Bingo For the Blind
Bingo attracts a highly diverse audience. The days of the old bingo stereotype of little old ladies playing in smoky bingo halls has been destroyed and is gone forever. Bingo now attracts players from every age group and more men are discovering the fun and excitement of bingo. In Europe and the US just about [...]
Reliable Funding Options For US Players
Thanks to the unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed in 2006 many American people who play internet bingo have found their funding options at websites very limited. Most major credit card companies will not honor transactions at bingo sites. While the UIGEA does not ban online bingo outright it prohibits credit card companies and banks [...]
Online Bingo-The Perfect Stress Buster
Today’s fast paced workplace and business environment can cause a lot of stress. In many industries workers are being asked to work longer hours and harder for less pay. The economic downturn has many fearing for their job security causing major stress. Talks of cutbacks, outsourcing and the daily doom and gloom heard on the [...]
US Bingo Players May Lose Another Funding Option
In bingo news, American online bingo players may lose yet another funding and withdrawal option, lessening the excitement of winning bingo bonuses. In recent years several online payment processors have dumped American players due to fears of prosecution. PayPal paid a hefty fine for processing gambling transactions even though there was no law in place when [...]
The Dark Side of Bingo Bonuses
Online bingo sites offer a wide variety of player perks and incentives. Probably the most well known player inducement is the use of bonuses where bingo sites will match a percentage of a player’s deposit. In addition most bingo sites offer re load bonuses for subsequent deposits. Many of these bonuses offers are quite generous. [...]
Bogus Bingo Hurting Local Charities
In the US, bingo is usually associated with churches, charities and veterans organizations and generally has a good reputation. Even online bingo, with it’s bingo promotions and bingo bingo bonuses, does not have hardly any bad aspects. Bingo is not seen as a ‘hard core’ form of gambling but occasionally a bad apple surfaces. In Middletown [...]
Bingo Goes Online-A Quick History
The internet has literally changed the world in a relatively short period of time. Most businesses and corporations now routinely use ecommerce effectively and most people in developed countries have used the internet to shop, do research, and network with others. College degrees can be earned online cutting costs for students and lightening their debt [...]
Slot Games Provide Inexpensive Fun!
Slot machines have a long history. The first slot machines were invented around 1895 by Charles Fey and within a decade were popular across the United States. In the past most Las Vegas casinos were lined with what were known as ‘one armed bandits’ and slot machines remain popular in large Vegas and Atlantic City [...]
New Book Documents UK Bingo Culture
In the UK there are about 600 bingo halls and every day at about 1 PM they open their doors to a daily rush of avid players. Bingo has a very colorful history in postwar Britain and now generates over a billion dollars a year in revenue. In the UK, bingo players have developed their [...]
Drive In Bingo Spreading
It is no secret that the national smoking ban in the UK severely hurt the brick and mortar bingo industry. Many bingo clubs shut down, employees lost their jobs and large bingo companies saw their stock take a nosedive on global exchanges. Some bingo halls tried to lure smokers back with special outdoor facilities and [...]
