Take your pick of the prize draws in bet365 bingo’s latest promotions

Posted by Gambling News | Bingo News | Thursday 26 February 2015 1:17 pm

Get involved in two brand new promotions from 2nd March at bet365 bingo with Dubai or not Dubai heading up the action!

Win a luxury trip to Dubai for two, one of three VIP sporting experience days or one of 10 Samsung Galaxy tablets.

Simply play from 2nd March until 26th April to earn tokens, then trade them in and enter a prize draw of your choice. Get one token for every £10 wagered in any Bingo room, one for every £5 in selected rooms and one for every one-line, two-line and Full House in the new Auction House room. Plus, play Featured Chat Games for the chance to win extra tickets too!

You can also earn a token for every £20 cash staked on Slots and Scratchcards, or one per £10 staked on Featured Games: Sevens High and Sinbad. There are also weekly booster days that give a chance to get even more tokens for your money.

There’s more to be won at bet365 bingo from the 2nd March, with mobile prize draw promotion: iPhone Giveaway!

Download the Mobile Bingo app by visiting bet365 bingo on your iPhone, iPad or Android and earn unlimited prize draw tickets for the chance to win an iPhone 6. Earn one ticket for every £5 wagered on Bingo or Slots through the app before 15th March, and earn double for the same stake when playing in selected rooms or on Featured Slots.

The action never stops, there are plenty more offers to come and prizes to be won in the coming months at bet365 bingo, join in and play today!

About bet365

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over 14 million customers worldwide. bet365 offers a Bingo experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 2,000 people and is one of the UK’s largest private companies.

At the iGaming Business Affiliate Awards 2015, bet365 won Best Overall Affiliate Programme for the sixth year running and retained the Best Affiliate Programme – Sports award along with securing the Players’ Choice – Best Online Sportsbook award.

bet365 was named In-Play Sports Operator of the Year for the fourth year in succession and retained the title of Sports Betting Operator of the Year at the 2014 eGaming Review Awards. In the eGaming Review’s Annual Power 50 for 2014, bet365 secured top spot for the fifth year running.

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UM London Awarded Cashcade Contract and More Breaking Bingo News

Posted by Gambling News | Bingo News | Thursday 10 April 2014 5:04 pm

Cashcade is one of the most successful of all the UK-facing online bingo operators. They have under their umbrella, brands such as Foxy, and Cheeky Bingo, with Foxy being one of the best of breed internet bingo brands. A recent competitive pitch for their media contract has seen Cashcade award UM London with a deal worth £8 million.

The concept "if it a’int broke don’t fix it" applies here, an as Foxy’s creative shop – Biscuit Agency – has been so successful, this will not change. But Concord is out, and UM is in with a chance to win. UM has hit the ground running and re-negotiated a sponsorship deal between Foxy and the Jeremy Kyle day time show.

In the meantime in UK live bingo, the luckiest halls have been named with two London clubs in the lead. These are The Palaces Bingo in Elephant and Castle, and Beacon Bingo Cricklewood. The National Bingo Game Association announced on 25th February, that between them, these two halls netted fifty-five NGBA wins. Mecca Bingo – the Forge Centre Glasgow came a close second, which placed it in the top three. Other clubs included – Mecca Bingo, Talbot Road, Mecca, Chandlers Wharf, Castle Bingo, Newport, Mecca, Aberdeen, Mecca, Clough Road, Hull, Mecca, Wrexham, and last but by no means least Castle Bingo, Bridgend.

Yes, it is true that the Brits love their online bingo, but they also love live bingo too, and recently members from Mecca Bingo Thanet travelled to Downing Street to deliver a petition. They were following up on a campaign to reduce bingo tax. Bingo as an industry in the UK is taxed higher than all gambling concerns at 20%. For years the industry has been attempting to get this soft-gambling games’ tax in line with other gaming activities. 15% is what sports betting and casino firms pay, and this number is what should be fair for bingo too.

Now players of this game have taken the power of the consumer to the street in support of one of their favourite pass-times, and a petition has been signed by over 300,000 bingo players, and dropped off at Number 11 Downing Street. The ‘Boost Bingo’ campaign is being spearheaded by the Bingo Association, and has drawn signatures from fans who frequent 400 land bingo halls throughout the UK.

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Historic Bingo Halls UK – Will These Go The Way Of The Dodo

Posted by Gambling News | Bingo News | Tuesday 28 May 2013 9:18 am

It is a very sad but true fact that many land-based bingo halls in the UK have already gone the way of the Dodo, and no longer exist any more. Historic Bingo halls were often once, dance halls, cinemas, and even theatres, and many have a particular – even art-deco – charm of their own. We see these closure taking place regularly, and although this short piece is not really supposed to be about land-based bingo, we though to use it as a platform to at least say something before they are all gone.

Another sad but true fact is that the Government in the UK sees fit to tax this "soft gambling" activity, more than it does for casinos. Casinos as we know, offer some very high-roller games, and yet pay less tax. Online bingo and casinos in the UK, have been burned by customs and excise before, and have retreated into the safe harbours of offshore, white listed territories. UK land bingo halls don’t have this choice. One cannot simply pick up the largest bingo hall in London, with some gigantic crane, and plop it down upon Alderney. Online bingo on the other hand is an extremely portable business.

Bingo halls in the UK offer a surprising, and barely surviving, legacy of valuable architecture. They were once the pumping heart of many a community too. It has been nigh near impossible for many to keep up with the taxes required, as well as compete against online site, which offer a ton of free bingo, massive cash and tangible prizes, as well as hosts of fantastic promotions.

As well at the tax situation, and the threat posed by online bingo, halls in this country have seen steadily declining audiences since the 1980’s. Then round about 2006 a smoking ban was introduced, and all of these factors together have rung a death knoll for many.

Playing bingo online has completely transformed this game, not only in terms of delivery, but by the sheer variety of games that can now be played. These games can be played 24r/7, 365 days a year, and many die-hard fans of bingo clubs now prefer to play online. The convenience factor plus the fact that most people keep up with advances in technology, has also attracted a whole new demographic of bingo player.

It is not all bad news however, while some historic building that once housed hives of bingo fans have gone the way of the Dodo. Others are being revamped and given a new lease on life. Some have re-emerged as supermarkets, shopping malls, nightclubs and other venues, so while the buildings do remain, it is only the game that has changed.

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Online Bingo: How Full Is Your House?

Posted by Gambling News | Bingo News | Saturday 27 April 2013 6:38 pm

Today it is virtually impossible to switch on the television, or flip through a UK newspaper without seeing an ad for an online bingo site. These websites have become the trendiest places to play if you fancy good night in. A great deal of advertising money is spent on making sure that all the best sites are visible to the public. But who is playing this game, and why has it become so popular?

A typical sort of night in for a typical sort of online bingo player, might see someone playing every night or at least regularly for two or three hours; sometimes more, sometimes less. Most people who play at these websites, don’t do it for the prizes, they play for the "social" aspect of chatting with friends, and making new online buddies. Some spend more than they win, but others win really good prizes, when they do win, generally we hear them say that they never expected to win.

The amount of new online bingo sites coming on to the World-wide web has also increased exponentially, and there is always supply where there is demand. Just a few short years ago, back in 2004, there were less than twenty such sites for the UK-facing audience. Today it is believed there are approximately 350 such websites.

Operators and owners of bingo websites range from Capital Venture partners, through newspapers such as The Sun, and live bingo club operators. Two of the biggest names in British Bingo are also found online. These are Gala and Mecca Bingo.

Originally this game was synonymous with smoky rooms, crowded tables and the camaraderie of a night out with the girls, but it has changed, and the socialising aspect of bingo has very much moved online. It was also once synonymous with older players, and now while elderly people do play online, the gross demographic is younger. Some start as young as 18.

One 21 year old player reported that she plays two to three times a week, and then five hours on Sunday. Citing that she enjoys the excitement the game provides, as well as the companionship of other players in the chat rooms. Not once was there made a mention of the prizes she could possibly win.

It is the chat-room that is the “key” element for most online bingo players. Talking or making a noise in a land bingo club is strongly discouraged, in case a ball call is missed or miss-heard. Online players can chat whenever they like. Cards are completed automatically, so there is nothing to concentrate on. Bingo Lingo has evolved, players can chat privately, and the cost of a bingo card starts at only 1p, many games are even for free. So what’s not to like? It is self-evident why the game is so popular.

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Coral Bingo IS Raising The Game

Posted by Gambling News | Bingo News | Tuesday 19 March 2013 10:56 am

You may not know this, but you have probably heard of the "Coral" brand in the UK. This company is the holding company for gala bingo, so, as well as Gala Bin go online, we also find Coral Bingo. This is a section of the main website, which also offers sports betting, casino games, bet-in-play, poker, live casino games online, mobile gaming, and Lotto. The convenience factor of registering with this site, means that one account may be used to access all these different types of winning entertainment.

If you were to register with the bingo site, just spend a fiver on tickets, and they will give you a whopping £25 for free. No catch! Thereafter newbies get to play in the Debutant Room. The Debutant Room offers five full days of free bingo and £15 worth of Bingo bonus funds to be won on each game. The room is open for four hours a day, and the newbie can play every day.

That is twenty hours of free bingo games – a smashing opportunity to build up your bingo bonus bankroll. These games are a great way to practice, and experienced chat hosts are there in the room to help you get off to a great start.

If you are a jackpot chaser, there are load of great games for you too, check out the Bingo Linx, this is where the BIG money can be found. Bingo Linx play daily, with a 12pm jackpot of £1,500, a 6pm prize of £2,500, a 10:30pm jackpot of £4,000, and Super Bingo Linx monthly on the last Sunday, for a guaranteed £10,000, and tickets that cost only 50p. Here it pays to take note that Bingo Linx tickets are available in pre-buy, so you can even start pre-buying them now, and that way have the best seats in the house when the big game plays.

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