Archive for June, 2007
One Million Pound Prize Guaranteed – KerChingo
30 June 2007
Just when you think you have see it all Gala Bingo comes up with something that will take the online bingo industry to a whole new level.
Gala Bingo introduces ‘KerChingo’
Gala Bingo introduces ‘KerChingo’ - the online bingo extravaganza which guarantees to make one person a millionaire
From next week the biggest event in bingo history, KerChingo, is gearing up to make one lucky person a millionaire. It is Gala Bingo’s first bingo game that has a guaranteed million pound prize.
From next Wednesday July 4th, people are invited to play in regular qualifying games on Galabingo.co.uk & Gala TV (Sky Channel 841) in order to win a special KerChingo ticket, giving them entry to KerChingo’s exclusive final. There is also a special KerChingo night in Gala high street clubs around the UK on 21st July.
KerChingo’s unique rules mean that the jackpot won’t be shared, so it is guaranteed one lucky person will pocket the whole £1 million!
Anyone can log on and play in the regular qualifying games taking place online at galabingo.co.uk, and Gala TV (Sky Channel 841) from 4th July until the 24th July. Once that special KerChingo ticket is secured it’s easy to take part – players don’t even have to leave the sofa! The KerChingo final will be broadcast live on Sunday 29th July on Gala TV – Sky channel 841.
Damian Cope, Managing Director, Gala Coral E-Commerce, added: “KerChingo is an incredibly exciting event we are running for our loyal customers. Gala has always been the market leader in Bingo, but the fact that KerChingo will make one lucky Gala member a millionaire, takes bingo to a whole new level. Just another example why thousands of people play bingo with Gala every week.”
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Online Bingo Boom takes Gaming industry by storm… and it’s not slowing down!
30 June 2007
Bingo has entered the 21st century and is moving the online gaming market to a whole new level. The proliferation of internet sites, the rise in broadband penetration, effective online marketing, the push to go online from the smoking ban and the millions of eager online players are all reasons for the bingo boom but more telling are current online market statistics.
According to the Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) Online Bingo games generated wins of £72 million last year – a figure that is set to soar by 2008. Within the next five years industry analysts predict that the Online Bingo market will be worth an estimated £164 million.
Commenting on the recent boom Phil Fraser, Founder, Which Bingo and Chairman at this years 2nd Annual Online Bingo Summit, taking place September 25th – 26th in London said “increased awareness of online bingo in the mass market, driven by the big land-based bingo brands and media owners’ bingo sites, means that there is indeed still much room for growth. Continuing increases in broadband into people’s homes and the increase in variety and quality of product also contributes to this opportunity.”
Dominic Mansour, CEO, Bingos.com & Bingos.co.uk (confirmed speaker at the Online Bingo Summit) also gave his thoughts on the boom. “It comes as no surprise that online bingo is yet again identified as being ripe for growth over the next 12 months. There are many factors supporting this feeling in the industry, from the imminent introduction of the smoking ban in England to the developing profile of internet users. It has long been the case that a form of gambling that attracts nearly 2m visits per week in the UK alone, yet reflects only a single digit percentage of online gaming would be the next big thing.[Online Bingo] is undoubtedly a rapidly growing industry currently in its infancy.”
Predicting future trends for Bingo, Dylan Schlosberg, CEO at ThinkBingo.com (confirmed speaker at the Online Bingo Summit) says: “Bingo is a mass market, mainstream leisure activity. As the UK’s first standalone bingo site, we saw three years ago the inevitable online migration of the bingo female demographic. Growth has been driven mainly by broadband penetration, TV advertising and the launch of Gala Bingo online in February 2006. The future will see consolidation of the medium sized sites as they compete with the larger ones, new entrants hoping to make a dent and other land based halls taking their business online.”
The success of the 2nd Annual Online Bingo Summit goes a long way to support the amazing growth in Online Bingo. Ravi Virpal, Director at Bullet Business said “The response we have had to the summit this year is simply unprecedented. We have 70+ companies already confirmed including Mecca, Jackpot Joy, The Sun Online, St Minver, PartyBingo, Parlay and have allocated over half of the exhibition floor space before our marketing push has even begun! If you have an interest in the space – you must attend”
For more information about this summit please visit the website www.bulletbusiness.com where you can download all the information you need.
Contact
Ravi Virpal
Director
Bullet Business
t. +44 (0)20 7375 7162
e. ravi@bulletbusiness.com
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Bingos.co.uk Summer Specials
30 June 2007
Well it hardly seems like summer but hey if the team at bingos.co.uk want to call it summer and give us great playing bonuses then who am I to complain.
Let’s start with the £5,000 Jackpot. Just Hit bingo in 39 balls to take the £5,000 progressive Festival Jackpot home with you!
Congratulations Law1402! Law1402 is one lucky bingo player who recently took out the £5,000
Law1402 joined Bingos.co.uk only last Wednesday on the 27th of June, made a first deposit of £10 and won the £5,000 Jackpot just 40 minutes after having signed up!
More Jackpot Winners!
This week’s congratulations also go to “Weryl” who won £1,317.16 by playing for the 75 bingo ball Jackpot and to “Chilli2007″, winner of our £1,030 blackjack progressive Jackpot!
Summer Bingo Tourney
Join the team at www.bingos.co.uk every day in the 75 ball room and start “fishing” their summer patterns giving away a minimum prize of £5 each! Don’t miss the Grand Final on 8th July (7-10pm) giving away a minimum prize of £10/game as well as a “buy 1 get 1 free” offer.
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Mecca Bingo Hits Keep on Coming
29 June 2007
Mecca Bingo experienced a bumper month in May this was mainly due to the huge success of the May Madness Cash back offer.
Due to this success MeccaBingo are repeating the offer throughout the whole of July! All you have to do is play your favorite Bingo game at MeccaBingo.com and we will they will give you 5% cash back on all your stakes in the month!
The format is the same for July as it was in May in that all you need to do is play multiplayer bingo between 1st and 31st July, do this and the Mecca Team will we will put 5% cash back on your bingo game stakes straight into your account by Thursday 2nd August.
NOTE: You need to spend over £50 in July on Bingo to qualify for your bingo bonus. This may be a little steep for some but its very good value if you ask me as Mecca is one of the most trusted brands in the UK bingo scene at the moment.
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What’s the Deal with Deal or No Deal Slots?
29 June 2007
So what is the deal with Deal or No Deal? It seems wherever you go there are new versions of the DOND game popping up all over UK game sites.
It really comes down to the fact that this game is just so popular and everyone wants a piece of the fun and excitement of the Deal or No Deal Game.
JackpotJoy.com Deal or No Deal
It’s not an easy job to get on the actual show so you might as well do the next best thing and play an on line version of the game.
Jackpot Joy is one site where you will find such a game. This fantastic slots games offers slots action, the bonus rounds have you lined up against the banker to take out huge cash amounts.
£565,000 in fact was the highest payout at Jackpot Joy to date for the Deal or No Deal Slots game.
From the research we have done here at BingoPort that is the biggest prize ever won with the DOND game, be it on the TV show or an online game.
www.MeccaBingo.com, www.GalaBingo.co.uk, www.ladbrokes.com and www.JackpotJoy.com all have versions of the game.
Why not give it a go today and give the banker what for.
JackpotJoy.com Deal or No Deal
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Bingo No Download
27 June 2007
No Download Bingo software is now the norm at most online bingo sites that you can play on in the UK.
No Download bingo is normally what is called a flash bingo game. Flash refers to the type of software the game is made in and also what you see the game in on your computer.
To play no download bingo games you need to have the flash software installed. Nearly all new computers will have flash installed by default and if you don’t have it installed you will be prompted to download the software when you visit a bingo site that runs on flash.
The older versions of bingo games are called download bingo games. These games get installed on your computer once you download a large file and then they communicate with the bingo operator’s site to get the numbers as they are called.
This Download software is nearly obsolete as with the advent of faster internet connections the flash bingo games offer a far better player experience without the need to install software on your computer.
There is always a fear that when you install a piece of software on your computer that it may have a virus or spyware so for this reason I play flash bingo games only.
JackpotJoy.com is a great example of a good flash bingo site.
Deposit just £10 and Jackpot Joy will give you another £10 free
PLUS for a limited time if you sign up through the page below you will get
Another £10 FREE
when you email the word “PORT’ to the support email on the below page.
www.jackpotjoy.com/PORT
That’s an incredible 200% or £20 FREE
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5 Safe Bingo Site Traits
26 June 2007
So what is that makes a safe bingo site? There are several things you are looking for to ensure that your bingo playing experience is as enjoyable as possible.
1). Look for sites that are licensed. This shows that they are least controlled and monitored by some government organization.
2). I always try to find some type of free play. This can be in the form of play for free which you can do at a site like Jackpot Joy or it may be a site that offers free money to test the waters such as Foxy Bingo where you can get £5 Free.
This gives you an opportunity to try before you buy.
3). Once you have decided to buy you will want to fund your account. Most sites enable you to fund via Debit or Credit cards but you may feel safer using an ewallet such as Ukash or PayPal which Ladbrokes Bingo offers.
This method of funding your player account gives you another level of protection.
If using your credit card be sure that the site is secure. You can tell this as the URL where you enter your payment or credit card details starts with https rather than just http
Example: https://ladbrokesbingo.com – Secure
4). If you can’t find the company details of who is behind a particular bingo game site or if you can not easily find contact and support details on the site then this can indicate that you may not be dealing with a reputable operator.
5). If you are still uncertain about a site you can do searches on Google or another search Engine for a review on a particular site.
In saying this you do need to be careful whose advice you are following so if at all possible get your advice from a website you trust or better still a person you trust.
You may also want to consider asking a question on a bingo forum. After all who best to ask than the players who play bingo at the site in question?
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Foxy Bingo Two Years Strong
25 June 2007
I love that name; Foxy Bingo. It makes me feel good for some reason. Even better of course if you happen to win then I feel really good.
Can you believe that it was back in June 2005 that Foxy Bingo fist opened to online bingo players in the United Kingdom?
Amongst Gala Bingo, Mecca Bingo and the strong run by Jackpotjoy, Foxy Bingo is up there with the best bingo sites online.
Foxy Bingo now has an incredible 14 bingo game rooms and you can play from as little as 10p per card.
Foxy Bingo also remains one of the few online sites to give you £5 free just to get you started. Use this to test the waters and get a feel for the great games at Foxy Bingo. NOTE: You will need to supply a valid credit card when you sign up. This protects Foxy Bingo from possible fraud as most people only have one or at the most two credit cards they can use to claim the free £5 Great British Pounds.
I think you will also enjoy the Foxy Radio show which is online every Thursday evening between 8pm and 9pm.
So if you just want to play bingo for free you can at Foxy - simply join and they will give you the free money to play bingo.
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Paddy Power Bingo Guaranteed £10,000 Jackpot
23 June 2007
The Big Paddy Power Bingo news this week the big Jackpot steal this weekend!
On Sunday, one very lucky Paddy Power Bingo player will walk away with a £10,000 Jackpot. Guaranteed! No Gimmicks!, someone will to win this pot before midnight Sunday 24th June.
The Bingo extravaganza at PaddyPower.com Bingo this weekend will be huge and for the lucky winner the £10,000 Gold Room Jackpot will be theirs.
The Gold Room opens every Fri 1pm to 1am, every Sat 10am to 1am and every Sun 1pm to 12 Midnight. The Gold Room has extra JACKPOT BONUS this coming Sunday, where one lucky player will scoop that 10K Jackpot fund.
From 6 - 10pm we will be raising the call numbers, building the excitement, until someone bags the prize.
*From 6-10pm each second game in the Gold Room will be a Jackpot game - tickets cost £1
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Bingo Site Access Problems
22 June 2007
If you have ever had the experience of going to one of your favorite online bingo sites only to find you can’t play or if you have signed up to play at a new bingo site and been denied access or had problems accessing the games then this story is for you.
There are many different reasons why you might not be able to access a particular bingo site or may not be able to play.
1). Denied access from your country.
Many online bingo operators, especially the more legitimate ones that are run out of the UK, have strict terms in regards to accepting players from countries where on line gaming is not permitted.
This particularly applies to the United States where they have banned online gambling.
UK companies do not want to accept players from the US as they could face prosecution from the US government. On top of this, company directors who fail to follow these laws could spend time in jail not to mention wiping millions of pounds off their share price.
2). Site is down for maintenance.
This is one of the more common reasons you might not be able to get on a site or game. From time to time a bingo site will need to take the site off line to update their software.
How they generally do this is by making all the changes on a test server or test computer and when they have fully tested it they then take this version and update the live games in one big update.
In order to do this they need to take the site down otherwise there could be all sorts of problems with the games.
Most updates are done in the small hours of the morning when it causes the least interruption to players. Sites like Jackpotjoy for instance do most of their updates between 4am and 6am.
3). Blocked user account.
There are a few reasons this may happen and some sites have higher security than others. For instance Crown Bingo has some of the strongest measures of any UK bingo site.
It is great to know that your personal information is well protected and if this is one of your concerns in playing bingo online then Crown Bingo has this aspect well covered.
However there are times when you may not go to a particular site to play for some time and when you return they have blocked your access to your player account. In this case you will need to send an email to support and usually they will unlock your account enabling you to play once more.
Another reason why your account may be blocked is if the operator suspects fraudulent activity on your account. The most common case of this is if you try to sign up for multiple player accounts at the one site.
As many online bingo game sites give away free bingo money or bingo bonus as an incentive such as Foxy Bingos’ £5 free for you to play at their site the operators need to make sure that players are not bucking the system.
This type of fraud costs bingo game operators millions each year so they need to make sure they protect themselves so that legitimate players can get the most enjoyment for their money.
If you have signed up twice at a bingo site and your accounts have been closed, you can contact support. As a general rule if you let them know that you accidentally signed up twice they will reactivate one of your player accounts for you to use.
4). Browser Issues.
A web browser is the program that lets you see most websites. Internet Explorer, Mozzila (Firefox) and Opera are three examples of Browsers.
Some web bingo games have problems with certain types of browsers. In most cases all sites will work with Internet Explorer as this is by far the largest browser that people use.
If you are using a Browser other than Internet Explorer then you might want to try it at the site in question.
5). Flash Problems
Flash is a type of software that runs inside your browser. To play at most modern online bingo sites you will need to have flash installed on your computer.
Almost all computers have flash on them these days but there may be occasions where you do not already have flash installed on your you computer. In this case you will most likely be prompted at the bingo site to download flash in order to start playing the games.
From time to time you may have to update your version of flash as when the bingo operators update their software they sometimes make it that you need the latest version of flash installed on your computer.
All in all for the number of players online playing bingo games there really are very few problems you will encounter and if you do have a problem there are plenty of places such as the www.bingoport.co.uk forum where you can get help from other bingo players.
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