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  • Catch the latest Foxy Sign up Promotion

    By Lisa West on Monday, 6th July 2009

    FoxyBingo launched into the world of Online Bingo in 2005, and are one of the most popular sites in the UK.  Not hard to figure out why, because they do offer some great New Player Sign Up Promotions.  Providing you’re quick off the mark! Seems like Foxy changes its Sign Up Promotions, like I change my knickers…. Ummm???  If you haven’t registered yet, and want to take advantage of the latest Foxy Sign Up Promotion, which is, a 100% Cash Match on first deposit, you’d better make a fast move..  

    More than two hundred thousand players have already signed up with Foxy, and they do run some big, BIG Jackpot Prize Bingo games.  Every last Friday of the month, FoxyBingo have their awesome £25,000 guaranteed Jackpot Prize Bingo night.  If you’re not around, no problem, you can buy prepaid cards in the Bingo Lobby.  How’s that for organised?  The big Jackpot Prize Bingo game pays out £15,000 for a full house, £7,500 for two lines and a cool £2500 for just one line!  On top of that, they have another Jackpot Game at 9pm and there is also some FREE BINGO up for grabs.  

    If you sign up today, you can bag up to £150 with the new Foxy Sign Up Promotion.  The minimum deposit is ten pounds, so this is a quick way to double your money, and with such a top brand, trusted site, you know you’re going to have lots of Bingo fun, for your money!  You can take advantage of the 100% Foxy Sign Up Promotion, and then, if you decide to stay around, FoxyBingo will give you a 50% bonus every time you deposit.  Forever!  Not bad….

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on the Foxy Sign Up Promotion

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  • Gala bingo gives 96 year old Granny a Lifetime Ban?

    By Lisa West on Thursday, 2nd July 2009

    As an Online Bingo Player, I’ve only ever heard stories of how people can get very upset if someone takes their lucky chair, or they don’t have their favourite dabber, or lucky rat's foot (whatever!) when playing at their local Bingo Hall. Curiously, it did conjure up images of rabid, blue rinse ladies stabbing me with their knitting needles should I ever venture into this world (I have a dark sense of humor!) and, God forbid, be unfortunate enough to sit in the wrong place. However, it seems this wasn’t so far from a possibility after all!

    The Pollock Gala Bingo Hall in Glasgow has just had to ban a 96 year old Bingo Player for giving the manager a left hook and threatening another Player. It seems the 96 year old had already become somewhat notorious, being well known for her hot temper and argumentative nature. The Gala Bingo Hall imposed the ‘lifetime ban’??? after this hot headed lady told the player she would have to face ‘Dire Consequences’ if she didn’t move out of her favourite seat.  Wow! Let’s hope she doesn’t own one of those ‘wheeley’ shopping bags! This is one serious lady!

    The offending Bingo Player refused to move, and the manager was called to try and sort the problem out. To which, he received a swift whack in the head for his trouble… As you would expect, people were left shocked by the behaviour of the 96 year old, although this isn’t the first time she had become abusive. Gala Bingo officials are said to be shocked too, commenting that the incident was ‘shocking from someone of that age’. Gala Bingo made a decision after ‘lengthy discussions’, deciding that they couldn’t let hot headed Bingo Players of any age, attack their staff either verbally, or physically. No matter how old they are!

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 02/07/2009

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  • Bingo Tax Backlash!

    By Lisa West on Wednesday, 1st July 2009

    The government has been ‘giving it’ to the Bingo Industry for some time now. Can’t have this, must pay that, tax, no smoking… Blimey! You’d be better off joining the Foreign legion than joining a local Bingo Hall! No wonder Online Bingo is doing so well, at least you don’t have to go outside for a smoke, and can get plenty of Free Bingo. A luxury Bingo Halls can’t afford to offer these days. In fact, the way things are going, the best you can look forward to is a sneaky fag outside the men’s toilet, a Coke and a couple of games for a tenner!

    Well finally, Carlisle Bingo Players have had enough! They have joined the new push to protest and lobby their local MP to stop the new tax hype finishing off their already struggling Bingo Hall forever. While the smoking ban is one thing, (although I don’t see any MP’s changing their big, flash, polluting, asthma inducing, climate changing cars for a nice, practical, eco-friendly model) a 7% raise in tax is another… Hey! What do they care? Without doubt, they’ve kept their pay rises inline with inflation…

    Obviously, 15% just isn’t enough to redecorate No. 10 this year, or service those big cars. So, as usual, why not give it to UK Bingo Players? just once more? After all, it’s only fun we’re talking about, and after you’ve worked like a power tool all week to pay local taxes and buy a loaf of bread, who needs a bit of relaxation? We’re just want, want, want ey guys?

    Over 1,200 local Bingo Players have written to Eric Martlew, the local MP for Carlisle, to protest about the latest tax hype. Peter Lawton, owner of the Rex Bingo Hall located around the Denton Holme area of Carlisle, stated that they, like many other Bingo Halls in the UK, were already struggling to keep their heads above water. Lawton expects the latest rise will add more than £17,500 to his already substantial tax bill… not exactly peanuts! But that’s probably all he’ll have to look forward to this lunchtime!

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on Carlise Bingo Player Protest

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  • Ladbrokes Bingo to the rescue!

    By Lisa West on Tuesday, 30th June 2009

    A seventy six year old pensioner has been thrown out of Mecca Bingo for organising a day trip to a rival Bingo Hall. Yep! That’s right. Little did the unsuspecting pensioner know, looking for a change of scenery would mark the end of her days at Mecca Bingo. Just as well we don’t function like that with Online Bingo! To be quite honest, words fail me—and that’s a first!

    Rose Clemson had been a loyal player at her local Mecca Bingo Hall, in Chester, for fifty years. Rose was organising a coach trip when the Duty Manager at her local Mecca Bingo Hall ordered her to stop her naughtiness! After challenging the manager, both Rose and her seventy three year old hubby were escorted off the premises and both received a lifetime ban from every Mecca establishment in the UK. Since then, Rose has been pining for a game of Bingo, and lucky for her, Ladbrokes, Online Bingo have come to the rescue!

    Ladbrokes Bingo have adorned Rose with a fab laptop and the benefit of a monthly Bingo allowance in her account. She will also be bombing around the streets of Chester on a flash new mobility scooter, courtesy of Ladbrokes Bingo! To return the favour, all rose has to do is tell people about her new Online Bingo experience and advise Ladbrokes with regards to their new promotions and games.

    A Mecca Bingo spokesperson confirmed that Rose and her hubby were banned, and ‘stressed’ that Mecca don’t “take the decision to bar people lightly”. Hey! Are they SURE about that? Rose can now look forward to her new ‘career’ with Ladbrokes, and enjoy all the benfits Online Bingo has to offer. As Rose puts it herself, “every cloud does have a silver lining”…

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 30/06/2009

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  • Bingo... so cool you need an invite!

    By Vikki Taylor on Monday, 29th June 2009

    Oh my god! I've not seen anything as cool as this associated with bingo.  If you thought that bingo was just a group of ladies sitting around playing a leisurely game or two then you were wrong!

    After a good old search on twitter bingo faces have found possibly the coolest bingo night in the whole world. Rebel Bingo!

    There are a few rules for the type of clientelle they want to come and here are a couple (I had to censor some!)

    • No stag or hen parties.
    • No office parties.
    • No work suits.
    • No boring people.
    • No old people.
    • No people who buy clothes from Next.
    • No w*nkers.
    • No customer service.

    Now the other rule is that you're not allowed to tell anyone about it, so I guess that's my invite being taken back but I couldn't resist telling everyone about what looks like the most hard core bingo night out on the planet!

    Find out more at www.rebelbingo.com but keep it secret, I wouldn't want to get in trouble! lol!

    This was an article by Vikki for Bingo Faces on Rebel Bingo

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  • ChiliBingo Launching Into the UK Online Bingo Market

    By Lisa West on Monday, 29th June 2009

    Parlay Entertainment software has just won a new contract, from Chili Gaming. Definitely good news for the company after recently loosing two major Bingo operators, to Virtue Fusion. Chili Gaming are already a successful UK Online Poker operator, but new to Online Bingo. The Chili Poker site currently runs on PlayTech software,  and they could have stayed with them for the new ChiliBingo site.

    According to the Chilli Gaming CEO, Alexandre Dreyfus, the company decided to go with Parlay Entertainment, mainly, because they believe, the Parlay Platform offers better Bingo and Side Games. The new ChiliBingo website isn’t up and running yet, so right now, we’ll all have to wait and see how things pan out. But there’s definitely the promise of some new and exciting Side Games, on the cards. Let’s hope they’re keen to encourage new players, and get things of to a cracking start with some big Sign Up Bonuses! No deposit, even better!!!

    There’s no date set for the launch… yet! Nevertheless, be assured, as soon as it’s up and running Bingo Faces will be among the first to check it out. Fingers crossed, we’ll be bringing you good news! ChiliBingo will be for the UK Online Bingo market, and it will be interesting to see what Parlay Entertainment come up with. This is a great chance for them to make a comeback, after loosing two big contracts to rivals, Virtue Fusion. Online Bingo was the most rapidly expanding sector, within Online Gaming, in 2008. Looks like the competition is all set to heat up in 2009!

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 29/06/2009

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  • Costa Bingo Free Online Bingo

    By Lisa West on Sunday, 28th June 2009

    Free Bingo is definitely the big Bingo News for 2009! Some of the big brand Bingo names, like Cheeky and Posh, have made sure their players don’t miss out, but not all sites offering Free Games pay out real money, like these guys. There are a lot of completely Free Online Bingo sites around. Some have small prizes on offer, others may not offer anything at all, apart from the privilege of using their site and getting your name up on the leader board. Others are so complex, it might be six months before you even get a whiff of a prize!

    While some players are more than happy, to play for free and walk away with a new dabber, others are looking for cool hard CASH! If you are a regular player, you’ve probably checked out most of the sites already. So, what’s new in Free Online Bingo? Well you’ll be happy to know that there’s a brand new Bingo site that’s completely Free and paying out real cash to players. How’s that for some good Bingo News?

    Costa Bingo is a, new, Online Bingo site from  Jet Media, a Gibraltar based company. Just as you’d expect with a name like that, the website is bright, cheerful, and guaranteed to brighten up your day. To play Free Bingo you don’t need to make a deposit and games run ever few minutes, so you won’t be hanging around. The Free games rooms open at 8am and registration is a two minute job. Make sure you keep your eyes out for the big hourly £50 Jackpot games.

    There’s nothing to lose at Costa Bingo, it really is a fun and Free Bingo site. Cost Bingo also offer pay to play Bingo, and they are paying out more than £10,000 every week. Go check it out!

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 28/06/2009

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  • New Gameon Bingo!

    By Lisa West on Saturday, 27th June 2009

    You have probably seen the latest addition, to the world of Online Bingo sites, on the telly.  Gameon Bingo is a new site from the Globalcom bingo network.  Some people might find the simplicity of the design refreshing, like me! It’s easy on the eye and ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’!  Every new player gets 20 free Bingo cards to get them up and running, but you will have to give credit card details to register.

    This is a big brand flagship, so despite the fact they are new, Gameon Bingo do have some great promotions available.  The first deposit, Cash Match Bonus is a very nice 150%, on any amount between five and a hundred pounds.  Plus!  You will receive a 50% Cash Match Bonus on every deposit you make, between twenty and £100!

    There’s no Free Bingo at Gameon, but they do have a ‘Happy Hour’, Monday teatime, between four in the afternoon and six.  Here, they give all players double loyalty points for tickets purchased in any of the chat games.  A thousand loyalty pounds can be exchanged for a £1 credit to your account.  This isn’t such a good deal, compared to some of the other Online Bingo sites out there, but if you enjoy the Gameon Bingo site, and are going to play anyway, it’s better than nothing!

    A good way to earn loyalty points at Gameon Bingo is by referring a friend.  They will give you 5000points for that, which is, basically, a fiver!  Not to much going on in the way of freebies here, but the prize promotions are good.  Right now, you can will a fab Mexican Cruise, with flights, right up until August 25th.  The big plus at Gameon is the Cash match Bonus. With the 50% permanent offer, they are giving away plenty to paying, Online Bingo players.  With the twenty free tickets available, to get you started, it probably worth a twirl!

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 27/06/2009

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  • What's Bingo?

    By Lisa West on Friday, 26th June 2009

    Bingo Machines are officially exempt from the amount which can be licensed, for any one particular gaming establishment.  They are also exempt from prize and stake limits.  However, the Gambling Commission has become more and more aware of the twists and turns, the gaming machine manufacturers are doing, in order to get past the regulations in place, to control slot machine gambling.

    The biggest concern seems to be, some of the manufacturers are designing machines which are, supposedly, Bingo Machines, yet bare little difference to the more regulated slot and gaming machines. In an attempt to straighten things out, the Gambling Commission have come up with a list of ‘criteria’ for Bingo Machines.

    Now, if the new machines don’t match that criteria, the commission are stating that they should not be classed as Bingo Machines, and may well be taxed accordingly.  The new move, at present, is voluntary.  However, the Gambling Commission have warned, if it isn’t sorted out this way, they will take more formal steps to make the requirements regulatory.

    The Gambling commission did hold discussions, with both the UK Bingo Association, and British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA).  The Bingo association represents all UK  licensed Bingo Operators, and BACTA represent the manufacturers of the pay to play machine industry. The new criteria is applicable to all Bingo games, regardless of whether they are automated, live, or machine.

    There are certain criteria in place, which is specific to the manufacture of Bingo Machines.  These machines may not be placed in an area where under eighteens can enter.  The price per game may not be changed, nor may the prize on offer be dictated by the number of people playing.  The new ‘Code of Practice’ has already been issued to both BACTA and UK Bingo Association members.

    Although it has not been officially made regulatory (yet!), the Gambling Commission seem determined to get the issues dealt with. So, it seems in everyone’s interest to follow the guidelines, probably sooner, rather than later.

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 26/06/2009

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  • Gala Coral In the Firing Line?

    By Lisa West on Thursday, 25th June 2009

    While Mecca Bingo can look forward to a 62million rebate, for overpayment of Tax, unlawfully charged by the UK Customs and Excise, Gala Coral could be looking at a multi million dollar tax bill.  It has been reported that Gala Coral, who are already struggling to pay off billions of pounds worth of debt, may have to face another blow from the UK government.  Primarily, if the government goes ahead with a crack down on the £500 Jackpot, Roulette Slot Machines. A big earner for the Gala Coral.

    It is also believed that the UK Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will be targeting these machines for more tax increases in the future.  A study carried out in 2007 indicated that around one in nine, Roulette Slot Machine players had a gambling problem. The Gambling Commission have now become involved, and it’s expected that they will advise Gerry Sutcliffe, the UK Culture Minister, to order more research into the problem.

    Word is, the Gambling Commission have also discussed their belief that Gala Bingo Halls, along with others, have manipulated the rules, and their local licensing authorities, in order to install more of these, big money, Jackpot slots into their clubs.

    Currently, the amount of Roulette Slot Machines any single club can have is limited.  However, the commission believes that the Gala Bingo Halls have organised subdivisions within their clubs, in order to be granted multiple licences.  The way things stand, the Gambling Commission sets out guidelines for local authorities, however, they are free to make their own decisions, and, there’s nothing the commission can actually do, to enforce those guidelines. It’s not just Gala Coral in the firing line.  However, they are one of the most vulnerable companies if the government decides to crack down.

    This was an article by Lisa for Bingo Faces on 25/06/2009

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