Social Networking For Bingo Players
Social networking is a relatively new phenomenon and has become wildly popular across the internet. Networking allows individuals with similar interests to socialize and meet and is global in nature. In the UK where bingo, both online bingo and land based, is extremely popular a few online bingo websites are taking advantage of this phenomenon. [...]
Bingo Patterns
Bingo has an almost limitless number of patterns. For a bingo player familiarity with some of the most common bingo patterns is very helpful because many new players don’t even realize that they have a bingo pattern till its too late. To complicate matters, since many players choose to play multiple cards at each game [...]
Bingo On Television
Bingo has been successfully adapted to fit the television game format in several countries notable among them the National Bingo Night primarily played in America but also has an Australian version of the same name. The “National Bingo Night” was the predecessor of “Bingo America” the game show airing on Game Show Network (GSN). Japan [...]
Mecca Bingo Updated
Mecca Bingo is a part of the Rank Group plc, who are undoubtedly one of the worlds most renowned entertainment organizations. Mecca Bingo provides its members the opportunity to play online games like bingo, in addition to slots and arcade games. Players also have a chance to try out their hand at progressive jackpots. There [...]
888 Ladies Bingo
888 Ladies is a bingo site owned by Brigend Limited. There are different games one can play at 888 Ladies; ranging from bingo, slots, super slots, table games, chat games, and poker and casino games. Players can try their hand at 90-ball bingo, 75-ball bingo, team bingo, coverall jackpots and progressive jackpots. Those who are [...]
Bingo In Prison?
Most of us who play bingo whether land based or online bingo would find it hard to imagine hardened prisoners playing any kind of bingo. In what has to be one of the strangest stories of the year, one prison in the UK has proposed spending £5,000 ($7,034 US dollars) to fund bingo prizes for [...]
Online Bingo Creating Jobs
The recent global economic crisis has resulted in massive job losses. Many industries worldwide are laying off long term employees and economic growth is at a standstill. The US has shed over a million jobs in 2008 and recently released government data paints a very bleak picture for 2009. The situation is similar in the [...]
Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes!
In previous articles we have discussed how smoking bans have wreaked havoc with the brick and mortar bingo industry. As has been pointed out before approximately 75% of bingo players smoke and since the passage of a strict smoking ban in the UK several bingo clubs have been forced to close their doors forever. In [...]
The ‘Bingy’ Awards For 2008
Its time for BingoLingo to announce their picks for the annual ‘Bingy’ awards. The ‘Bingys’ were launched in 2007 to celebrate excellence in the online bingo industry. This year we have pared the choices to a field of 10 winners. BingoLingo used several criteria in selecting the winners for 2008, sign up and deposit bingo bonuses, [...]
Bingo Players Arrested in Turkey–Again!
Six British tourists have been arrested in Turkey for playing bingo. The tourists were arrested at a bar in Altinkum, a popular tourist destination. Bingo is seen as an unregulated form of gambling and is illegal in Turkey. The six British tourists that were arrested were reportedly detained by Turkish Authorities for several hours, before [...]
