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Bingo Liner pays out

Bingo Liner's latest big winners have seen games across different areas of the site all pay out big. The five biggest payouts - each of which is more than £9,000 - have been spread across the 75-ball online bingo, 90-ball online bingo and instant-win cash slots Bingo Liner has to offer.

Littlewoods Bingo Winners

A number of Littlewoods Bingo members have had reason to celebrate recently after winning big in the site's online bingo games and instant-win scratchcards and slots.

Crown Bingo goes musical

Online bingo fans can thank Crown Bingo for the music for a variety of different reasons, with a one-off spectacular celebrating all things musical and weekly games that get the weekend off to a swinging start.

Jackpotjoy Bingo reaches up!

Jackpotjoy Bingo has a stellar line-up of prize games scheduled every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, giving online bingo players the chance to draw the working week to a close in winning fashion.

Bingo On The Box New Bonuses

Bingo On The Box has a pair of bingo bonuses to pay out to new and returning members.

Thank Foxy Bingo it's Friday

The old adage of TGI Friday has been changed to TFI Friday by Foxy Bingo.

JackpotCity Bingo bonuses

JackpotCity Bingo offers bingo bonuses not just on the first deposit, but also on subsequent payments into members' accounts at the site.

Cheeky Bingo - play for free,

Online bingo site Cheeky Bingo is probably best known for its eye-catching slogan of "Play for free. Win for real!".

Wink Bingo offers for members

Wink Bingo has some bingo bonuses on offer to its members - and the prospect of some free online bingo gaming action could be among the most tempting.

Gala Bingo The Main Event

The Main Event is Gala Bingo's new weekly schedule of big-money online bingo action, with games running from Monday to Thursday offering guaranteed jackpots.

Think Bingo weekly specials

Weekly specials at Think Bingo bring the opportunity to win some impressive prizes on a regular basis.

William Hill Bingo rewards!

Online bingo is a sociable game at many websites - and William Hill Bingo is no exception.

888ladies site 2010 overhaul

The lobby of the 888ladies bingo site was recently overhauled, giving the site a fresh new look for 2010.

Ruby Bingo runs Promotion

Ruby Bingo members have until the end of February to get involved in a special promotion that provides the chance to live free of energy bills for a year.

Mecca Bingo in 2010

Mecca Bingo player auntymomo was the first big winner of 2010 in the online bingo site's January Jackpot competition.

TV Channel for Gala Bingo

The number one UK bingo operator, Gala Bingo, headed by Coral Group has recently launched its latest bingo product, bingo TV, in affiliation with Endemol UK, this live and interactive bingo TV channel is set to take the game by storm.

Court Gives The Decision Over Bingo Dispute

Tania Burnett who had won a bingo jackpot has also won the confidence of the court, as she is now not required to give a penny to her friends who were with her on the night. After around 2 years of the incident, the matter has now been settled.

Bingo Prize Shared Between Friends

More often than not in the UK, whenever someone wins big in the National Bingo Game, they will share with their friends or family.

ITV Bingo Winner

It seems as though lady luck is smiling down on the town of Mansfield in recent times. Firstly Rebecca Adlington, a resident of the town won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Beijing Olympics.

Bingo Nana Competition

Those of you who play online bingo at Jackpot Joy will know who bingo nana is. For those of you who don't then bingo nana is a lovable lady at the site who runs some interesting competitions.

Bingo Callers Silenced After Raid by Thieves

A pensioners club has been very hard hit after thieves made of with their bingo calling equipment. This has been the fourth break in at the Parkfields Leisure Club in Wolverhampton in less than a week.

Online Bingo Site Enters Smoking Ban Debate

An online bingo site has entered the debate surrounding the closure and loss of business revenue for land based bingo clubs due to the smoking ban.

Mecca Bingo's Light Bulb Giveaway Receives MP's Support

We recently reported on the fact that Mecca Bingo Clubs were raising awareness for energy saving, by giving away energy saving light bulbs to customers.

Betfred Bingo Hosts Charity Night

Thanks to the support of loyal Betfred Bingo players a recently hosted charity night went off really well, with the online bingo site being able to donate £255, to the "Sheffield Carer's Centre".

Schwarzenegger Terminates Charity Bingo In California

Although this is not UK bingo news, it is still worth a mention. To preserve a monopoly on slot machines that is held by Indian Tribes, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger aka "The Terminator" (now in more ways that one).

Mecca Bingo Struggles on

The Mecca Bingo division of the Rank Group has been seen this year to be battling on, regardless, and the struggle seems to be paying off.

Play Online Bingo for Fun

Thousands of people from different parts of the world play online bingo on a daily basis. Some play for money while some play for fun and joy...

Online Bingo Is All About The Community

It is a well known fact that man is a social animal. This fact is very much evident in his want to make friends, socialise and interact with others.

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If you want to cruise in an incredibly fast, luxurious, marvelous, and majestic mini cooper, take advantage of Wink Bingo special drawing on January 1, 2009 at 7 GMT.

Upsurge in Problem Gambling Being Analyzed By RIGHT

The Responsibility In Gambling Trust (RIGT) is a non-profit-motive service organization to look after the well being of the Gambling Industry as a whole, online and offline. the situation.

Gala Bingo High Five Win

Mrs. Pamela Markham is the latest winner of the Gala Bingo High Five. She took away £194 188, and the rest of the players in the bingo club shared £185,188.

Gala Bingo Leaves the Bingo Association

Gala Bingo has been recently features in the news for their shocker that they were leaving the National Bingo Game to go it alone. Now they have announced that they are leaving the live bingo trading association in the UK. The Bingo association!

Does Superstition Really Help You Win Online Bingo?

Online bingo is just like any other gambling game, which relies on luck. It doesn't matter how much talented or experienced we are at playing

Halloween Draw at Sun Bingo

The fires are lit and all online bingo sites are getting ready for that last big push towards the witching hour on the night of 31st October 2008, when it will be All Hallows Night or Halloween if you prefer.

Online Bingo Is Healthy and Growing

An overview of the online Bingo sites according to stats available shows that Bingo online in UK is healthy, active and growing.

Oldest Bingo Player Turning 100

Really it is amazing - to think of turning 100 years - with a full life on this earth. But there are people blessed with this rare chance and to think that at this age the lady from Cardiff, UK is playing Bingo - simply hats off!

Relief for Bingo Operators

UK bingo operators have been experiencing financial difficulties for several reasons. First there is the smoking ban which keeps many regulars away from the land based bingo halls. Second, there is the limit on high payout fruit machines which has resulted in lower revenues.

New Game for Gala Bingo

Gala Bingo has added a new game to its range of products, the Goldenballs scratch card. This TV game show hit will now be available to online Gala Bingo fans. The original TV game show is hosted by Jasper Carrot and basically players try to stay in the game by persuading the other contestants that they do not have any "killer balls."

Free Bingo Bonus Hunting

With the rising number of websites related to online bingo gaming, the competition has become tough and tight, making it more difficult for players to c...

Does Superstition Really Help You Win Online Bingo?

Online bingo is just like any other gambling game, which relies on luck. It doesn't matter how much talented or experienced we are at playing online bingo, all that matters is mere luck of the day.

Lancashire Bingo Player Wins £107,647 Online

MarkJ, a player from Lancashire, was in shock after winning £107,647 while playing online bingo.

Woman Shares £76 000 Bingo Prize

The lucky winner of more than £76 000 in prize money from the National Bingo Game is planning to share her winnings with a friend that she plays bingo with, they have an agreement to split their bingo winning 50/50 if either of them win.

£20,000 Bingo Winner Plans to Go On Holiday

A fifty one year old Wokingham man recently won £20,000 while playing bingo, he says that he has been playing the game for many years and plays about three times a week. He is retired and has been a member of the Gala Bingo Club in East Hampstead Road for five years.

UK Award for Bingo Affiliate Programme

At a black-tie ceremony held in London on the 29th January 2008, the award for the Best Online Bingo Affiliate Programme was given to Bingo Program. The award was presented during the CAP Euro Affiliates Conference.

£81,000 Bingo Win For Rochdale Woman

After having won nearly £81,000 playing bingo at the Buckingham Club in Middleton Arndale Centre, the fifty-three year old winner is sticking to her guns and sharing her huge prize money with a seventy-four year old aunt who she plays with.

Bingos UK has Christmas Specials

Are you in the holiday mood and getting ready for Christmas? If you're in the festive spirit, try playing at Bingos UK after a hard day or evening of Christmas shopping.

A New Owner for Bingo Suite

Bingo Suite, the online bingo room, has a new owner. Bingo Suite, which has been in business since 2003, was acquired by Bingo House. The well known Bingo Suite is part of the Bingo Room Network.

The 2007 Online Bingo Oscars

It's Bingo Awards time for the online bingo industry. The yearly awards, sponsored by Which Bingo, are billed as the 'Online Bingo Oscars.

Genting Quietly Buys Mecca Bingo Stock

Last week gambling giant Rank (Mecca Bingo) rejected an offer by Harrah's to trade Harrah's U.K. casinos for 28% of Rank stock.

Positive Spin-off for Bingo Smoking Ban

To date, the only news we have been getting regarding the bingo hall smoking ban has been negative, the nay-sayers are all talking about the affect that the ban has had on the revenues of land based bingo businesses and no-one has yet spoken a bout the positive effects of the smoking ban.

Fashionable Bingo

888 Ladies has been hot in the news recently and not without reason, they have consistently shown themselves to be in the forefront of the online bingo industry with their forward thinking and innovative promotions.

Secure Online Bingo Tips

A lot of people are always under the worry that the Internet is full of hackers who are looking to break in and corrupt their computer or steal their credit card number. However, playing...

Christmas at Bingo Scotland

Bingo Scotland is an online bingo from the folks who brought us Think Bingo. It is a place for Scots to play bingo even though it is open to other players.

Online Bingo Awards 2007

Which Bingo has announced its awards for 2007. The yearly awards are in several different categories. The UK Bingo Site of the Year 2007 honors went to Think Bingo, which is the first standalone UK online bingo site.

Will UK Bingo Tax Reforms Take Place?

It appears that there might be some hope of bingo tax reforms in the 2008 UK budget, as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport lends their support to bingo industry leaders Rank (Mecca Bingo) and Coral Groups (Gala Bingo).

Bingo Playing Eighty Year Old Finally Retires From After School Club

Eighty year old Joan Farrell who has worked at the Ickford Combined After School Club for the past six years has finally retired following on her eightieth birthday last month.

Artists Paints Portraits of Bingo Girls

This is a really interesting story that I came across while researching some bingo news. Unfortunately you actually need to see the video to appreciate it fully, but I will do my best to translate pictures into words for you.

Bingo Winning Makes You Sexy

According to another recent bingo survey in the UK, this one conducted by Mecca Bingo, Winning at the bingo makes you sexy. How on earth they came to this conclusion, I have no idea?

Bingo Association Wins With Camelot Ad

Some while ago there was a hue and cry regarding a National Lottery advertisement that depicted an elderly women driving a mobility cart past an abandoned and derelict bingo hall.

Bingo Business

Playing bingo is big business in the United States and Canada, but due to the promulgation of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act, better known perhaps as UIGEA in 2006

Mecca Bingo Glasgow has Two Big Winners

The Mecca bingo in Glasgow is in the throes of a big celebration after having had two big winners of the National Bingo Game in just two weeks. More specifically the Mecca Bingo Club in Glasgow Quay!

A Tale of Two Bingo Players

The Gala Bingo Club in Surrey Quay Leisure Park, has proved to be lucky for two players in the past two days. Between them they have won over £19 000. The first is a forty nine year old housewife who lives in Lewisham.

Parlay Entertainment in the Bingo News Again!

Parlay Entertainment has hit the news headlines yet again. This online bingo development software company is on a growth rampage, and their latest in a long succession of partnerships with online bingo and gaming operators is with Tain.

Two Bingo Winners for Norwich

Norwich is proving to be a lucky town for bingo players recently. One lucky lady won the National Bingo game and came away after winning more than £62 000.

Online Bingo Site Slots Winner Takes Six Figure Prize

UK online bingo players, much like the land based variety, don't only go to there to play bingo; they like to play the slots too in between games. On lucky player on the Bingos UK recently scooped a huge prize playing the slots between bingo, a massive £109,003.87.

Online Bingo Awards Announced

In London next month the Annual Online Bingo Summit, sponsored by Parlay Entertainment, the biggest online bingo software developer in the World, is due to be held.

Now You Can Play Bingo Games On the Move

Technological excellence has been put to its best use, while creating websites, designing them with colours and making them easier for the viewers to visit, navigate and exit.

UK Land Based Bingo Is Definitely Suffering

In the past three years more than 100 land based bingo clubs in the UK have closed down with more than twelve closing down in the last five months.

New Bingo Room on Foxy

Foxy bingo is renowned for pulling out all the stops to entertain their loyal players and the newest in the Foxy Bingo line up is aptly named "The Main Event". Within the Main Event you will be able to find six new bingo rooms, that is correct six!

Fabulous Prizes In Kind Along With Money By Bingo Sites

U.K. Bingo sites march ahead with spectacular patronage from their players, compared to other countries. The reason behind is that online Bingo in U.K. was promoted by the doyens, who were the fore-runners in establishing offline Bingo Clubs and exclusive Bingo halls from the inception.

Bingo Players' Friendship Not To Be Marred By Winning Prize Money

The formidable benefit of Bingo Clubs in U.K., apart from playing assorted Bingo games, side attractions of slot machines and whiling away the time merrily, is it's offering the best opportunity for social gatherings and making friendship with every one there.

Woman Steals Funds From Dead Bingo Partners Bank Account

We have seen quite a bit in the press recently regarding crime in bingo clubs and crimes committed by bingo playing partners, but this one really takes the cake.

Join Ladbrokes Bingo at Royal Ascot

How would you like to be a guest of Ladbrokes bingo at the Royal Ascot in June, even better not just a normal guest, a VIP guest? I know I would and you can with Ladbrokes Bingo.

Grandmother of Thirteen Wins Playing Online Bingo

It is not true that only young people and celebrities play online bingo, the latest winner on the Woolworths online bingo site is a grandmother of thirteen. She won £23,476.34 while playing online and the win couldn't have come to her at a better time.

Dock Victoria Bingo Hall Plans Withdrawn

Gwynedd Leisure Limited the company behind the plans to have a bingo hall developed at Dock Victoria have announced that the plans have been withdrawn, apparently because Councillors have found fault with the application. The company is now considering their position.

Aldershot Cinema and Bingo Hall to Be Saved By Celebrity Designer

Celebrity designer Gavril Postnikov is involved in a bid to save historic cinemas in Aldershot that have been earmarked for demolition, one building houses the Gala Bingo Club.

Councillor Calls Bingo "Mindless Game of Chance"

When Gala Bingo announced that it would be opening a club as part of the town centre development of Farnborough Councillor David Clifford said that he was really disappointed, and the called the game a "mindless game of chance!"

Pensioner Sweats Her Way Through Bingo Win

A sixty-eight year old pensioner from Felixstowe who recently won more than £11 000 whilst playing the national Bingo's Afternoon Delight game in her local bingo hall, the Palace Club in Crescent Road, says that she can't believe she had won, and she won't believe it until she has the cheque in her hand.

Bingo, Versatile Bingo

Many people think of bingo as being a boring game that is played by little old ladies to win prizes like toasters and the like. This is completely untrue.

Bingo Club Cleaner Given 12 Month Supervision Sentence

A leaning supervisor at a Keighley bingo hall was recently sentenced to a twelve month supervision order for arranging it so that her nephew could break into her place of work to steal from the gaming machines.

Bingo Brings Back Memories

It has often been punted that bingo is good exercise for the brain, and in fact research studies have been conducted that proves this is the case.

Online Bingo Summit Grows in Popularity

The third online bingo summit that is due to be held in London from 17 to 18 June this year has grown and there is expected to be two hundred and fifty attendees at the summit held at the Royal Garden Hotel this year.

Platinum Bingo Winner To Pay off Friends Mortgage

The forty year old winner of the Platinum bingo Game will be paying off her mortgage and that of her best friends with her huge win.

Paddy Power Bingo In Hot Water Again!

We spoke about Paddy Power Bingo last week, and had a brief discussion about their advertising campaigns and how they always seem to land up in hot water. Well they have done it again.

Gala Bingo In-house Bingo Caller Competition vs National Caller Competition

Last week we reported that the national Bingo Caller of the Year Competition is starting its run up. In the meantime there is a Gala Bingo in-house caller competition already under way.

National Bingo Caller of the Year Awards 2008

It is that time of year again; time to get your entries in for the National Bingo Caller of the Year Competition. This competition has been held for over ten years now and was first launched in 1994

Update on Swindon Bingo Hall Closure

Last week we reported on another very sad closure of the bingo Hall in central Swindon, with Mecca Bingo saying that they had sold the hall to the Swindon Town Council.

Move Over Gran, I Want Your Bingo Seat

For some time now the stereotypical bin go player, the Grandmother with a blues rinse, has been changing and with it, so is the face of bingo. Playing bingo is becoming a trendy leisure activity for younger women and men.

Sisters Who Sued Awarded Their Share of Bingo Prize

Last week we reported that two sisters, Doreen Thomas and Linda Kenny were in the process of suing their sister Edna Sexton for not sharing a bingo prize with her that she won in 2007.

Irish Bingo Player Gets Lucky

A Dublin born gentleman, sixty-three year old James Sheridan, recently got really lucky in a bingo hall, he hadn't been inside one for over thirty years and describes himself as "not being a bingo player at all"...

Grandmother's Bingo Shock

A bingo winner from Paisley, the Grandmother who was widowed five years ago said that she couldn't sleep at all after the shock of the huge win.

Giant Cash Prizes at Virgin Bingo

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First Anniversary of Smoke Free Bingo Halls In Wales

It is the first anniversary of going smoke free in public places in Wales, including bingo halls and figures have showed that the ban has influenced many people to `kick the habit', having a positive effect overall on the health of the public.

Jackpot Joy has an Awesome April!

This month is the time to win big, and Jackpot Joy is the place to do it!

Online or In Person?

Bingo Halls still have more charm than any website, but online gaming is taking the bingo industry to a whole new level.

Playing Bingo Twice a Day Finally Pays off for Pensioner

Playing bingo twice a day might seem a little obsessive to some of us, but not for a seventy-five year old pensioner who has been doing just that for the past eight years.

Rank (Mecca Bingo) Expect 2008 to be a Challenge

The operating company for Mecca Bingo Clubs, the Rank Group, has really been through quite some substantial changes this last year. They have endured endless press regarding their ability to stay afloat in an economic climate that has generally been pretty bad overall for all land based bingo operators.

Swedish Online Bingo Monopoly

While UK and EU online bingo operators cast envious eyes on the growing market for the game in Sweden, the Swedish Government still continues with its monopolistic practices.

Jail Inevitable for Bingo Mad Fraudster

A housing chief who was addicted to bingo was recently told that a jail term would more than likely be inevitable. The fifty year old grandmother lied to socially need people and even key workers such as nurses and firemen in order to pocket more than £63,000 to fuel her passion for bingo.

Australian Holiday on the Cards For Bingo Winners

While playing bingo with her mother and grandmother at the BJ's Bingo Club in Reading, a twenty-eight year old woman, who hails from the town of Whitley, burst into floods of tears on finding out that she had won £38,000 on the bingo.

New Online Bingo Operators

Having spent quite some time researching the online bingo market, it has definitely impinged on my mind that the growth capability for online bingo for UK and international operators have nowhere near reached its ceiling.

NetPlay TV Offers Bingo

NetPlay TV in expanding. The UK Company already offers Live Roulette, which is broadcast daily from their studios in London and on Sky TV.

Gala Bingo - Coral Group - Releases Annual Report

In the recently released Annual Report from Gala Bingo, who is part of the Coral Group, it was interesting to note that there had been a decline in profits of the bingo sector of their business with Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.

Historic Cinema Used as a Bingo Hall to be Given Massive Re-vamp

Scotland's first custom-built cinema is to be given a £1.7 million face lift to restore it to its former glory. The historic pre-art deco cinema, the Hippodrome in Bo'ness that operated as a bingo hall during the `Golden Years of Bingo'.

Online Bingo Is All About The Community

It is a well known fact that man is a social animal. This fact is very much evident in his want to make friends, socialise and interact with others. An example of such a social activity which brings people together to interact with each other on a personal and fun filled level is online bingo!

Online Bingo Gaming Tax in Holland

Holland is one of the European countries where gambling is controlled by state run gambling companies even though this practice goes against the policies of the European Union.