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Industry news can often be a bit, well, industry orientated, but our attention was caught by a recent piece in gaming mag eGaming Review magazine. If like us you keep your ear to the ground about online bingo and to be fair even if you don’t, you would have noticed the sharp rise in the amount of bingo related ad’s that keep popping up on our screens. In the last few months, we’ve had major marketing  campaigns from the likes of Foxy Bingo, Tombola Bingo and Wink bingo. Tea and Bingo managed to kickstart their launch with a major TV campaign, and that’s not forgetting the numerous amounts spent on radio, google and so on.

Boring boring boring for the average bingo fan, but wait! Here is where it gets interesting. Because love ‘em or hate ‘em, it would appear the big bingo ads are here to stay. Mid year profit results show plenty of the big gaming boys forking out a truckload of money on marketing, as competition for new customers in all aspects of gaming becomes fiercer than Foxy Bingo’s fox with rabies. Speaking to eGaming Review magazine, Paddy Power Bingo bigwig Breon Corcoran said “Our marketing spend has risen by 50% for Europe, Ireland and the UK. This has mainly been because of the World Cup, and rising television advertising costs, but we intend to continue spending to build the brand and move into new, larger, material markets.”

So despite bingo ads carrying a hefty price tag, it seems operators are in a position to shell out more money than ever in a bid to keep new faces coming through the online bingo doors. Add to that all the bigger and better bingo promotions we’ve been keeping tally of late and although online bingo is growing as an industry, it seems the cost of running an online bingo site are stubbornly following suit.

Which we are guessing most bingo operators will just have to deal with. After all, to cut back at a time like this would surely be madness. With much consolidation and teaming up behind the scenes, it seems online bingo operators are clearly moving down the road of “divided we stand, together we can afford more TV ad’s”. And so the bottom line? Foxy Bingo’s Fox aint leaving your TV screen anytime soon. In fact, we reckon that as this competition between operators goes off the boil, it’s gonna be a case of who shouts loudest may well win. The stage is set for bingo ad wars, and we’ll be sure to keep you up to date about the survival of the marketing fittest!

Yup in a fantastic spirited move, Gala Bingo and Mecca Bingo went head to head on August 30^th in an epic football game to raise funds for those who need it most. Both bingo sites have had high profile successes raising money for their elected charities of choice, with Gala Bingo raising a record breaking amount for Sue Ryder Care and Mecca Bingo finding plenty of ways to stump up the cash for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Which obviously set the scene perfectly for a football match that really wasn’t about football at all.

The “battle” took place in Plymouth, where the respective branches of Gala Bingo and Mecca Bingo managed to raise a whopping £1,400 between them. Local residents and community members were out in force at the family fundraising day to witness the ultimate bingo battle.

A torrid two halves ensued, with Gala Bingo coming off pitch at half time leading 2-0. However, Mecca Bingo have made a bit of reputation for themselves as comeback kings, and if the second half was anything to go by, its a title rightly deserved. The final score? Mecca Bingo 3, Gala Bingo 2. What a result eh.

Speaking about their unfortunate demise, Gala Bingo manager and game organiser David Gregory-Clements was gracious in defeat, saying, “It was a great game and both teams showed tremendous team spirit throughout. Wed like to congratulate Mecca Bingo on the win and thank everyone involved for helping us raise £1,400 for charity. It was such a success that we have agreed to a rematch next year, so beware Mecca Bingo, next time you might not be so lucky.”

Sounds like a throwdown to us. We think the idea was a fantastic way of bingo clubs getting together for the greater good – in fact, we’d love to see online bingo wars in the name of charity. Perhaps Foxy Bingo and Tombola Bingo could finally decide a winner as the ultimate bingo site.

And until the happy day when that dream becomes a reality, if you fancy a bit of charity bingo, you’ll find it by the bucketload at both Mecca Bingo and Gala bingo. Generous hearts will also find some great charity games playing monthly at Crown Bingo, and for those that really want to make sure their bingo money goes to the greater good, you may want to check out Big Heart Bingo, the UK’s only dedicated charity bingo website. As Gala Bingo will testify winning isn’t everything!

In the last couple of months, we’ve been keeping our eyes peeled, and it’s a pretty impressive list of suspects. Bingo Fabulous have been offering a monthly opportunity for a little while now, where three lucky players have their electricity, water and gas bill respectively paid for the following month. At the start of 2010, Wink Bingo were offering those wanting a little break from the bills the amazing chance to have all their bills paid for – for a whole year! And just recently, Foxy Bingo held a fantastic game where the grand prize was a years worth of groceries from Asda. And if that wasn’t enough (extra)ordinary for you, lest we forget Tasty Bingo’s ongoing weekly treat, where they stump up the cash to treat you and your family to pizza and all the trimmings for a few pennies every Thursday at 6pm!

So is this online bingo sites being cheap or heading towards dull prizes?? We think not. We actually have to say we love it when an online bingo site offers a prize that can actually take the everyday boredom out of life by dealing with the necessities. Especially at the moment when your mind is most definitely on your money, having an online bingo site offer something which can take the stress out of the boring stuff is more than a welcome idea – it’s pretty dam inspired!

Although we will never tire of the thrill of trying (and promptly failing lol) to win one of the dream prizes at an online bingo site, scooping a £25k jackpot is not the only thing we want. To have an online bingo site that understands that not only do we dream of dosh, we also have nightmares about paying the bills puts them pretty high in our estimation. Especially when they offer chances to take the drudge out of everyday life – and all by playing online bingo. We’ve always believed that online bingo has been a great chance for us to have a little flutter (always responsibly mind…) and basically take a few minutes out from the stuff we have to deal with day in and day out. If the prize is something that can further take the stress out of living, then we say long live the (extra)ordinary!

It seems that Think Bingo rethinking their room raiding policy has fanned the flames a little. Although room raiding has been tolerated at many an online bingo site for a while now, Think Bingo have always gone against the grain in their inimitable style. Perhaps its because Think Bingo are one of the longest running standalone UK bingo sites (notching up an impressive 6 years on the scene) that they have been so content sticking to their guns on the issue. And any regular to the fab forums at Think Bingo will know Think Bingo roomies definitely have had strong feelings towards the issue, with many helping to stop room raiders getting their lil opportunistic mitts on prize money by reporting where necessary. But this online bingo neighbourhood watch is now coming to a close, which makes you wonder – is room raiding really all that bad?!?

Well, like anything, there are arguments for and against. Perhaps for some, the idea of room raiding is merely grabbing chances as and when they come your way. Buying in multiple rooms, particularly when there is such an influx of pre-buy and guaranteed jackpot games in online bingo seems common sense. You maximise your chances of winning by indulging in a little online bingo multitasking – no harm done whatsoever right?

The flipside of this is that players that may not have a chance to play in more than one room may find themselves a little pushed out. And it also takes away some of the “added extras” of online bingo – especially for those who believe it’s not just about winning, but also the taking part. Room raiding greatly affects the quality of the chat, with roomies more fixated on scooping the jackpot than scoring a few new friends in an online bingo chat room.

However, we can’t help but sit on the fence with this one! This is certainly a case of player habits, and as such, we think it’s only fair to let individual players decide what they would rather do. Personally, we don’t mind a bit of room raiding at our favourite bingo sites, but we also respect those that would rather natter than dash from room to room. And to have an online bingo site police this behaviour – well, it’s nice to think the online bingo world has matured enough to let it’s players decide what to do. To raid or not to raid – now that is the question!

With a jackpot of a whopping £10k guaranteed, Foxy’s game was already headline news… but then came the revelation that this was in fact a free bingo game. Perhaps the Fox was suffering from a little heatwave madness, or perhaps it seems Cashcade, Foxy Bingo’s parent owner, refuse to stop at giving away thousands of pounds in free bingo money at sister site Cheeky Bingo. And of course, when Foxy Bingo does something, you know it’s gonna be bigger than your average online bingo site. So when Foxy Bingo does free, it’s perhaps no surprise that the jackpot is £10k with a price tag of absolutely nothing. Which definitely got us thinking.

When it comes to free bingo, is it better to have quality over quantity? We already know the free bingo goldrush is dying down, and although there are plenty of sites that offer free bingo (Cheeky Bingo and Costa Bingo being perhaps the most notable free bingo sites), it’s not the big “free for all” (ahem) as it once was. Often sites require you to deposit before playing the free bingo games, adopting the stance that free bingo fans are welcome to play, but they should at some point have to pay.

Our point in this is perhaps it’s better to compromise. Whilst the flames of free bingo may be dying down a little, there seems to be plenty of life in the concept yet, particularly when massive name bingo sites such as Foxy Bingo take a “less but more” approach. That’s to say, you wont be able to get your free bingo fix quite so frequently at a site like Foxy Bingo, but when you do, you know the stakes are high – and the payout could be well worth the wait! The flipside to this is the likelihood of scooping that big money prize may not be quite so good as playing at a game that offers a smaller jackpot of  say £50, but considering you are paying nout, it’s hard to see how you could be losing out!!

It’ll be interesting to see if the other big name sites like Wink Bingo or Posh Bingo catch onto this idea, as we know that the online bingo world is still trying to find a way to make free bingo work for them. After all you can’t get something for nothing – or can you?! We’ve been told Foxy Bingo will be running plenty of free bingo Thank Foxy it’s Friday promos over the summer – and we’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the next best way to win big – without paying a penny!

Play 888 Ladies Bingo!

The 888Ladies love a party – But what happens when the weekend is over and it is time to get back to the daily grind? PLENTY! The 888Ladies know that Monday’s are NOT “fundays” for most people so a BIG jackpot prize is definitely going to brighten up the day! – Check out the new Manic Monday £5K game. It’s awesome!

The Manic Monday game kicks off at 10pm. Tickets for this £5K Coverall special can be pre-purchased; so even if the first day of the week leaves you aching for an early night you can sleep well in the knowledge that you will still be in with a chance to bag that cash. There is another pre-purchase £500 Jackpot coverall game at 10pm too. So you can be in two places at once and ‘coverall’ the angles … pardon the pun!

The tickets are 25p and the jackpot is guaranteed at £150. Manic Monday is a 75ball game held in the £5K Coverall room. To bag the big £5K jackpot you need to complete your card in fifty calls or less. Do it in 51 calls and you will walk away with £4K: 52 Calls – £3K: 53 Calls – £2K: 54 Calls £1K: ETC After 58 Calls the jackpot hits the minimum jackpot of £150. Defo enough to treat yourself and shake off those Monday blues!

The £500 Coverall game running at the same time (10pm) is held in Studio 75. This is also a 75ball game which means ‘winner takes it all’! The tickets are £1 each and the guaranteed jackpot is £50. Same deal: You need to get Bingo in fifty calls or less to bag the main jackpot and it keeps going down will each call until 58calls when the guaranteed jackpot sits at £50.

There is a free NO DEPOSIT £5 on offer to all newly registered members. This can be used to buy tickets in the regular bingo rooms. If you want to take part in all the big jackpot games then you will need to make a deposit: The five pound offers up a great opportunity to try out the site without risk – But the 888Ladies is an extremely popular online bingo website so chance are you are going to want to make a deposit!

The 888Ladies gives a 200% cash match on the first deposit of £10 to £200. That means you can max out on this offer and bag a free £400! Deposit the minimum £10 and you will have £35 to play with. MAGIC! The bonuses never stop with the 888Ladies. Members enjoy a 50% cash match on all reloads from £20 to £100. That means plenty of FREE opportunities to bag some of those jackpots: So what you waiting for? It’s Manic Monday and with the 888Ladies you don’t have to wish it was Sunday!!

Play Foxy Bingo!

Ahhh…The Caribbean….soft crystal clear waves gently lapping onto white sand: And with the sun shining down on you memories of that LONG English Winter just seem to ebb away with the tide: Sound good? ABSOLUTELY! And that could be exactly where you are off this year for your Summer Hols if you join in with the latest promotion at Foxy Bingo!

On the last Friday of the July Foxy Bingo has a VERY special game lined up and all funded players can take part. The game will start at 10pm on July 25^th – Now you might be thinking that’s a long way off! But with this game being such a Special, SPECIAL we think you should get in your Diary NOW: And make sure you do not miss out on such a golden opportunity to bag a major holiday for a PENNY! That’s right, a PENNY! Remember, he who hesitates is lost and all that!

This is an ALL INCLUSIVE luxury holiday to the Caribbean for TWO people folks, worth a whopping great FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS! An amazing prize with everything included – Airport transfers – 7 Nights in a luxury room on the beach front at the incredible FIVE STAR Granadian Hotel – Drinks and meals – Travel Insurance: Getting the picture?!

This is a luxury holiday of a lifetime at one of the best hotels in the Caribbean. If you get bored with lazing around on the beach (LOL) or you are the active type then the Granadian also has a heap of great water sports available. Foxy Bingo really has pulled out all the stops for its members with this great prize. So, how do you get a chance at winning it? Take part in the special 90ball PENNY bingo game being held on July 25^th.

The maximum purchase for this game is 96cards – At a penny a piece need we say, maxing out is a good idea! Imagine how happy you are going to be if you bag this holiday for less than a pound. And someone has GOT to win it guys so why not you? Tickets can be pre-purchased and it is definitely a good idea to get those tickets reserved sooner rather than later…..

This is a 90ball game so even if you miss out on the luxury holiday you could still walk away with £250 for one line and £500 for two lines – You never know, you could even end up bagging the lot! You do need to be a funded player to take part and Foxy Bingo are giving all new players a 200% cash match on first deposits of £10 to £150: So deposit the minimum £10 and Foxy Bingo will give you another £20for FREE!! And at Foxy Bingo you can do a lot with that free cash! So get on over to Foxy Bingo right now and get yourself in line for a holiday of a lifetime: As the man used to say…. he who dares wins Rodders…GL!!

Play Think Bingo!

If you are looking for more than bingo, get along to Think Bingo. This is definitely one of the most community orientated online bingo websites around. The player forum is a great place to hang out and the Chat rooms are always busy at Think Bingo – Their Chat Masters among the best on the net. With regards to Chat Games the Think Bingo team create among the most innovative and fun games online.

Think Bingo is a standalone online bingo website that was launched back in 2004: Making it the longest standalone operator in the UK. Think Bingo has eight different 90ball and 75ball bingo rooms with tickets available from just 5p: So you shouldn’t get bored with all that variety on offer!  The American 75ball bingo rooms offer up a plethora of different patterns too, so variety is definitely the spice of bingo life at Think Bingo.

You can start playing at Think Bingo with just a £10 deposit. They are currently offering a whopping 400% cash match on the first deposit. The minimum deposit is £10 and they will pay out a maximum of £100 in free cash. So deposit £25 and get £100 FREE! Plus, they also give new players 1000 FREE Think Points when they sign up and make that first deposit. Think Points can also be earned by referring friends and just doing your usual thing…playing bingo!

Think Bingo has regular jackpot games every week and to keep updated with their latest and best promotions, competitions and bonus offers get along to the player forum: Because THAT is definitely where it’s at, at Think Bingo. Make sure you checkout the Thursday £2K Coverall game. If you are an ‘anti Monday’ kinda person then try the Happy Mondays promotion – That should put a smile on your face….even if it is Monday!

If you are looking for some hard bingo action at the weekends then look no further than Think Bingo. The fun and games begin on Friday with Party Fridays. Win a massive 50” Home Cinema System OR a cool 40” LCD TV in Movie Madness which is held every Friday at 9pm: Tickets are £1 and can be pre-purchased. The Chat action real gets going at the weekends, especially if you join Think Bingo’s 100 Club. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6pm until midnight there are guaranteed £100 prize pot games running every 30minutes. The Saturday Special is another great weekend guaranteed jackpot game. There is £2K in the prize pot up for grabs and tickets can be pre-purchased for £1. The game starts at 9pm and is 90ball – Not to be missed!

With soooo much on offer it is easy to understand why Think Bingo has been successfully online for so long. It’s amazing you haven’t been there already! But not to worry, no time like the present roomies!

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Cheeky Bingo just picked up the Players Choice Bingo Port awards for Best New Bingo Site 2010 AND Best Online Bingo Promotions – Which says a LOT for this newcomer to the world of online bingo! Cheeky Bingo has 18HRS of FREE BINGO available every single day of the week. They have SIX Free Bingo rooms with games running from 8am in the morning until 2am in the evening. So long as you have registered, then you can join in the fun and free bingo games at Cheeky Bingo. And the is absolutely no need to part with any cash to do it!

That’s right – Cheeky Bingo has free no deposit bingo games running 18HRS a week! The prize pots vary but a pound is the minimum. There are some free £50 jackpot games available although players do need to have made at least ONE deposit to join the Big Freebie room. One of the HUGE advantages Cheeky Bingo offers free players is the ability to join in with several games at once running at the time but in different rooms. This means you reserve tickets in one of the free rooms and still join in with other games simultaneously.

Cheeky Bingo has pay to play rooms with tickets going for a penny, 2p, 5p and 10p: So something for everyone with this bingo operator. All free players must meet the minimum requirements to make their first withdrawal before they can take out any winnings – This is invariably the case with both free play and pay to play bingo sites. These requirements are not in place to annoy you! They are there to protect you…the player. After all, you don’t want those prize pots drying up now do you!

All you need to do is register to join in with the free games and that is as easy as 1-2-3. This is a free no deposit bingo site which means you will be up and running in no time at all. To withdraw winnings from the free rooms it will be necessary to provide credit or debit card details and have at least £30 of credit: So you might want to give them your details on sign up and save time later on! It is also necessary to make a small £5 deposit.

The promotions are hot to go at Cheeky Bingo: They are ANOTHER really good reason to make a deposit. What’s the other? The 200% cash match on the first deposit! Right now, until July 11^th players can get extra bonuses on deposits with the Footy Frenzy promotion. There is up to 200% available on reloads: AWSOME! The Cash Crazy game on Friday night is not to be missed. It is eyes down at 8pm and tickets can be pre-purchased for 50p.

With so much going on you’d be crazy to miss out on the fun and FREE bingo games at Cheeky Bingo: It’s the players’ choice!

Play Moon Bingo!

Come on Down? No! Come on UP to Moon Bingo because the Prize is Right and it could definitely be your bingo night! The latest promotion from Moon Bingo is a cool Deal – In fact it’s a STEAL! The Prize is Right gives players the opportunity to bag some of the coolest prizes at the sweetest price….. and there’s more! Of course, winning a prize is always cool beans but who is going to turn down four? Because that’s how many prizes are being offered every single week in the Prize is Right.

This extra special weekly game is played at 9.30pm in the evening every Tuesday. Players from outside of the UK can join in with this prize promotion but will receive the cash equivalent if they win. All winners get to choose from a list of prizes that will be delivered to the door – Sweet!

Moon Bingo has free bingo on offer and there is no need to make a deposit in order to join in with the games. To join in with promotions and specials like The Prize is Right it is necessary to make a deposit – But there are HUGE bonuses to be had when you do!

At Moon Bingo right now you can get a MASSIVE 300% cash match on the first deposit. Make the minimum £10 deposit and a FREE £30 will be yours. New members can get up to £100 free with this great offer.  £5 deposits do not qualify for the 300% bonus. Usually members’ receive a 50% cash match on reloads of £20 and upward. However, right now Moon Bingo is giving a bonus cash treat to all funded members every time they make a deposit – Even if it is £5! The bonus cash treats are as follows…

£5 deposit – £1 FREE – Bonus Code FREE1

£10 Deposit – £2 FREE – Bonus Code FREE2

£20 Deposit – £11 FREE – Bonus Code FREE11

£50 Deposit – £30 FREE – Bonus Code FREE30

£100 Deposit – £80 FREE – Bonus Code FREE80

These codes can be used once a day and to be clear on what’s being offered: These bonuses are NOT in addition to the usual 50% cash match on reloads. If you do not enter these codes when you make a deposit then you will receive the 50%. Do the numbers and you will realise, this is a VERY generous offer!

Moon Bingo re-launched only a short time ago and has projected itself into bingo orbit since then. They have some fun pay to play and free bingo rooms available as well as a good variety of some of the most popular casino games, scratch cards, slots and a whole lot more….. Security is top notch and so you can play online bingo knowing you are safe and secure too! So come now…let’s FLY!!!