Fun and Facts - Articles from the World of Bingo

Mobile Bingo

When online bingo first launched a decade ago it was a revolution and it was thought that nothing could get better than the ability to play bingo, from your own home! However, that was before the advent of smartphones, as now you can play mobile bingo directly from your iPhone, Android or smartphone!

Bingo Deposit Bonuses

Since the advent of online bingo almost a decade ago, bingo sites have been offering bingo deposit bonuses to new and existing online bingo players to secure their loyalty to each online bingo site. These have come in the form of free, no deposit bonuses, match deposit bonuses and percentage deposit bonuses. It can all sound a bit confusing to the untrained ear so we are here to simplify things and let you know what they all mean.

Free Bingo or Superbooks

When free bingo games started popping up at online bingo sites around the UK, everyone was excited and rightly so. However, pretty soon it seemed that the market was saturated and experts in the industry were wondering if this free bingo boom was sustainable. Well free bingo has remained but one online bingo software provider is offering the chance of free bingo or superbooks, keeping the free bingo game working alongside pay bingo.

Charity Bingo

Charity Bingo is an integral part of the online bingo industry, with virtually every online bingo site holding regular charity promotions. This should come as little surprise to bingo players, as bingo has long been associated with charity giving. From the games in church halls, which were the earliest forms of US organised bingo games to charity bingo at your local bingo hall, it’s easy to see just how much is donated to various charities through bingo every year.

Multi-player games

Online bingo sites have been tempting players with slots, casino games and instant wins for almost as long as online bingo has been around. But now more and more bingo sites are moving to multi-player games where players battle against each other, just like in an online bingo game but without playing bingo at all. Often based around slot games and casino games such as roulette, multi-player games allow chat options and all the functions and fun of the online bingo room but with some huge variations.

Online Bingo Boom

Since the first online bingo site launched onto the internet back in the early part of the last decade, online bingo has grown and the traditional game has been given a much needed facelift and revival. In the last twelve months however, that growth has spiralled into an online bingo boom and now on the back of that, we the online bingo player are seeing the effect.

Bingo Software

When playing at online bingo sites you may notice that the bingo software from one bingo site to another is fairly similar. This is because there are far fewer bingo software suppliers that there are bingo sites. This isn’t a problem though and can often be a big help in choosing a new bingo site, especially if you already know which of the bingo software suppliers is your favourite.

Bingo Slots | Instant win games

When it comes to the world of online bingo we have seen many changes over the years. Not only have we seen the introduction of different bingo variants but we have also seen the growth of bingo slots at many sites. The variety of bingo slots is different from site to site and it’s all dependant on the bingo software provider.

Bingo Survey

Do you play bingo online or at the bingo halls? Both games are very different and so it may not come as a surprise to find that a recent bingo survey showed that just 19% of bingo players enjoy both online bingo and bingo at the bingo hall.

Bingo and Television

Online Bingo has now become big business and with that we are seeing many television sponsorship deals from many of our favourite bingo sites and adverts for bingo sites now appear on all the major television channels. But is bingo and television a successful medium? Will seeing bingo sites endorse television programmes really make people log on and try the online game?

Bingo Tickets

Whether you play your bingo at the bingo hall or you’re a fan of online bingo, there’s no denying that bingo tickets are an essential part of the game. Whether singly or in strips those bingo tickets hold those elusive numbers you are trying to mark off to get that big win.

80 Ball Bingo

With online bingo sites becoming more and more competitive, more online bingo variants than ever before are on offer for players to choose from and one of these is 80 ball bingo. When 75 balls are not enough and 90 are too many you might want to try 80 ball bingo, one of the newest bingo variants to hit our online bingo sites.

Funny Bingo, Funy Bingo, Fun

I think we’re all agreed that the community spirit at online bingo sites cannot be rivalled. It’s such a sociable hobby as we all join together in the bingo chat rooms for fun and chat with our online bingo buddies. Some of the best laughs you can ever have can come from online bingo chat rooms and I’m sure every one of you has some funny bingo experiences you could share.  

30 ball bingo

There was a time when the only bingo available in the UK was traditional 90 ball bingo, and you had to leave the house and find your way to a bingo hall to play it. Then came the introduction of online bingo and suddenly we found ourselves playing American 75 ball bingo for patterns and we felt spoilt for choice. Well the world of online bingo has come a long way since then and we can now play many different types of bingo, depending on which online bingo hall we choose. The very newest bingo to hit our computer screens is 30 ball Bingo or Speed Bingo.

Bingo Community

Bingo and community have always gone hand in hand. Unlike lottery games which are enjoyed by players in isolation despite the fact that they are all depending on one central draw of numbers to determine the winners, bingo has traditionally been enjoyed by groups of players.

Party Bingo

Party bingo can be described as any game of bingo that is played at a party or celebration. Party bingo games are becoming increasingly popular, and they are most commonly played at birthday and hen night parties, where many of the people attending are likely to be keen bingo players.

Ticket Tips

Bingo tickets are central to the game of bingo, and whilst all players focus on the numbers they bear when a game is in progress, few think about the tickets themselves. In this article we put tickets in the spotlight and present a handful of tips that can help you to improve your chances of winning.

Bingo Daubers - Mark your cards right

Bingo daubers are the special felt-tipped marker pens that players use to mark their numbers in regular bingo clubs. Virtual daubers are also used in the online game for the same purpose, but at most online sites the numbers are daubed automatically for the player – something that comes in very handy when you’re playing a dozen or more cards at once.

What Women Want

What women want is something that has vexed some of the greatest minds in history, and also spawned a movie starring Mel Gibson, but we still haven’t made much progress in figuring out what women want. Until now, that is. Party Bingo are currently running television commercials that tell us exactly what women want, and the answer – listen up Mel – is bingo online!

Bingo Chat-Games

Bingo chat games are secondary games that take place alongside the main bingo game. Chat games are played in the chat window which is used to conduct conversations with other bingo players, and they are usually run by the Chat Moderator. Prizes often come in the form of bonus bingo loyalty points, free tickets for cash games or, in some places, modest cash prizes.

Calculating the House Edge

Have you ever wondered how much money an online bingo site keeps back from each game? If you have then you will be pleased to learn that calculating this “house edge” is fairly straightforward, and in a few moments we’ll explain how it is done. But first, perhaps we ought to explain why would calculating the house edge can be of use to the average bingo player.

A Question of Timing

Does it matter when you play bingo? This is a question that can be answered in one of two ways. If all you want from your bingo experience is the game itself, and things like prize money and conversation are secondary benefits as far as you are concerned then the answer is no. You can play bingo at 8am or 8pm and still get the satisfaction of the game itself.

75 Ball vs 90 Ball

In a recent online bingo room chat conversation, players were asked whether they had a preference for playing 75 ball or 90 ball bingo games. Apart from the usual comments that some preferred 75 ball because the patterns add a touch of variety to the game, and that some preferred 90 ball because it was the game they had grown up with, one player said something that we think is worth exploring.

Four Helpful Habits

There are four habits which will help you to get more from your online bingo experience - all you have to do is adopt them and notice the difference they make...