce your mum, daughter or grandma to register at Wink Bingo for the Mother and Daughter jackpot special, if either of them win a JP they both get paid!!! Keep it in the family at Wink Bingo, love it!

And of course the spectacular mother of all online bingo games on Sunday night @8pm with a supercool £5,000 bingo jackpot up for grabs. I’ve already bought my bingo tickets for the big game on Sunday, (you should too), and don’t forget to bring your family with you!

Mum's day

2009-03-19T22:58:00.000-07:00

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and if you want quality bingo games, super hot bingo jackpots and a warm and friendly bingo community, then join me and the rest of the gang at Wink Bingo this weekend.

And of course the spectacular mother of all online bingo games on Sunday night @8pm with a supercool £5,000 bingo jackpot up for grabs. I’ve already bought my bingo tickets for the big game on Sunday (so has my mum), you should too, and don’t forget to bring your family with you!

Online bingo is the fastest growing gambling sector

2009-03-18T04:04:00.000-07:00

By now we can say that online bingo is recession resistant. This business' players number increased fastest and made a nice 80% .
This online bingo news is a very good news for all bingo players.

Online bingo in Spain

2009-03-17T03:20:00.000-07:00

If you think Bingo, and especially online bingo , everyone's first thought is UK. But now Spain comes up in this business very quickly.Till now most of the bingo sites were just simply a translation of a UK site. But from now you can make transactions in local currency and games are designed for spanish players.

Spanish online bingo

2009-03-16T23:49:00.000-07:00

Sun bingo is gettig hotter

2009-03-13T04:15:00.000-07:00

Sun Bingo are really revving up the hot bingo action of late, and although I don’t usually play bingo online at Sun Bingo, recently they’ve been coming up with some really cool bingo promotions that push my bingo buttons in all the right places!

One great advantage that Sun Bingo has is the sheer number and variety of internet bingo games plus extra games on hand. There is an awful lot to choose from which means us bingo players have a lot more freedom to decide what bingo games to play and when.

This week for instance there’s a chance to win a supercool £1000 jackpot every night at 9pm in the Sun Bingo 90 game - this special online bingo promotion is only on for one week, so I’d thoroughly advise you guys and gals to get down there ASAP and buy your bingo tickets now!

Friday 13th is also another excellent opportunity for bingo sites to pull out the lucky promotions on this traditionally unlucky day, and Sun Bingo will double your winnings if you bingo on #13 this Friday.

So if you fancy joining one of the most popular online bingo sites in the UK today the go ahead and dive in. There’s so much to explore at Sun Bingo it’ll take you a while to find your way around, but I think you’ll agree it’s worth it!

William Hill bingo new multi-play bingo rooms

2009-03-09T03:44:00.000-07:00

William Hill Bingo have launched a new multi-play bingo rooms on 3rd and have became very popular already.By clicking on Variety Rooms you can find 4 different online bingo games and a mini game and also a chat window. I am very happy that I can try my multi task ability and also happy for this dynamic industry development I love that I can play simultaneously bingo online and chat with friends at the same time.

Should Irish people worry?

2009-03-05T01:21:00.000-08:00

The Irish Times have reported a form of censorship against online gamblers by banks, who are apparently rejecting mortgage applications if statements show signs of gambling - which includes those of us who like to enjoy the odd fun evening with our bingo buddies playing a few games of online bingo.

Read the full article here in our online bingo news section.

What exactly does this mean for Irish online bingo players, is this a serious threat and something to be worried about?

No Irish bank has yet admitted that this is a full-blown policy, however it does appear to be becoming the rule of thumb according to the IMAF (see bingo news article). Tell-tale signs on your monthly bank statement that lead to an internet bingo site could mean that you might not be able to buy a home - at least with that bank.

In any mortgage application, banks need to determine the applicant’s ability to repay the loan. But why should they be concerned if you enjoy a few games of bingo every now and again. Why has online gambling become such a weighted factor in this process?

With 98% of the gambling population able to gamble responsibly, this surely indicates a responsible approach to life in general too, including the ability to repay debt, ie., bank loans and mortgages.

So if I lived in Ireland and played internet bingo regularly and was thinking of buying a house, I might be worried. On the other hand, how stupid would your bank be to deny you a mortgage just because of your online bingo hobby?!!!

Seriously, I don’t think it’s anything to panic about. To put it into perspective,

This does seem to be a bit OTT, even for Irish banks, but if I lived in Ireland and played internet bingo regularly AND wanted to buy a house I might be worried, but I seriously don’t think this is anything to panic about. So keep playing bingo games online and stuff the banks!

Hot March online bingo promos

2009-03-04T02:47:00.000-08:00

At Bet Fred Bingo this March there is  huge collection of March bingo promotions.
I recon to everyone, it seems that nice bingo prize will
be given away.

Luck, lucky days, lucky numbers and bingo

2009-03-03T02:21:00.000-08:00

I always believed in Lady Luck! Especially when it comes to Bingo. I always read my bingo horoscope. Here I can find out my lucky numbers although I play with my standard numbers as well. So if you’re wondering whether you should spend a fiver on tickets to the big online bingo game this weekend, have a quick peek at your bingo horoscope first, and find out what your lucky day and lucky number is for this week.

About a great bingo site - Moon Bingo!

2009-03-02T01:56:00.000-08:00

Moon Bingo is one of those rare internet bingo sites that has a comparatively low profile, yet is incredibly popular among those in the know.

Moon Bingo has been around since 2003 and has built up a solid base of loyal online bingo players. Powered by the popular bingo software Globalcom, players at Moon Bingo get great performance with good graphics, top bingo games, and an easy to use interface.

There’s lots of yummy goodies on offer at Moon Bingo, including 20 free bingo cards on signup, plus 100% bonus on 1st deposit and 50% bonus on all reloads. So nothing too outstanding bonus-wise, but maybe that’s because their bingo games are top notch.

You’ll find daily progressive jackpot bingo games where you can treat yourself to both 75 ball and 90 ball bingo games, or have a quick spin on one of the many progressive slots in the instant games section. Plus things really hot up at the weekend, with a £1 Million Coverall bingo game every Friday night with a guaranteed £1500 min. jackpot.

In my experience, when you find a good online bingo site, you stick with it. And I think this is where Moon Bingo has come up trumps. It’s pretty obvious that the folks at Moon Bingo treat their members really well, and that bingo fans flock there to simply enjoy the bingo fun and games. Well done to all you guys and gals at Moon Bingo!

Moon Bingo | 20 free bingo cards at Moon Bingo

2009-03-01T21:33:00.000-08:00

I have tried Moon Bingo. Great site! It is great if you like online bingo but but it offers exciting slot games as well.

Penny Bingo games

2009-02-27T02:28:00.000-08:00

Alongside free bingo games, penny bingo games are becoming very popular among online bingo UK fans, and almost every bingo site in town has at least one of these ’so cheap it’s almost free bingo games’ bubbling away on the pot.

There’s something delightful about playing a game of online bingo and spending a penny - ahem, not that kind of penny, you know what I mean!

But seriously, how much better can it get than penny bingo? You can easily afford penny bingo games, they don’t bring a huge deficit to your online bingo budget, and you can play bingo online merrily for hours on end at a time.

Of course penny bingo games don’t tend to offer mega jackpots, however there’s one particular game coming up this Friday I believe at Wink Bingo, where tickets cost just 1p a shot, and the penny bingo game jackpot is an incredible £2,000!

Work it out for yourselves, pay 1p for a bingo card to this game and you win £2,000 - that’s a return on your investment of 200,000%!!!!!

Of course most of the wise winkers will be buying more than 1 solo bingo ticket for this cool penny bingo game, but in the end it comes down to a combination of chance and lady luck and a whole lotta bingo balls!

So don’t miss the huge penny bingo game at Wink Bingo on Friday, could make history as the best investment ever!

Online Bingo Spring = hopes:)

2009-02-25T01:02:00.000-08:00

Online bingo is like spring. It can renew time to time and it gives you new hope day by day. That is why I love this game. Bingo gives special essence to my life like spring gives special essence to everybody's life. I love to read bingo news, and bingo specials and also bingo reviews. There you can find everything you need to know if you love bingo as I do.

Winkbingo launches exclusive play off between North and South to win a Mini Cooper

2009-02-23T03:02:00.000-08:00

Wink Bingo is proud to announce that for the first time ever, two dedicated bingo fans will decide their own fate by choosing their own lucky numbers to take part in an online bingo 'play off' for a chance to speed off in a brand new Mini Cooper.

People will be able to log on to Winkbingo.com at 8:30pm on Sunday 22nd February to watch the North South divide as Joanna Kane from Werneth, Oldham in Lancashire and Christine Tulley from Toot Hill, Swindon in Wiltshire battle it out for a brand new set of wheels.

Joanna, 36 and mum of two, couldn't believe her luck when she was told she was one of the two joint winners out of 8,000 players who took part in Winkbingo.com's Mini Cooper bingo game on New Year's Day. "I've never won anything in my life," gushed Joanna, "luck just doesn't happen to me, but if I play with my lucky numbers 9 and 11 on Sunday, the day I passed my driving test and my kids' birthdays, I may be proven wrong!"

Joanna originally fell in love with Winkbingo.com last October and hasn't looked back. "Winkbingo.com gives me the perfect opportunity to take a break from work, house-hold chores and the kids," says Joanna, "especially since I can play in the comfort of my own living room. Winkbingo.com's chat hosts are really friendly and their individual games are great fun too, I've even made some great new friends."

Christine Tulley, 51, mum of two and grandma of three had been playing for six months - she was often on a winning streak winning a string of small prizes which really spurred her on to keep playing, so much so that she too became an overjoyed winner out of 8,000 players, in the New Years Day Mini Cooper game. I always believed that magic could happen to me at Winkbingo.com, says Christine, "let's just hope the tarot reader who gave me my lucky numbers, 1,7, 8, 17, 35 and 44 really is for real and I may just get to win the Mini Cooper in Sunday's game!"

Christine has been a fan of online bingo ever since she began working at the local bingo hall where she remained for 15 years. "It's expensive to go to bingo halls now though" says Christine, "and why bother when you can stay at home and have even more fun playing bingo online with Winkbingo.com? It's such a fun and friendly site and really easy to use too. I feel secure with Winkbingo.com and love the fact that I can chat so much to other bingo fans too."

Whether choosing to don their heels and coats to play their favourite game in bingo halls or choosing to relax in their pyjamas and slippers to play online, up until now bingo players have been given a card full of numbers and their chance of shouting "full house" has been left entirely to lady luck.

Maurice Karpes, Marketing Director at Winkbingo.com says, "The fact that we are allowing our two lucky players to choose their own numbers and play a part in their own fate makes our exclusive Mini Cooper game so exciting. We've also created a way for friends and family to watch so that they can offer their support, we're sure other bingo fans will be interested too - may the luckiest player win!"

Source: Wink Bingo
Website: http://www.winkbingo.com/

Expanding Bingo knowledge

2009-02-17T02:47:00.000-08:00

The longer I am on net the more I learn..
Not only about bingo and online bingo but about social sites as well. Now I realized how to catch up with other bingo blogs and how to became a member of other social sites' clubs. It is good cos I can invite my new friends to join my bingo community at my favorite bingo site.

Bingo and age

2009-02-16T00:45:00.000-08:00

I have to be honest. Couple of years ago I associated bingo with grandma and her old friends going to the nearest bingo hall , have a cup of tea and playing hours , sharing new gossips. I have to admit that the change has came in this business too. Today bingo shows its new face and it is not only old bingo rooms but online bingo as well. Now you can play bingo even while you are shopping. Most games offer an automated option, so you do not even have to be home to get back your shopping money:)

£1000 Valentine Hot Balls

2009-02-12T02:07:00.000-08:00

Dont miss Valentine Day's special at Game Village
All 30 minutes past the hour games between 8pm and midnight in the Village Inn will have a Valentine Hot Ball prize of £1000!

2009-02-11T02:01:00.000-08:00

I just heard about the new Game Village bingo site. This site uses its very own software. I think I give it a try and see what happens.. Keep your fingers cross for me! I alaways go for the biggest online bingo prize but I am opened for new sites as well... Life is a box of chocolate you never know...

Bingo Blog upgrade

2009-02-05T04:09:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

It's a special day today!. I've just played with some settings of my blog and added some cool, new features such as the Online bingo news and Online Bingo promotions sections on the right.

Bingo horoscope

2009-02-05T01:15:00.001-08:00

Did you know that the esteemed Russell Grant writes a specially commissioned Bingo Horoscope for Bingostreet.com every week?

If you’re like me, and never leave the house without checking your daily horoscope, you might want to take a peek at our Weekly Horoscope - as it is written specifically for people who play bingo online.

For example, if there’s a big bingo game coming up soon, such as the Wink Bingo £5K Club 90 ball bingo jackpot game today (Feb 5), then make sure to check your bingo horoscope to find out your lucky day and your lucky number for the week.

This can prove to be an invaluable aid when it comes to buying your bingo cards for the big game. Most bingo sites including Wink Bingo allow you to pre-purchase your bingo tickets, and you are always given a selection of bingo cards to choose from. So just look for those bingo cards with your lucky number of the week on, and if the big bingo game also falls on your lucky day, then it might just turn out to be a fantastic bingo win for you!

I’m a Gemini, and my Bingo Horoscope for this week says my lucky day to play bingo is Friday, and my lucky number is 12. So first I’ll be checking out the hot bingo action for Friday, and then I’ll buy as many bingo tickets as I can with the number 12, and also my birthday 17 - for extra luck!

My fave bingo site is Wink Bingo so I know that their £500 Risk Free Bingo Game is on every Friday (always love to play free bingo games), so that’ll be my first bingo stop of the night - and possibly the last, as Friday night’s at Wink Bingo are always pretty hot.

They also hold their regular Friday night £1,000,000 jackpot bingo game, so I’ll be sure to go for as many bingo tickets as I can afford in that great game. OK so I might just win the £1,000 guaranteed jackpot instead of the big 1 and 6x zero’s, but I’m not really fussed to be honest as I always have such a great time at Wink Bingo!

PS. If you don’t see me here next week, you’ll know for sure that Russell Grant’s Bingo Horoscope is spot on when it comes to online bingo!!!

RAF bingo programme

2009-02-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

A great extra way to make money if you’re a fan of online bingo is to take advantage of the many Refer A Friend programmes, or RAF programmes, as they are also known.

Online bingo sites love to reward players for their loyalty in a variety of different ways, one of which is the ‘Refer a Friend’ bingo programme that you’ll find on most, if not all, bingo sites. Other rewards include deposit bonuses, bingo points or Bbz depending on which site you play bingo at, free bingo games, extra bingo promotions, and many other nice surprises. Refer A Friend programmes are just one of the many ways to get more out of your online bingo experience.

The basic principle of these Refer a Friend bingo programmes is the same – via the online bingo site you play at you simply enter the email addresses of friends who might be interested in playing bingo online, and the bingo site will send them a personalised invitation from you.

When your friend registers an account and starts playing for real money, you collect your reward – simple as that! This is the basic principle of being a bingo affiliate, and in fact many bingo affiliates started out exactly like this, by referring one or more of their friends to their fave bingo sites. If you have a lot of friends who are bingo fans, or who are open to new experiences, then you could easily end up earning a nice sum of cash or bingo points each month to more than cover your bingo budget.

One thing we would advise however, is to alert your friends before you submit their email addresses to the bingo site. Although we only promote legitimate and trustworthy sites on Bingostreet, some of your friends might not want you to give out their personal email address. So it’s worth checking with them first.

And finally, if you find that you enjoy referring your friends to your fave bingo site then you might want to consider the next step, which is becoming a bingo affiliate. For more information on how to do this, read our Bingo Affiliates section.

Online bingo guide

2009-02-02T01:27:00.000-08:00

Are you new to playing bingo in a bingo hall or online bingo games? If you are you don’t need to feel any pressure before you actually play a game. There are many online bingo sites with special bingo guides to help you get set up, such as Wink Bingo. You simply purchase bingo cards online through the account you have set up and you and many other people will play the bingo game together.

Depending on how many people are signed on and what type of game you are playing, you can maximize your chances of winning by playing more than one card per bingo game. The cost of the bingo card varies upon the game being played but you can pay a little as 5 or 10p per card per game. 90 ball bingo cards are sold in strips and don’t look like a traditional bingo card. The 90 bingo game is very popular in the UK while 75 ball bingo game is more popular in the US. However you’ll find that most good online bingo UK sites offer both varieties of the game, 90 ball and 75 ball bingo, and even 80 ball bingo which is also called Speed Bingo.

As part of the online bingo guide you will be instructed about both games. In the 90 ball bingo game you will mark off the five numbers in the same row or line; if you do this before anyone else you have a bingo. However, in this game you can have a second winner. This is a person who marks off two lines but this still might not be the end of the bingo game as it can progress until all the numbers are marked off a single card. This winner generally takes home the biggest prize.

The 75 ball bingo game is played with a traditional card and you get a little more variety when playing. You can have such games as four corner bingo, bingo in the form of a cross and also in the shape of a letter or number, or any number of different patterns. If you like a little change while playing bingo you might want to consider 75 ball bingo. The pattern for each game is always revealed to you before the start of the bingo game.

You will also find out in any online bingo guide how to set up your account and log in password. Everyone must do this before they can begin to play. Many sites such as the one found at Wink Bingo give you a free £15 after you have become a member. This way you can play the game on them, and what a nice start to your online gaming. You can usually find chat rooms at your favourite site that allows you to communicate with others so this can also be part of your online bingo guide.

The new bingo site

2009-01-30T02:25:00.000-08:00

The new bingo site I like is blue as winter. If you click on the URL you'll realize that nothing is better in a cold winter evening that a cold winter-blue site:))) It maybe just me but I hope owner will change the color in a couple of months ...summer color should be yellow or pink, or warm green..Unless the color of that site I really like William Hill Bingo

New bingo site in the market

2009-01-29T02:22:00.000-08:00

I found this new bingo site and I'll write about it later...

Online bingo deposit bonuses

2009-01-26T03:31:00.000-08:00

The online bingo deposit bonus is one of the several benefits that you will receive for signing up with a particular bingo site. You will find that there are several different bonuses that are available to you. If you are new to playing online bingo you may not know what the online bingo deposit is at all. We will try to clarify this for you in this article.

When you start looking for a bingo game online you will find that they all offer some perks for you to join their online game. These can be in the form of free bingo games, reward points for joining their club or deposit bonuses. So that you understand all of the above information we will explain all of them for you.
The online sites we have found all offer you a free sign up bonus. These vary from site to site and the amounts are where the variation is. We found some that offer a sign up bingo bonus for a wee amount of £5 while others will offer up to £20. Other bingo sites might offer free bingo cards as an alternative. While it may seem like you would want to take the larger amount you may want to play a few different bingo sites to find out what the other benefits are. Sometimes the smaller bingo bonuses you’re welcomed with can hide a jewel of a bingo site.

The next bit of information is on the reward point programme. The sites all have clubs to join and they will give up points to redeem for different things. Sometimes it is for bingo cards or sometimes you can use them to play the bingo games. You can also get major reward points for referring a friend to their site.
Now we will get to the purpose of this article; the online deposit bonus. This is what you will receive from the site that you sign up with when you make your first monetary deposit. There again you have a wide range of percentages to sign on a particular bingo site with. These can vary from 100% to 300% for your first deposit.

So if you choose one with a 200% online bingo deposit bonus and you put in £10 they will put in an additional £20 for you. You have just gotten some free money. We found that if you sign up with several of the online bingo sites you will continue to receive online bingo deposit bonuses. A lot of bingo sites offer you 50% every time you make a further deposit, as long as you make the minimum deposit required. So now that you understand all the online bingo deposit bonus information have a great time, and good luck!

How to recognize an addiction to playing online bingo

2009-01-23T01:26:00.000-08:00

Gambling addictions have been around for as long as the different types of gambling. Some individuals just have issues with playing the game for fun and leaving once they are out of money. It may be a negative topic to discuss, but it is relevant to the online bingo world. You don’t want to get in a situation where you owe a lot of money to various places and you can’t pay the debts off. This type of situation can sometimes have terrible consequences, your peace of mind, the increasing debt that you’re unable to pay off, losing the support of your familiy and friends, maybe even lose your house. We have a few things you might want to consider on the subject of bingo addiction.

We want you to be able to recognise the signs of bingo addiction to help you get help before it is too late. With a bingo addiction you tend to play bingo online at several intervals during the day and night. In fact you might lose sleep because you are playing bingo. You might play bingo at work, during hours where you should be finishing a project and doing the job you get paid for. Your credit cards may be maxed out from the cash withdrawals to bingo sites when you have a bingo addiction.

You might ignore the bingo addiction even though your family and friends are worried about you. When the bingo addiction gets out of hand you could lose your job for playing the game during working hours. You may start to miss work just so that you can play bingo. There are many indicators or signs that suggest you might have a bingo addiction and the vast majority of bingo sites are looking out for you.

Most online bingo sites have in place an estimation of how much you will play during the month, and will monitor you any time you seem to play more often or ask for a higher amount to be used during the month. These monitoring systems can’t get you the help you need for a bingo addiction, but it can help stave off the worst of the gambling debt a bingo addiction can get you in.

If you are worried you might have a bingo addiction talk to other players. Visit the chat rooms and ask if anyone has experienced some of the issues you have. By talking with others that have an interest in your hobby you can get the help you need. Sometimes you might think you have a bingo addiction, but it it could be due to other reasons that you started playing more bingo games than usual, and once those issues are solved you go back to your regular usage. Monitor yourself and stave off that bingo addiction.

5 top hints for winning on online bingo

2009-01-21T02:30:00.000-08:00

If you want to play bingo online to win it will require some pre-thought when entering a game. As you may know online bingo is played with a random number generator to make certain that there are no patterns in the numbers called. This makes it difficult to be a winner 100 percent of the time. It opens the playing field to be more than fair. However, there are some bingo hints that might make it easier for you to win or at least have a better chance of winning. We have the top five bingo hints listed below.

You should choose a respected online bingo site. There are hundreds of online bingo sites available to you, but not all of them are as legitimate as others. With the internet has come some foul play and it is hard to track.
Your second top five bingo hints comes in the actual choice of games. You have 90 and 75- ball bingo games to choose from. You also have jackpot games that you can join. The game you join needs to have a minimal amount of players. The least amount of players in a game means more chance for you to win. For example if you have 18 players in a bingo room, and they all play 6 cards that means you have 108 cards in play. If you play bingo in a room with 50 players with 6 cards you are looking at 300 cards in play. The chances decrease that you will have the winning card.
You should consider the cost of the tickets for the bingo game. There are free bingo games, 1p, 2p, 5p, £1, £1, £5 or even £10. The larger the bankroll to start typically the larger the jackpot, but you may not be able to afford the entry fee all the time. It is still okay to go for the less expensive bingo games, because you still have a chance at winning. Sometimes you have more of a chance because of hint number 2. The lower bingo pots don’t get as many players.
Find the best bingo bonuses. During certain times of the day there are extra bonuses that you can win at a bingo site. For example the coverall bingo games are played at certain times of the night, which means more of a chance to win bigger cash prizes.
Last of our bingo hints, you should examine the bingo tickets before you buy. Don’t just take what the computer assigns. Look at the bingo cards carefully to determine the numbers on the card to get the best spread of numbers, such as even, odd, low, and high numbers being offered evenly on the card.

Online bingo cash accounts

2009-01-20T00:49:00.000-08:00

When you decide to start playing bingo online you will need to make a decision about how you want to fund your account. There are many different methods with which you can pay. You can set up your account to go through your bank and give this information when you register. You can use your credit card to deposit, or use one of many online payment methods. Alternatively you could fund your online bingo account with cash.

This article will discuss how to use a bingo cash account. While this may not be the preferred method that you might choose you will want to give it some consideration. What are the benefits to using this method of payment? You wouldn’t have to worry about giving your banking information to an online bingo site. These sites are safe and secure as they possibly can be, but nothing is failsafe. In this type of transaction you would use a money transfer or wire transfer. This can be down through your bank or through a company such as Western Union. You pay a fee for this service, but it is usually nominal.

You would go to the company that you choose and bring your money with you in cash or cheque form. They in turn will wire it to the game site of your choosing. You will not have to give anyone your bank account information, thereby reserving your privacy. You will also have a little better control over how much money you will spend on this type of activity. Playing online bingo games should be a source of entertainment and fun, but one that is entered into responsibly. This form of payment will allow you that kind of control so that you can play bingo online in peace.

Many bingo sites are starting to curtail the use of credit cards as a form of payment. This has come about because people were starting to incur too many charges to gaming. This will encourage you again to play more responsibly. If the online bingo site you enjoy playing on still allows the use of credit cards as a form of payment be sure you check to see if you are being charged a fee for paying this way. Often charge card companies charge the site for accepting the credit card. This would be an unnecessary and extra expense for you, but unfortunately it is quite common.

So if you want to play bingo online safe in the knowledge that you’re using the safest way possible to fund your account, look at the cash account method. While this form of payment is not instantaneous, it is surely worth the peace of mind and will allow you to play bingo games securely and safely with maximum protection.

Internet bingo chat rooms

2009-01-19T03:03:00.000-08:00

There are many different areas to an online bingo site and one of them is the internet bingo chat rooms. You can get to know new people while taking a break from playing your favourite games. If you are unfamiliar with the online playing sites you will find several different games to play. The majority of the sites will also have slot games, casino games and instant games nestled among the many varieties of bingo games.

The internet bingo chat rooms are exceptionally fun. You get to visit with others that have the same interests that you do. This could extend to other areas in your life besides your fondness for online bingo games.

Certain sites have chat moderators that can help you with any questions you might have. These friendly moderators will enhance your enjoyment of the bingo games. Even if you have played bingo in the bingo halls you will find subtle differences when playing internet bingo. These internet bingo chat rooms can help you bridge the gap.

A great feature of some of these sites is that you can play games within the internet bingo chat rooms and win prizes. What could be more amusing than chatting and winning at the same time? When you are a club member you can also earn points while in the internet bingo chat rooms.

You may experience some problems when trying to connect to a chat room. This is most likely due to a firewall. We all have these to protect us against problems, but you can get help online. There are usually three main areas to an internet bingo chat room; the rooms and message display area. The control panel and text area and the area where the other chatter’s aliases are located are the third area.

You will be connected to the main lounge when you log on to the internet bingo chat rooms and from there you can travel to the other chat rooms. You will use the up and down arrows to navigate through the internet bingo chat rooms. You will be able to see how many people are chatting in each room and you can decide if you want to join that group or not.

You would locate the send button in most internet bingo chat rooms and type your message; when you are done typing you only need hit the send button or hit enter. It really is as easy as that. You must abide by the rules of the internet bingo chat rooms. There are rules about the language and conduct that must be followed or you can be removed from using the chat room. Whatever you do, make sure you enjoy your experience when you play bingo online.

What to look for in online bingo reviews

2009-01-15T02:31:00.000-08:00

Have you been looking for the perfect online bingo site? Perhaps you are new to internet gambling and don’t quite know what to look for? If you are new to the whole gambling experience we might have some help for you. There are a ton of internet bingo reviews on the web. Some of these internet bingo reviews are written by users of the site, some of them are paid advertisements, and still others are written by writers reviewing the site. You need to learn how to weed out the different online bingo reviews to gain the information you want to know about the site. In this guide we are looking at some of the things the internet bingo reviews you decide to trust should offer you.

Starting out the internet bingo reviews should have a nice introduction that tells you about the site. You need to know information like that in order to trust the company you give personal information to.

What’s offered on the site?

In this section on online bingo reviews you should see a list of games that are offered. For example you may have 75- ball bingo, 90- ball bingo, instant games, slot machines, and video poker. Some of their bingo rooms have live chat. The rooms also have unique names like High 5, the Strip, or the Hangout. Any online bingo reviews that you read should offer detailed information as well as general information. The more detailed the more you can trust the online bingo reviews for accurate information. The person has most likely been to the site and tried it out. This is one reason site users make the best online bingo reviews, but they can also be disgruntled for a variety of reasons.

You are better off to get all three types of online bingo reviews about a bingo site in order to gain the most information before you sign up to play bingo games.

The way information is offered on the site is another thing you want to consider. If the information is hard to find on how to register, FAQ’s, or even how to set up a bingo account chances are you will want a different site.

Lastly, you don’t want to make your overall decision based on the online bingo reviews. You should see some of the information for yourself. A lot of sites let you poke around, without accessing the bingo games. You can learn for yourself how easy the site is to use.

Funding your bingo account

2009-01-14T00:51:00.000-08:00

Whether you are new to online bingo or have been around for a while you may not know everything there is to know about setting up an online bingo account. We are going to look at your options for getting your bingo account set up. Registration is easy; it is a step by step process, but then you have to figure out how to fund your bingo account. This is where it can get a little dicey.

Many online bingo players setting up an online bingo account for the first time are worried about security. After all you will be offering personal information over the internet and there are a lot of scams out there surrounding online gambling. The first thing you should do is find a trustworthy bingo site to register at. Make sure you do your homework because then you don’t have to worry about the security of sending your personal information along when you fund your bingo account, and you’ll be able to relax in the knowledge that you can play bingo online securely and safely.

You have numerous ways to fund your bingo account once you find a trusted online bingo site. We will look at what each one is and why you might want to use it below.

Credit Cards

We all know what credit cards are, but did you know a lot of the bingo sites allow you to use your credit cards to fund your bingo account? There are going to be some restrictions on using your credit card to fund your account. Credit cards can quickly get you into debt and there are regulations being proposed to make it harder for gambling sites to use them as a means to fund online bingo accounts and other gambling accounts. Your credit card company will charge you like it is a cash withdrawal rather than a purchase, which is more expensive. You must also use your own card, in other words it must have your name on it and the account must come up in your name to use the card.

Neteller

Neteller is another option to fund your bingo online account that is available in all currencies. It is an online money transfer service that you can use. It is one of the most popular methods as well. You have to have a Neteller account open for it to work.

Switch and Solo

This is a British pounds account. If you have a Switch and Solo debit card you can use it at most bingo websites safely and securely.

Debit Cards

You are also able to use debit cards to fund your bingo account. The debit card will work like a regular transfer from your bank, which means the account has to have the funds in it in order to transfer to your bingo account.

When you set up your bingo account you do have to offer the account number, security code, and the billing details. There are other options that online bingo sites accept such as money transfers from Western Union. Keep in mind that to open an account you must be at least 18 years of age.

Bingo promotions are trap -- some say!

2009-01-06T02:57:00.000-08:00

If you have ever been lured onto a bingo site by one of the nice promotional items that they offer, then you undoubtedly understand what I’m getting at here. Lots and lots of people look at bingo and they think, “That’s a trap!” Bingo promotions look really pretty when you consider the amount of free money that they offer, but do you ever follow through and get any of that money? That’s the question that many are wondering about and it is worth considering.

The “trap”, at least in this sense, is that you are being given money for nothing. You are given free money without any expectation, or so you will be told by the bingo sites. We are conditioned to not accept this type of free lunch, as life teaches us that most things that appear too good to be true end up being not true in the long run. But is there really a reason for all of this apprehension when it comes to looking at online bingo promotions? Should we be so scared?

In these difficult economic times, we are taught to protect our dollar bills. The thing is, you are in a no risk situation when it comes to online bingo promotions. If they happen to hand you some free money and you never see any of that money, what have you really lost? If it turns out that their offer is true and you reap the rewards of lots of free coin, then that’s most assuredly a good thing, right? That’s the outlook you have to take when looking at some of the new bingo promotions offered by the sites. What do I have to lose, anyway?

You might be surprised to learn that many of the companies who offer these sorts of bonuses are really reputable. This may be the only industry, along with the poker and sportsbook industry, that offers you money to do absolutely nothing. With finances becoming so tight because of this entire economic crisis, it is nice to see that someone out there is looking out for us by providing free money. It is a good thing, to be sure. Don’t be so skeptical next time you see the offers. Try to keep your mind open and you mind find that you will end up with a nice bonus for your trouble.

Playing the game can be fun, and it can be even more fun when there is no risk involved. This is not even gambling at that point, because you are just playing with their money. This can even serve to eliminate the obvious moral conflicts that many people have when it comes to bingo.

Win a Brand New Mini Cooper

2008-12-15T02:09:00.000-08:00

My absolute favourite online bingo website are at it again - pipping everyone else to the post with their fantastic bingo promotions - how do they do it?

At Bingostreet we have a theory, you’re only allowed to work at Wink Bingo if you’re a fun loving bingo mad genius - I’m sure it’s pretty close to the truth. Who would have thought that you could actually win a brand new Mini Cooper just by playing the bingo games on offer at Wink Bingo!

Well it’s absolutely true! And there’s more than one way to get into the absolutely massive bingo game that’ll be playing on New Year’s Day at 7pm - where the HUGE PRIZE is the BRAND NEW MINI COOPER!

The best way is to play bingo games at Wink Bingo, as many as you can, throughout December to build up your bingo points. Not only do you get the chance to win fabulous prizes and cash jackpots along the way in their Advent Calender bingo promotion special, but you can also play their regular bingo games or instant win games such as slots, casino games or even scratchcards! And don’t forget the tons of other special bingo games including the Risk Free Frisky Friday games - free bingo games where you get your money refunded if you don’t win the jackpot!

You’ll build up your points every time you play bingo games, or the other games too, and once you’ve got 500 points you can exchange for a Free Ticket to the HUGE BINGO GAME on New Year’s Day. So play bingo like there’s no tomorrow and get as many free bingo tickets as you can for the massive bingo game on Jan 1st.

Alternatively you could take the easy way and simply pre-purchase bingo tickets for the big game. You can do this anytime from the Wink Bingo lobby. Tickets cost £10 a go, it’s a wee bit more than their regular bingo games, but on the other hand - every ticket you buy gets you another shot at the fantabulous Mini Cooper!

There’s also quite a few other ways to build up your points in December, just check the Wink Bingo website for full details. And if you do happen to be the super lucky bingo player who wins this fantastic prize, you’ll be the guest of honour on Bingostreet in January!

What a way to kick off the New Year! Play at Wink Bingo and GL!!!!!!!

Written by Bingo Lady

Good and bad online bingo players

2008-12-11T02:31:00.000-08:00

It is fun to look at good online bingo players and talk about what they do right. What is even more fun is looking at bad online bingo players and watching what they do wrong. This is one of the quickest ways to get really good at the game. If you learn from the mistakes of those players who just don’t seem to get it, you can ultimately succeed at playing the game. So what are the mistakes of bad online bingo players? Here are a few of them.

Bad online bingo players typically miss on even the most basic rules. Maybe they don’t know how to fill out their cards or they don’t know what each game means. When you don’t have a basic handle on the most elementary rules, you really don’t have a chance to win. Bingo games are highly predicated on luck. Because of that, you just have to be fortunate to win sometimes. The one way to take yourself out of the game is to not know what you are doing, though. The worst online bingo players to play with are those people who just don’t get the rules. Make sure you aren’t one of them.

Bad online bingo players often don’t pay enough attention. They busy doing something else, like writing a paper or talking to their friends, or downloading music or looking at videos online. These bingo players aren’t putting forth nearly enough focus to be successful. They are struggling to get by and they just can’t seem to get it through their head that it takes a huge amount of focus to win at bingo. The awful thing about mistakes like these is that they can be easily prevented. These people could, if they wanted to, play bingo online and win. They just don’t make the necessary moves to get that done and it’s truly sad.

Don’t be like these bad bingo online players. It is a game that can be fun if you are winning. Even if you aren’t fortunate enough to be winning, the game is so much more fun for people who really know what they are doing. Those that don’t are just there for us to laugh at. They are sad cases who often don’t understand why they are throwing their money down the drain, while we all realise that they are making mistakes.

Written by Bingo Lady

How to speak Bingo Lingo

2008-12-08T02:56:00.000-08:00

Half the fun of online bingo is being part of the community and chatting with fellow b-i-n-g-o fanatics.

Online bingo chat rooms are controlled areas, because it’s a safe space for folks from all around the globe to chat, come together, and be entertained by each other and the current Chat master on duty. In this virtual bingo environment, you won’t have any vocal input but will have a general Chat window at your finger tips. Be sure to make yourself heard with the comments you type in this window.

If you have always despised people writing abbreviations like LOL in emails and texts, brace yourself… Bingo is a fast-paced game, especially if you choose the Speed bingo games on offer, and you won’t have time to type in any long drawn out conversations or Shakespearian prose. Therefore you will have to learn to speak Bingo Lingo if you want to keep up with the rest of the players.

Don’t despair though; it can be quite easy to learn Bingolese. If you already enjoy chatting in chat rooms, you should know most of the terms. If you are unfamiliar with chat room lingo, you will find a myriad of abbreviations to cover almost every aspect of the conversation, and it’s very useful if you plan to get a word in edge ways.

Bingo Lingo – some popular terms:

* 10x - Thanks
* 2U2 - To you too
* ?4U - Question for you
* AFK - Away from keyboard
* A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location
* AKA - Also known as
* ASAP - As soon as possible
* BBL - Be back later
* B4 - Before
* B4N - Bye for now
* BLNT - Better Luck Next Time
* BRB - Be Right Back
* CM Chat - Moderator/Master
* CUL8R - See you later
* CYA - See ya
* DIY - Do it yourself
* EOD - End of discussion
* FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* FYI - For your information
* GG - Good Going
* GL - Good Luck
* GR8 - Great
* IC - I see
* IMO - In My Opinion
* L8R - Later
* L8RG8R - Later gaiter
* LOL - Laughing Out Loud
* PLZ - Please
* PM - Private Message
* PPL - People
* QT - Cute
* SD - Sweet Dreams
* TC - Take Care
* TX - Thanx
* TY - Thank You
* TYU2 - Thank You & you too
* WB - Welcome Back
* WTG - Way to go
* YW - You’re Welcome
* 1tg, 2tg, 3tg etc - one/two/three numbers left to bingo
* Y - Why?

Get to know some of these terms and practise chatting while you play bingo online, and soon you’ll become an expert in Bingo Lingo – GL!

Written by Bingo Lady

Huge online bingo cash prizes

2008-12-04T01:56:00.000-08:00

If you are not used to playing bingo online you may be unaware of the huge cash prizes you can win. The ease of signing up online is safe and secure and it allows you to get right into playing the bingo games. You will find many ways to get online bingo cash prizes. While these sites have slot machine games as well this article will focus only on online bingo cash prizes.

You will have many opportunities to play many different bingo games online, depending on which website you decide to play bingo at. Each individual bingo site has its own bingo promotions and special bingo games, usually a wide range of smaller bingo games and advancing up to the more serious progressive jackpot bingo games. You can also find huge online bingo cash prizes with coverall jackpots.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the different types of prizes it will depend on what you play and how much you pay to get into the online bingo game. You can purchase bingo cards for as little as 5 or 10p per card, or even 1p on some bingo sites, but these bingo games usually offer smaller cash prizes. It will also depend on how many people are playing the game at the same time. These factors determine what the cash prize will be. You will generally have a fairly large selection of bingo games that you can play within this group.

After you feel comfortable with these online bingo games you might want to go on to a coverall jackpot, where the first person to cover all the squares on their bingo card wins – if you can win within a minimum set number of ball calls the bigger the prize. You can play Coverall bingo games on 75 ball game of a 90 ball bingo game and your cash prize can be very lucrative. Many of the sites have an established amount you will win for this type of game, but the prize value can also be tied to the number of bingo players in the game.
The next level of online bingo play might be a progressive jackpot. The money will accrue from game to game if there is no winner. The money can become quite a large online bingo cash prize. If for instance you would have won £250 in the first game but no one was a winner this amount would be applied to the next game and continue on until someone finally wins the bingo jackpot.

Whether you are an experienced online bingo player or not you are sure to find a type of cash prize that will appeal to you. When you play bingo online you could end up a bingo millionaire if your numbers come in on a huge game!

Written by Bingo Lady

The origins of Bingo

2008-12-02T00:51:00.000-08:00

Everybody loves to play bingo games - who doesn’t? For some people, bingo is about raising money for charity. For others, it’s about taking a small chance on winning a very large prize. Others still see the game as a great opportunity to socialise.

But where does it come from, this game we love so much? What are its roots, and how did it evolve to be the game we play today? And did you know that at one stage the game of Bingo was banned by the Catholic Church?

The game of bingo is actually hundreds of years old. Its European country of origin is mildly disputed, but it most likely dates back to around 1530, to an Italian lottery game called “Lo Giuoco del Lotto d’Italia.”

However, before 200 years had passed, the game had matured and was being played in France and Germany. The addition to the game of the ritual of calling out numbers is thought to be a French contribution. Amusingly, it gained a certain notoriety in Europe when it was banned by the Catholic Church, which for a time drove the game underground.

The birth of bingo as we know it today happened in America in 1929. A toy salesman from New York by the name of Edwin Lowe stumbled across a game called Beano being played in a carnival tent in Georgia, played with beans.

Lowe was intrigued but didn’t get a chance to play bingo as the tent was so crowded, but he went home inspired. At home, he developed the game further and invited some friends round to test it. When one of his guests became so excited that, stuttering, she yelled “Bingo!” instead of “Beano,” Lowe realised he was on to a winning idea, and began to market bingo commercially as a board game for playing at home.

Ironically, the Catholic Church who had banned the game more than a century before was the reason for the game’s current epic success. A priest who had been using the game of bingo to raise funds to repair his church’s roof approached Lowe. He said he found the standard bingo cards that came with the box set to be too limited, and requested that some more complex ones be developed.

And so the popular form of bingo we know and love today was born, with 90 balls and thousands of permutations of bingo cards. So next time you’re having a quiet moment at a bingo hall, think about the fact that you’re part of a grand tradition, playing a game that was created almost half a millennium ago.

Written by Bingo Lady

Top 10 signs that you are addicted to online bingo

2008-12-01T03:24:00.000-08:00

I love to play bingo online, and I’m sure you do too. Mostly I play over the weekends, but I’ve been known to log on for a couple of cards on the odd weeknight too.

Last week some friends and I were having a natter over a jar down our local, and the subject of bingo came up, mostly because one of my mates bought us a round with money he’d won playing online bingo the previous week. Naturally we started ribbing him about it, in spite of the free drinks, because my luck’s been rotten lately.

Mixed in with the good-natured banter were a couple of real gems, which I thought I’d share with you. And so without further ado, and with my tongue firmly in my cheek, I present the top signs that you play too much bingo online.

1. Your eyes are red because you’ve been up too late playing online bingo, staring at the computer screen and waiting for one more number, not because you’ve been out partying.

2. A mate tells you a joke and instead of laughing you say, “LOL!”

3. You see someone cute in a pub, but you feed a bit shy. You start wishing this was a bingo chat room.

4. Having worked up the nerve, you walk over and introduce yourself using your bingo screen name.

4. For that matter, the car that you drive has a vanity plate with your bingo screen name on it.

5. After waking up, you log into your favourite bingo website before you make coffee.

6. You’re incredibly bored because there’s nobody interesting to talk to in the bingo chat room.

7. You sign into a bingo game room, and you notice that there’s more than 20 people logged in, many of them friends. The first thing you do is query the Caller about the size of the bingo pot.

8. You nag your real-life friends to join up at your bingo website so that you can hang out with them more often.

9. Someone asks you to repeat what you said, and you respond, “BINGO!”

10. You recognise and laugh at too many items on this list.

There you have it. All things in moderation, eh? See you in the bingo chatrooms …

Written byBingo Lady

Bingo number 90 aka Top of the Shop

2008-11-28T00:02:00.000-08:00

Traditional UK bingo is played with 90 balls. The last number in the online bingo progression is 90. It is a special number in many senses, and is revered in online bingo. In following the time tested online bingo tradition of giving call numbers different nicknames, it should be no surprise that this online bingo number has the most nicknames and some of the best. For those people who had so much fun making up nicknames for the numbers, this was the final chance to make their mark. So what are some of the online bingo nicknames for the number 90?

The first can be said in two different ways, depending upon which bingo game you are at. You might hear some callers say “top of the shop” and you might hear others refer to the number 90 as “top of the house”. Either is equally correct and they are both steeped in online bingo tradition. It is easy to see where this nickname came from. If you were to list all of the possible numbers of a bingo game in order, 99 would be at the top of the heap. That is why online bingo gives 90 this special nickname for its calling.

There are some other online bingo nicknames for 90, as well. While the others made it seem as if 90 was the head of some sort of vertical ordering system, these nicknames would apply to a linear numbering system. 90, in many online bingo games, is called out at “end of the line”. Any fool can tell why this is the nickname for this particular online bingo number. There is nothing past 90, so it is essentially the last remaining digit. There are often times when this is the last number that a player needs in order to have bingo, so these nicknames take on a special significance.

All in all, you will find some very interesting online bingo calls for just about every number that there is. 90 is no exception and it is only special because of the fact that it is the last number going. If you are an online bingo player and you haven’t heard some of these cool call number nicknames, then you are really missing out. Call nicknames like this are a great online bingo tradition and they have helped to make the game what it is over the years. They are worth getting to know if only for entertainment purposes.

Written by Bingo Lady

2008-11-25T00:49:00.000-08:00

The team of Tombola Bingo are a booming bingo bundle of surprises, as I found out this weekend when I signed up to play bingo with them. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, there’s been a lot of hype floating around the bingo industry about Tombola, and I guess I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

I was pleasantly surprised, the Tombola games are really fun and refreshing - it’s nice to see a good selection of online bingo games presented in new and different formats. What’s more, as Tombola do their own bingo software, their games are totally unique and you won’t find these bingo games anywhere else online!

Their latest bingo style game just released is Roller-Coaster - wow what a thrilling ride this is! And I love the concept - 40 bingo balls each get a name, face and catch-phrase, and everytime the roller-coaster loops the loop one of them falls out - and you gotta hope it’s got one of your names on it. All you have to do to play is pick up to 4 carriages with 5 empty named seats, and wait for them bingo balls to fill up your empties.

Tombola have really gone to town on this new online bingo game, there’s even a separate flash animation introducing the new game with all the bingo ball characters, click on each bingo ball to hear their catch-phrase - cool!

Of course when you see the Roller-Coaster looping round your computer screen, one bingo ball after another falling out with a scream, and the mad chatroom buzz as everyone shouts out the names they need to call bingo - LOL much fun was had by little old me, and kudos to Tombola for a new take on the great game of bingo online.

PS. Tombola are rumoured to be having a massively hot bingo promotion lined up for December – you will NOT want to miss their Wonderland promo - soon as we have more news on this fab bingo promotion we’ll bring it to you.

Written by Bingo Lady

Online bingo sites - Players have tough time choosing the right one

2008-11-24T01:43:00.000-08:00

With so many online bingo sites out there today, players have a tough time choosing the right one. After all, they look the same and many of them use the same software. In many cases, online bingo sites are also offering the same promotions, as well. When this is the case, what is a player to do? How are they to tell one of the online bingo sites apart from all of the others? There are some very simple things that a player should look for in online bingo sites to find the right one.

All in all, online bingo sites need to be trusted. If you can’t trust your site, then there is no reason why you should be playing there. You are going to be trying to win some big prizes and some major bingo jackpots. When you get lucky enough to do this, don’t you want to know that you will be able to claim your prize from the online bingo sites? This should be the first thing you look for. Do the research on various online bingo sites and find out which ones are the most trusted by experienced players who are familiar with the online bingo scene. Be sure to check out the bingo forums too.

As a player, you should also be looking for a site that is willing to adapt to the changing technology out there. The online bingo world is constantly evolving. New bingo games, new software programs, and new incentive programs are popping up each and every week. This is why online bingo sites in this day and age have to keep up with the times. When you choose a site, you need to know that they are dedicated to providing you with only the best and latest in online bingo software. You need to know that they are keeping up with the competitors in this highly competitive field.

Online bingo sites must be able to give you quality service, as well. If you are going to be investing in them, then they need to be available to answer your questions and calm your concerns. This is something that you should demand in your online bingo sites and if the site cannot provide that, then you need to take your play elsewhere. There are way too many online bingo sites out there for you to be settling for anything other than the absolute best. As a player, you should demand that out of your online bingo sites.

Written by Bingo Lady

Win a pretty pink bingo laptop

2008-11-19T01:01:00.000-08:00

Ladies, gents and bingo fans - if any of you are looking for a perfect pink pressie for one of your lady friends (or even yourself) this Christmas, then look no further, Bingostreet is here!

Bingostreet Pink Laptop Giveaway
Bingostreet are giving away a brand spanking new pink laptop with awesome processing power under the bonnet - this is how everybody should play bingo online - no joke, this baby is a beauty - and we’re giving it away for free this month!

Deadline to enter the competition is this Thursday, November 20!!!
All you gotta do is post a short story or poem in the Bingostreet Bingo Forum about your fave Wink Bingo experience. You don’t need to be a creative genius, just make the Bingostreet Boss laugh his socks off and you’ll win the laptop!

One laptop, one lucky winner, and 2 days to get your entries in!
If I wasn’t such a manly man I’d be entering this great competition too, but my feminine side has already been taken over by online bingo, it can’t quite stretch to a pink laptop too! And my bingo boss might not approve either, hmmm…

So c’mon guys, gals and bingo pals, get your entries in before the deadline and grab yourself some delicious online bingo booty in the form of a very cool laptop! Good Luck, and may the best Winker win

Written by Bingo Lady

Bingo enjoying a Renaissance

2008-11-17T01:44:00.000-08:00

Bingo has always been a popular game, ever since it was introduced in the mid 1920s. Since that time it’s always been played, but of late there seems to be a surge happening in its popularity, both at traditional walk-in bingo halls, and on the Internet.

So why Bingo? What is it about this game that keeps drawing crowds of fans week after week? Is it that it’s such an easy game to learn? Could it be because of the cash prizes you can win? Maybe it’s about the socialising?

And maybe it’s all of the above. But one thing is certain - bingo halls are more packed than they’ve ever been. Despite the economic downturn, traditional bingo games have continued to thrive.

In part, it could be to do with the whole experience of the live event. Playing the bingo game on a computer is one thing, but turning up at the local of an evening is a chance to meet new friends and to socialise.

Bingo games rarely cost more than a couple of pence, or a quid at the outside, so perhaps it’s that a visit to a live bingo event offers an entire evening of entertainment for less than it would cost to rent a DVD?

Interestingly, there’s a fast growing youth demographic who are taking part in bingo, despite perceptions that bingo nights are populated exclusively by the elderly.

But it’s not just the live bingo halls that are seeing growth this year. The online bingo experience is proving as attractive a draw as the live experience. We’re seeing new bingo sites springing up all the time, and tried and trusted ones are going from strength to strength.

So what is it that’s so appealing about playing bingo online? For one thing, there’s the convenience factor - not having to trudge down to the local hall when its raining is a plus.

Then there’s the playing assist - most sites now have features that will automatically daub your card for you if you’d like, which is great if your concentration isn’t up to scratch. It will even call Bingo for you when you win.

So whether you prefer to play online, or get your coat on and turn up at your local bingo club, perhaps you should be seeing what all the fuss is about? You might even have a good time while you’re about it.

Written by Bingo Lady

888Ladies extra big bingo bonus for Bingostreet

2008-11-10T02:46:00.000-08:00

One of my personal faves when it comes to bingo online is 888ladies - they’re also pretty hot among the rest of you Bingostreeters too!

888ladies are offering a turbo-boosted first deposit bonus of 200% up to an incredible £200 FREE for all new bingo players who register from Bingostreet in November! You’ll need to use the special code: bingostreet when you register.

The regular first deposit bonus is 150%, so it really is super boosted. Deposit £100 into your bingo online account at 888ladies and you’ll get £200 on top of that - I’d do it but I’ve already made my first deposit, and a few on top of that too!

Don’t forget of course that new players get £10 Free which is another plus, as you can try all the bingo online games for free before deciding if you’d like to play for real money. IMO online bingo sites that don’t offer some kind of freebie generally suck. Try before you buy is an important concept in the UK, and the same rule applies to bingo online.

You might also want to check out the 888ladies Xmas Raffle promo - just started today. £1000 each in xmas spending cash for 5 lucky bingo fans - and the best thing is you just gotta do what you love most – play bingo online at 888ladies Full details are in our weekend newsletter, you can also see the latest copy in our Bingo Newsletter archives.

So enjoy a cool weekend of fun and games doing your bingo thing at 888ladies, and maybe see you there!

Written by Bingo Lady

Fun evening playing bingo online

2008-11-04T02:33:00.000-08:00

Ever had one of those evenings when you’re at home, you don’t want to go out, but you’re kinda bored? Easy solution – spend the night playing bingo online and you’ll find it’s pretty cheap too!

Most online bingo sites have special games, with extra cheap tickets especially during the week, so just have a poke around your favourite bingo sites to see what kind of bingo action is on offer, and you can have a great evening of bingo fun and entertainment – and maybe even hit one of those bingo online jackpots!

Wink Bingo is one such bingo site we’d recommend, as it has tons of action on every day of the week, 24 hours non-stop bingo fun, so you can login and play bingo online at anytime. With plenty of daily, weekly and monthly jackpot games, plus a whole load of exciting Slots, casino and Instant Win games, you’ll never have a bored evening again!

Wink Bingo have regular online bingo games with pretty sizeable guaranteed bingo jackpots, starting from £1,000 up to £10,000 monthly bingo games. When the jackpots are guaranteed, this means that one lucky bingo player MUST win the jackpot in that game and will take home the full prize.

These guaranteed jackpot bingo games at Wink Bingo kick off regularly every month on specified dates:

• £10,000 guaranteed jackpot – 10th of every month at 10pm
• £5,000 guaranteed jackpot – 30th of every month at 10pm
• £3,000 guaranteed jackpot – 20th of every month at 10pm
• £2,000 guaranteed jackpot – 5th of every month at 10pm

Tickets for all these great bingo games at Wink Bingo cost just £1 a ticket, and can be pre-purchased which is great, because if you have a hot date you can just pre-buy and your tickets will be played for you automatically in your absence. Usually there is a minimum purchase of 5 tickets for these games, but the great thing about pre-purchasing your bingo tickets is that you can allocate a set bingo budget for the month, to make sure you don’t spend more than you can afford.

So, the next time you’re twiddling your thumbs of an eve not knowing what to do, get on down to Wink Bingo and liven up the night with some hot bingo action!

Written by Bingo Lady

Bingo Blackjack strategy

2008-11-03T01:51:00.000-08:00

At various online gambling sites including online bingo there is a potential to play blackjack. You can play bingo blackjack, which is actually the same game as regular 21. We want you to have an edge to the game so we have come up with a bingo blackjack strategy that may just work for you. The bingo blackjack strategy is not a hundred percent foolproof and that means we can’t guarantee a win every time. In fact our strategy is just to increase your odds of winning over losing. It is also about making the best decisions when you are playing the game.

The first thing you have to realise is that there are certain rules at a blackjack table for when you have to take another card. Most blackjack games say you must take a card if you have a hand lower than 15. This is not always the case and sometimes it only applies to the dealer. However, you don’t want to stand on 15 anyway. We will look at why in a little bit.

Our blackjack strategy is going to be about when to take a hit, stand, fold, double down, or split. First you can only do a split when your first two cards are the same number. In other words when you have two 10’s in your hand you could split. Of course you are taking a big gamble with two 10’s. Two ten’s makes a total of 20. Unless the dealer gets 21 you win the game. In this case or in the bingo blackjack strategy you wouldn’t want to split the 10’s. You have to place a second ante wager or beginning wager when you split, so why risk losing double the money if you can win instead?

You want to split when you have less than 17 as your total. In other words if you have two 8’s you can split them for better chances. You don’t want to hit on 16 because you have a higher potential to bust when you do.

Doubling down is when you decide you want to place a second wager and get one more card in the hopes that you win. You can’t take another hit after you double down. Again you want to be careful when you double down because you don’t want to bust your hand. You also don’t want to have such a low hand that you are stuck losing the extra wager, plus the first wager. For example if you have a 2 and a 3 you have five. If you double down and get a 5 then you only have ten. In this case the dealer really needs to bust for you to win. You want to take a hit in our bingo blackjack strategy when you have less than 15. You should stand on 15 or above. We hope you find these hints helpful on your next game of bingo blackjack!

Written byBingo Lady

Pre-Helloween bingo frenzy

2008-10-31T04:12:00.000-07:00

A truly record-breaking day for bingo, Halloween, Friday October 31, 2008 -will see the online bingo scene metamorphosed into a furious frenzy of cut-throat competition with bingo sites fighting for the best bingo action this weekend. It’s a glorious opportunity for us online bingo fans to pick and choose at leisure where we want to spend our Halloween bingo budget - and pick up some crazy bingo prizes on the way!

Never in the history of bingo online has there been so much action in one day, so many bulging bingo marketing brains behind boombastic bingo promotions on the Halloween theme, and so much bingo treasure up for grabs! It’s a totally wild day for online bingo, and the cleverer sites like Wink Bingo are keeping the action going all weekend, not giving us poor bingo lovers a chance to do anything else except play bingo online non-stop through the weekend. But oh, the wicked treats that lie in store for us…

No pain, no gain, my bingo buddies and friends. So grit your teeth, get in the supplies, pull up your lucky bingo socks and make a list of those important games you just can’t miss and settle down for the long bingo grind.

Make sure you don’t miss Friday night’s £1K guaranteed jackpot bingo game at Wink Bingo - if you don’t win you get a full refund on all your tickets - LOL - in my honest opinion, one of the coolest Halloween bingo promotions this year! Just love them cheeky folks at Wink Bingo!

If we’re really on our toes at BingoStreet, we might just make your life easier and make a list of all the best bingo action on this weekend - save you poor folks the trouble, so you can conserve your energy for the loooooooong online bingo weekend ahead.

Wherever you play, enjoy the freaky wild fun and boosted bingo jackpot games as it comes but once a year, and enjoy the bingo!

Written by Bingo Lady

Bingo chat room social etoquette

2008-10-30T02:46:00.000-07:00

Bingo chat rooms are a buzzing online community. There are certain socially acceptable behaviours that are allowed in the bingo chat rooms and certain things that are not. What you have to remember is that bingo is a heavily social game that encourages players to become part of a community and share the pleasures of the great game of bingo.

Whether the bingo game takes place in a traditional bingo hall or in a church, the community aspect of the game is always the strongest. Bingo is also a favourite way for the community to raise money for charity, and have some fun at the same time, everyone coming together to support each other and make new friends.

The advent of bingo online still focuses on the community spirit of the game, and every good bingo website worth its salt will have a selection of bingo chat rooms with a buzzing bingo community full of chatty players and friendly CM’s, allowing you to chat and play bingo online simultaneously.

Bingo chat rooms are all being social and having a great time, sharing the latest gossip (if you’re already familiar with the other bingo buddies), cheering each other to win, watching the 3TG, 2TG’s pop-up on screen and hoping you’ll be the one to shout Bingo at the end! Online bingo players definitely love winning, but they’re also some of the most generous hearted people you’ll find online, and are always ready to congratulate other bingo players on their lucky jackpot wins.

We’ve put together a pointers for budding bingo enthusiasts on the social etiquette expected from you, and from other bingo players, in bingo chatrooms, and hope you find them helpful.

The first rule is to be social. Don’t just sign up to play bingo online and ignore the other players. At least offer a good day, how are you, and congrats to the winner. If you are the winner always be sure to thank everyone for their congrats.
Don’t go into the bingo chat rooms with an attitude. For example don’t put other players down when you win. Or if you lose don’t be rude.
You should be polite at all times in the bingo chat rooms even if you feel bad. The other players will be polite to you and offer you condolences. Usually there are only one to three winners in a game, so think of the others that have lost.
Foul language is not warranted at anytime, even if you are trying to be funny.
Other players will offer respect where they receive it. They like to be appreciated for their part in the game, just as you will.
It’s always nice to introduce yourself, and invite others to do so too.
You can even start the chat in the bingo chat rooms if conversation is lagging.
Take advantage of all the social features on the bingo sites. You will feel rewarded and enjoy a much richer experience while playing bingo online.

These are just some of the social etiquette rules you should follow in the bingo chat rooms. The most important one is to realise that you have joined a community that loves to socialise and wants you to take part and have fun with them in the bingo games.

Written by Bingo Lady

Bingo online guide. What you need to know

2008-10-29T03:01:00.000-07:00

Are you new to the world of online bingo? If you are feeling a bit lost then don’t worry, there are many online bingo guide sites to help you. The very first thing you need to decide is where to play bingo online, and we would recommend starting your online bingo action with a safe, trusted and established bingo website such as Wink Bingo – perfect for newbies to bingo, a really friendly and helpful bingo community with lovely Chat Hosts and many other bingo players ready to help if you get stuck, plus a cool £15 Free no deposit bonus you can use to try out all the bingo games first at no cost to yourself.

The biggest and best thing about bingo online is that it’s a very social game – but there’s absolutely no pressure on you to be social if you’re not in the mood, or are a bit intimidated by all the goofy gossip in the bingo online chat rooms. It’s always your choice to join in or not. You can just login and play bingo online without using the chat feature – but you can still watch other people chatting, which is a great way to learn the bingo lingo and the many shortcuts that bingo buddies use to communicate. However you’d be missing out on a lot of fun, not to mention the great bingo chat games, and the chance to make new friends playing bingo online.

So, you’ve chosen a good site to play at, you’ve been reading the chats of other bingo players, and you’ve played your £15 Free – you might even have hit a bingo jackpot in which case you’ll find other players congratulating you – it’s always nice to say thanks, and you’ll find that bingo players are always cheering each other on, so it’s a great way to plunge into the chat feature and start making new bingo buddies.

The next thing you’ll want to do is fund your bingo account – Wink Bingo offer a wide variety of payment options, so you should have no problem choosing the method that suits you best. Simply fund your online bingo account and then you’re ready to purchase bingo cards – you can always choose from a selection, so you can pick lucky numbers, or just go with the flow. The more bingo cards you buy for a bingo game the better your chances of winning, but this also depends on the number of people in the bingo game. At Wink Bingo you can buy bingo cards for as little as 5p, which means you can play online bingo to your heart’s delight without spending a ton of cash.

Traditional British bingo is played with 90 balls, and these tickets are sold in strips. But if you buy bingo tickets for a 75 ball game you can buy single bingo tickets. Both games are played differently, there’s 3 chances to win in 90 ball bingo and generally just one chance in 75 ball bingo. The more you play the more you’ll find out which type of bingo game suits you best. At any time if you don’t understand the rules just ask for help, the guys at Wink Bingo offer superb online help, and also Chat Room help – all you have to do is ask, and enjoy the bingo fun!

Written by Bingo Lady

How to find the best bingo website?

2008-10-28T02:43:00.000-07:00

When you set out to find the best bingo game around many people rely on bingo reviews. It is a good way to find the best online bingo site because they will tell you all the different aspects of each site they have visited. When you look on the web for reviews they will show you the top sites and why they think they are the best bingo site.

How do you decide which points of the review give you the most comprehensive data? It will take a little time to research the online bingo reviews on different sites and see who you get the most benefit from. There are many sites that don’t review the game site as much as they just tell you what they have to offer. While this is good information and you will want to have it, it differs from an actual review.

You will want to know why people think the bingo site they play at is best and what options the website has to offer. Most review sites will be unbiased and just give you some facts. They will point out the highlights of a particular bingo site, what drew them to the bingo site and any current bingo promotions they may have. These key points should help you determine which sites you want to look into. They also should give you the confidence that they are legitimate sites. Don’t forget there are bingo websites out there that are scams and you should be able to avoid these by reading more than one review.

The review sites usually tell you the top five or ten bingo online sites. You can feel confident when you look into these bingo sites that you will find the best bingo site to play on. A good indicator is how long the bingo site has been in business. The rating system on one such online bingo review site uses a star system so that you can easily see if they have top star billing.

The best online bingo sites all have chat rooms that customers really enjoy as you can develop a social network of bingo friends with the same interest. You will find that this creates a fun atmosphere for playing bingo online. We found new bingo sites in many reviews that have consistently been in the top five. They have easy sites to navigate, great incentives and bingo promotions for new players and top deposits bonuses. They also offer big bingo jackpot games throughout the month that can pay amazingly high cash rewards. So when you want to find the best bingo site read a review to help you.

Written by : Bingo Lady

Bingo Heaven this week at Paddy Power Bingo

2008-10-22T02:53:00.000-07:00

Paddy Power Bingo are having a month-long party with their Octoberfest celebrations in honour of their Gold Bingo room turning 2 earlier this month. This Irish online bingo website is worth it’s weight in gold, and bingo fans are truly spoilt for choice this month with extra bingo promotions and a whole load of free bingo games to choose from!

Free Bingo Games are always a plus for any bingo buddy, as they brings an extra thrill of winning something for nothing. Those of us who are tuned into online bingo and love the game for it’s sheer unpredictability and the great social scene, never say no to a game of free bingo - that would be silly!

There is a special breed of bingo player that refuses to play free bingo games - and I’m definitely not one of those. Show me a free bingo game and I’m on it! I look upon free bingo games as a reward for the time and money I spend at these bingo sites, and I appreciate them. If you find an online bingo website that doesn’t do free bingo games, at least sometimes, their bingo roomies won’t be so happy.

Written by Bingo Lady

The international game of Online Bingo

2008-10-21T01:43:00.000-07:00

There’s a brand new online bingo site just launched last week in Finland, and the locals are going crazy for it and just can’t get enough!

I’m not exactly a linguistic expert, let alone in English, but I wonder how you say ‘Bingo’ in Finnish? It’s probably one of those words that’s impossible to translate. And where did the word Bingo come from anyway?

Some say that the term Bingo is related to the game of Keno, dating back to as early as 1814 in USA, which comes from the Latin word ‘quini’ - meaning five (winning numbers) as in a Lotto game.

Others say that Bingo started off as a Lotto-like game that can be traced back to the mid-16th century in Italy, and slowly spread across Europe arriving in the USA in 1929 where it was promptly called Beano - due to the fact that it was played with beans instead of bingo balls!

I think I’d enjoy a game of Beano, it does have a certain ring to it, but if you compare the phrase Online Beano to Online Bingo, for me the latter comes out tops.

Written by Bingo Lady

Wink Bingo 3K Jackpot coming up soon

2008-10-20T03:01:00.000-07:00

Wink Bingo are holding their cool £3K guaranteed jackpot bingo game on Monday night at 10pm sharp. This game kicks off every month on the 20th, and although not as huge as the £10K guaranteed bingo jackpot on the 10th of each month, I definitely would not complain if I won £3,000 for playing my favourite online bingo games at Wink Bingo!

Three grand is a fair whack of dosh, and I’m quite sure I could even spend it in less than a day. It’s an amount that’s not too overwhelming, and if I do win the £3K jackpot at Wink Bingo this month I know how I’m going to spend it.

I’d pre-purchase my tickets for the whole month of big jackpot games at Wink Bingo, even if I only buy 5 bingo cards for each online bingo game that’s just a fiver - and the chances of winning the bingo jackpot are always there…

I’m sure that all bingo online players dream of hitting the big one, it is after all the underlying reason why we play bingo online - to win a huge pot of cash! But there’s definitely more to online bingo than the big winnings, I’m equally thrilled to win a small bingo game jackpot, even a 1 line win on bingo sends me spinning with delight!

That being said, if I do win the 3K jackpot on Monday night at Wink Bingo, I might just disappear for a few days, as I’ll probably be recovering from a huge bingo booze hangover!

Written by Bingo Lady

Take part in the Bingo World Record attempt

2008-10-10T03:05:00.000-07:00

Friday night at 11.45pm if you’re not out partying then stay at home and bingo your way into the Guinness Book of Records with your TV and free bingo cards!

Instead of my usual Friday night routine (fish and chips for one, online bingo, and a DVD) I’ll be perched on the edge of my seat with my free bingo tickets, doing my bit for bingo record breaking with ITV’s Bingo Night Live. It’s actually free to play, you just have to register to play bingo online at their website.

BingoStreet reported earlier this week of a £60K jackpot, well it’s now grown to more than £100K Guaranteed Jackpot! Plus there’s some really cool bingo prizes (for bingo blokes at least), including 75 season tickets to Old Trafford!

I know TV Bingo is comparatively new but with huge guaranteed bingo jackpots and prizes like these up for offer, it’s not surprising that it’s getting to be the hottest thing in bingo since the invention of bingo balls! And tell me, how often do you get the chance to break a world record?!

Written by Bingo Lady

Immortalise yourself for free with Wink Bingo

2008-10-07T02:46:00.000-07:00

Wink Bingo are pulling out all the stops to promote their online bingo games to the general public in the UK, and I truly applaud these folks for the sheer originality of their bingo campaigns.
Wink Bingo are currently making pitstops all across the UK with a great freebie for members of the public – your own professional portrait! Normally you’d expect an online bingo campaign to be more relevant with respect to the game of bingo, but the only connection you’ll find between a portrait and bingo is Wink Bingo.
I’m sure this campaign will increase the bingo site’s popularity even more, as members of the public will be flocking to the Wink Bingo website to view their portraits, and also perhaps discover the delights that online bingo has to offer – at least at Wink Bingo!

They’ve already conquered Birmingham, and over the next few weekends in October will be visiting Dudley and Redditch too, see our online bingo news article for details – if you’re in the area, why not pop down and immortalise yourself, courtesy of the Wink Bingo team.
Now, when are they coming to London….

Written by Bingo Lady

Promos for October

2008-10-06T02:56:00.000-07:00

I just love months like this, when any excuse for a party is good in the world of online bingo. The advent of the colder months for us Brits, and Halloween coming up at the end of the month, makes it an ideal opportunity for online bingo sites to appeal to our spine-tingling senses with extra prizes and bingo promotions to celebrate such events. So far the best dressed site for me is the 888ladies bingo site - they’re really going to town!

I take great pleasure in comparing the bingo promotions alongside one another, looking at what one bingo site does, and then checking against the next. The online bingo industry has a massive 3 million and counting customer base of bingo fans in the UK, but with so many bingo sites to choose from, competition for our attention is very tough!

Bring it on, I say! Pile on the bingo promotions like there’s no tomorrow. I love to play bingo online anyway, so all the better if there’s an extra carrot for the donkey! Plus it’s getting colder and we’re all spending much more time indoors, in front of the computer or television, playing the odd game of online bingo!

Enjoy the bingo this weekend folks, I most certainly will be!

Written by Bingo Lady

online bingo vs traditional bingo

2008-10-03T03:38:00.000-07:00

For those traditional purists who maintain that bingo should never have made the transition to online bingo, I gently thumb my nose at you. The move to the internet bingo has injected a totally new lease of life into this popular game, and made it even more accessible and available to people who might have poopoohed bingo before.

The social aspect of bingo has always been a vital factor in the game’s appeal. A night down at the bingo club, traditionally a pastime for the older generation, who are we to sniff when 20, 30 years later down the line there’ll we be too? (Except we won’t have to traipse down to the local bingo club for a game)!

I won’t go so far to say as online bingo is a genius move, as it was just the logical next step - what with online casinos, poker etc. However, this is one game that has truly profited from the move to the virtual world, sparking a massive interest from players new to the world of bingo and online bingo, and staying true to the social roots of bingo.

Moving bingo online has opened up the delights of this deceptively simple game and made it available for the pleasure of millions of bingo fans around the world. And I’m proud to be one of them!

Written by Bingo Lady

Shiny new green bingo balls of light

2008-09-23T03:28:00.000-07:00

Green bingo balls of light doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “Great balls of fire!” - but never mind.

As you might guess from the headline, I’m referring to the latest energy-saving campaign from Mecca Bingo - who teamed up with local domestic power supplier to provide a pair of enery-efficient light bulbs to every bingo player who visits their bingo hall.

I’m full of admiration for any company, which includes an increasing number of bingo halls plus online bingo websites, that do their bit for charity, or even the general population - which is also charity when it comes down to it.

Traditional British bingo companies have quite a presence in focusing public awareness on subjects we might not spend much time thinking about - except perhaps when we’re playing a boring game of online bingo - which doesn’t happen that often!

We’ve got the poor staff from Gala Bingo climbing up mountains, Mecca bingo doormen giving away lightbulbs - whatever next! All in the name of progress!

For those online bingo players among you who want to do your save energy bit, using a laptop is considerably greener than a standard desktop computer. You could also try turning out the lights at the same time.

Written by Bingo Lady

Playing online bingo by mobile phone

2008-09-18T02:36:00.000-07:00

Has anyone ever tried this? It’s something I’ve yet to do, play bingo online via my mobile. It’s definitely an intruiging concept but I can’t quite imagine online bingo successfully morphing to mobile phone mode.

For one thing you need a whole lotta space. I’ve played other casino games on my mobile before, blackjack, even poker, but never bingo. Apparently it’s possible to load most of the online bingo site features onto your handset, almost the same as the website you normally use.

I guess it’s down to the type of mobile phone you have. If you’re an old fuddy duddy like me then you’ve still got your Nokia from 5 years back, which does all the basic things a mobile phone should do and that’s it.

I bought it before I was into online bingo, and never imagined for a second that I might use it to access online websites, let alone online bingo sites – surely this is what computers are for!

Call me an old fashioned bingo head, but I think I’ll stick with my laptop for the internet and playing bingo online, and I’ll keep my phone for my mum – I’m always the first one she calls if she scores a full house playing online bingo! Bless her cotton socks!

Written by Bingo Lady

What is so bad about online bingo in the USA

2008-09-17T01:20:00.000-07:00

The way the US government has handled the whole fiasco starting from the 1961 Wire Act up to the UIGEA still leaves me gawping in shock and amazment. For citizens in the land of the free, where the 5th amendment is used daily in courts all over the land, what is the big deal about online bingo, online poker or even online casino games?

Online bingo is my thing, it keeps me going. And if I want to play online bingo there’s nothing stopping me, as a British citizen. However if you happen to live in the good old USA it’s another matter entirely. My question is why?

America gave birth to the internet and the dot com boom, and a whole new industry was born. Gambling has always been an inherent part of our nature, and online bingo is just one facet of that.

I tune in and drop out in the evenings and at weekends to play my favourite online bingo games. It’s harmless, you can play for hours on pennies, or if you’re really good at keeping a schedule you can get by on just playing free bingo games without having to spend a penny of your own!

I’m just trying to imagine the uproar it would cause if Gordon Brown suddenly turned round and declared it illegal to play online bingo - he would be lynched! There’s no way anybody’s going to tell me I can’t play bingo online. No way Jose!

Written by Bingo Lady

Addicted to online bingo

2008-09-16T01:55:00.000-07:00

An article published earlier today in Bingostreet news section reports about the huge fight going on in the UK about online gambling. As online bingo enthusiasts this affects us all, but it is a controversial subject.

A new NHS clinic is being opened to care for problem gamblers who suffer from addiction to gambling. The main problem facing the clinic is funding, and who should do the funding. The clinic has funds to operate for a year, but the future after that is in jeopardy.

The 2005 Gambling Act made pretty sure that all online bingo operators, online casino operators etc., who wanted to operate in the UK had be regulated, and were also subject to increased revenue tax - all great news for the Treasury.

But where has all this money gone? Organisations like Gamcare, which is already funded by the online bingo industry among others, is fighting against the RIGT trying to find an answer to the funding problems for clinics such as these.

The Gambling Commission, also funded partially by the online bingo and casino industry, has little support from the apathetic government since the super-casino fiasco, and doesn’t really know what’s what.

So who should pay? The online bingo and casino industry, plus the land-based industry is already paying huge taxes, plus has donated £250,000 to the clinic already. As an NHS clinic shouldn’t the government be funding the rest?

Personally, I believe that the biggest problem is getting society (and the government) to recognise that addiction to gambling, as with any kind of addiction, is a serious condition that requires treatment. Once they get that into their thick heads then we can all get on with our daily fix of online bingo fun.

Written by Bingo Lady

Obama-bingo -- whatever next?

2008-08-29T02:27:00.000-07:00

I just had to laugh out loud when I saw the bingo headlines this morning, Barack Obama with his own online bingo website! OK, so it’s not quite true. Apparently a couple of guys set up www.obama-bingo.com to bring two dynamically opposite worlds together - politics and bingo. (Reminds me of one of our recent bingo polls - who would you prefer to play bingo with, Obama or Hillary Clinton? - It was very close, but Hillary beat Obama by 1%)

There is a deeper meaning to Obama-Bingo that makes it a very worthy cause, winners get to donate their prize to their favourite charity. And there’s a really nice twist in this online bingo game that’ll be put to the test tonight in the US, when Obama makes his next convention speech.

The bingo cards have keywords instead of numbers, that featured in previous Obama speeches. There’ll be an electronic link from the convention to the online bingo site, and as soon as he opens his mouth and pops out a featured word it’ll be transmitted to Obama-Bingo players. First person to Bingo on a line wins the grand prize - and their lucky chosen charity gets the full benefit. Just another reason why I’m mad for online bingo!

Written by Helen

Paddy Power Bingo-- thank you for the free online bingo room

2008-08-25T03:01:00.000-07:00

I’d like to dedicate this post to Paddy Power Bingo – for providing an exclusive Free Bingo Room for Bingostreeters earlier this week. This was the first ever bingo promotion of its kind that we’d ever done at Bingostreet, and I think that some of my colleagues were secretly concerned that it might not go down well, just because it was so new.

However I’m very pleased to report that it was a roaring success and the free bingo room was totally buzzing with Bingostreeters meeting and chatting with other Bingostreeters while they played free bingo. Tons of free cash prizes were won by happy Bingostreeters, the CM was an absolute delight, and we got a lovely bunch of thank you emails from contented Bingostreeters after the free online bingo event that really warmed our cockles!

Paddy Power Bingo also said that it went really well – it was a first for them too – and I’m pretty sure we’ll be holding more of these great free bingo room events in the future!

Paddy Power Bingo might be relatively new to the world of online bingo but they sure know how to party in real bingo style! WTG guys, and thank you for your generousity in giving our Bingostreeters a really fabulous evening of top free online bingo!

Written by Bingo Lady

Wink Bingo "highly offensive" advertisment banned

2008-08-22T01:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, so here’s the deal, something’s really bitten my goat today. You’ve probably read in the news that the advertising agency for Wink Bingo has unintentionally landed its sponsors in hot water - their latest ad being banned by the ASA - the Advertising Standards Authority.

You might think that the advert must have been pretty racy, raunchy, offensive, aimed at minors, or something of that order to have offended the stuffy bigwigs of the ASA. But check this out - the ad shows a nurse in the maternity ward, she’s celebrating her bingo jackpot win at Wink Bingo - you can see her laptop on her trolley, and in the background is a woman giving birth. The catchphrase is: “Find the appropriate moment…”

So somebody please tell me what’s wrong with that, or am I the only one with a sense of humour here? The ASA says that it’s inappropriate (funny choice of word when you read the catchphrase) as it means that a professional health-care worker is ignoring the poor woman suffering in labor because she’s just hit the jackpot at Wink Bingo.

It’s so obviously a joke that their decision to ban this ad isn’t funny. The UK is becoming so flipping PC it’s ridiculous. The advert doesn’t show sexy young things winning the jackpot, nor does it promote Wink Bingo to underage kids (unless you count the unborn baby), nor does it use bad language, so does that mean it’s offensive?

We all know that bingo players and online bingo players alike are mostly women, though it’s becoming much more popular with the menfolk too. So here’s my question - what’s the big deal with this? I think the point of the advertisment is simply to show that anyone can win the bingo jackpots at Wink Bingo at anytime. Simple as that. And I for one do not find that offensive in any way!

Written by Bingo Lady

EiG to bring out the legal big guns to discuss UIGEA

2008-08-19T03:25:00.000-07:00

I will be looking forward to the 2008 European Interactive Gaming (EiG) conference in Barcelona, set to take place on between 23 and 25 September. Why? Because this year we will get to hear some pretty prominent online gaming industry experts debate the state of affairs regards the US legal situation.

Those readers of Bingo Street who have been following this blog will know about the devastating effect the US’ UIGEA legislation had on non-US online gaming companies when it was introduced in late 2006. Online bingo games operators and UK online bingo halls were all, with one fell swoop, banned from operating in the US market – it was a major dislocation to business which forced many to seek new markets in able to recover.

Clarion Gaming, the organizers of the EiG event are to be congratulated in assembling this array of experts willing to discuss the ramifications of US legislative policy. I for one am going to be very interested to hear what they may be predicting regarding the future of the US online gaming market.

Written by Bingo Lady

Alberta approach to problem gambling not the answer

2008-08-18T01:49:00.000-07:00

If there is one thing you cannot accuse the online bingo industry of doing, and that’s not recognizing its responsibility in limiting the effects of problem gambling. I would say that bingo online as an industry practices some of the most aware policies in trying to negate the effects of problem gambling and its social consequences.

A story out of Alberta, Canada, recently caught my eye in which an attempt has been made to get problem gamblers to sign onto a list of people who have voluntarily banned themselves from going to casinos. Guess what? The scheme has not worked.

The problem gamblers who signed on have subsequently found it all too easy to sneak past security who can’t be expected to remember the faces of all 1,500 people on the list. Oh well,… at least they tried.

I prefer the way in which UK online bingo halls are able to minimize problem gambling through being able to operate in a well regulated gaming environment. The UK leads the world in this regard and online bingo games have maintained their sociable nature as a result.

There are always going to be people who take things too far and problem gambling is a serious problem for those affected by it. However, the Alberta experiment has shown us the way not to deal with this problem – Online bingo seems to be doing a much better job,… at least here in the UK.

Written by Bingo Lady

Canadian professor backs online gambling regulation

2008-07-17T03:15:00.000-07:00

A leading Canadian academic has called for the liberalizing of Canada’s online gambling industry as a way of providing better regulation to reduce gambling’s harmful effects.

June Cotte, a marketing associate professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, believes like any sane person that regulating online gambling is a far better way to control problem gambling than to criminalize gambling.

“One potential solution is to allow legitimate corporate sponsors, like the corporations that run the major casinos in Las Vegas or the government sponsors in Canada, to enter into a newly regulated market for online gambling,” said Cotte. “Just as legalised commercial gambling in casinos allows governments to regulate it, so, too, could the legalisation of online gambling allow for better regulation and attempts to reduce the growth of problem gamblers.”

Let’s hope more voices like this are heard in Canada which runs the serious risk of following the very flawed approach of the US. As we all know, online bingo and many online bingo hall operators were badly burned by the implementation of the notorious UIGEA legislation in the US. It actually forced Canadian online bingo games software developer Cryptologic to seek the friendlier shores of Europe rather than risk a Canadian version of UIGEA coming about – the lose was all Canada’s.

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Gala continues a worth bingo tradition

2008-07-15T02:20:00.000-07:00

Charity and bingo have a wonderful history of going together and the online bingo world has definitely taken up the bingo tradition of giving to those in need with a number of online bingo games charity events.

The latest effort comes from Gala Bingo, one of the big names in both land bingo and bingo online, which has taken up the challenge of fund raising for the Sue Ryder Care charity, an organization that helps those with some of the more terrible illnesses that stalk our society.

If you get the chance, try visiting Gala Bingo to support this fundraiser, if only to give something to those in need. It’s good to see one of online bingo’s leading brands take the lead in such a worthy cause.

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Say bingo with flowers

2008-07-09T02:11:00.000-07:00

The famous Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is about to become a part of the online bingo community thanks to an interesting promotion by online bingo hall Crown Bingo.

In a statement from Crown Bingo.com we learn:

“In honour of this fantastic display of horticulture, we are giving you the chance to win a bouquet of flowers for every day the show is on (the 8th to the 13th July).

“To win a beautiful summer flower arrangement, all you have to do is buy the most cards in room 2 throughout the day. You do not need to do anything else, just sit back, play and you could win yourself a fantastic bunch of flowers!”

This flower show is part of the legacy left by Henry VIII, who never had the chance to play online bingo, who built one of the finest gardens in the world at Hampton Court Palace. Today it is the home of the one of the world’s largest horticultural shows. Up to 150 specialist nurseries take part.

So all you green thumbed online bingo games players out there, if you fancy some pretty flowers to put beside your gaming computer, go to Crown Bingo and start playing bingo online.

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More room for online gaming at ICE in 2009

2008-07-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

We all know online bingo is growing as an industry, just like the rest of the online gaming industry - and to prove it Clarion Gaming has revealed that the interactive area at next year’s International Casino Exhibition (ICEi) will include 40% more room to meet demand from remote gaming companies.

The show, scheduled for between 27–29 January, 2009, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London is a major gaming industry event which saw 69 exhibitors from twenty different jurisdictions take part in 2008.

Anthony Medica, Clarion Gaming’s Sales Executive responsible for ICEi, commented: “2008 was a record-breaking year on a number of fronts. The final attendance figures confirmed that 2 861 unique i-gaming professionals drawn from 68 jurisdictions made the journey to London, a year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent. These factors contributed massively to generating what was a universally positive response from all of our various stakeholders.”

He further added: “The international remote gaming community continues to see ICEi as its exhibition of preference and demand for the additional space is strong with all indicators pointing to there being another great show in 2009.”
Online bingo games are expected to be one of the growth success stories for the rest of 2008, so watch out for a large bingo online presence when this event roles round next year.

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