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Crime in Bingo

Gladys — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:34:27 +0000

Bingo is not usually seen as an activity that is associated with crime, but judging but recent stories it my be that it is now attracting some unsavoury characters. In the last couple of weeks we’ve told you of the cheeky player who claimed a jackpot win that wasn’t hers, along with a woman who was mugged for her winnings, but the trouble seems to be more widespread.

A Blakenell couple recently run into trouble for continuing to claim income support, council tax and housing benefits despite having won £52,540 playing bingo. The deception lasted for 2 years, in which time they’d fraudulently claimed £20,000. Mr Bannister ended up with a 3 month sentence whilst his wife escaped with a 6 week suspended sentence and 80 hours of community service. The money was apparently spent on things such as a wedding and a breast implant operation, and none has been recovered.

Online bingo players have also got into trouble, with a woman recently receiving a 8 month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. Sujata Chaudhry was caught after having stolen £12,519 from her employer, NETA, a training charity. She was said to have become obsessed with the game, resorting to theft to fund her habit after running up huge debts on her credit cards

The lesson learned is, that if you scoop a large win and are claiming benefits, then check with the authorities if this alters anything. Also bingo is a fun activity and certainly should not be the cause of you turning to crime to pay for it. The best rule is to only play with whatever you can afford to lose, as after all there are only a limited amount of winners.

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NetPlayTV Sign Deal With ITV For New Bingo Based Television Show.

Jaymac — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:25:43 +0000

NetPlayTV have managed to acquire yet another great television airtime deal with media giants ITV which should avalanch the popularity of TV bingo into the mainstream. NetPlayTv have signed a 6 month trial agreement which allows the broadcasting of “Teleshopping” airtime. This allows the company to televise gaming shows during the new night time teleshopping trial schedule on ITV1. The agreement is expected to start at the beginning of next month which is quite a fast turn around.

NetPlayTV plan to televise a new bingo format based show which will last around thirty minutes. The show could be broadcasted up to 6 nights a week on ITV’s flagship channel. The show is rumoured to feature televised bingo and keno games however the exact format has not been fully revealed yet.

This Milestone deal came off the back of the revised Ofcom restrictions that came into place last year. This loosened up the law surrounding transactional formats during the night time period in the ITV teleshopping window. NetPlayTV is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest broadcasters of gaming across a wide range of different media formats.

The chief Executive of NetPlayTV has this to say “When we established NetPlayTV it was with the dream of creating our own interactive game formats and getting them broadcast on a terrestrial TV channel … The agreement with ITV1 allows us to bring together a number of disciplines, from mobile to gaming in the delivery of this exciting new transactional TV bingo show for a trial period.”

Though the direct consequences of this deal are not going to be seen until the launch date it is safe to say bingo is fast becoming one of the UK’s most popular pass times.

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Bingo Tip – Wink Bingo Vouchers Make Great Gifts

Tom — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:35:33 +0000

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Costa Bingo 200% welcome bonus, 50% bonus to stay

Tom — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:30:10 +0000

Costa Bingo offers brand new players from London Bingo a 200% welcome bonus to come through the doors and play bingo at the Costa Bingo hall online. In addition, Costa Bingo will give London Bingo players a regular 50% reload bonus to stay and play bingo! This offer doesn’t last forever – so get it while its hot!

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Costa bingo is matching 200% on all first time deposit bonus as a way to welcome London Bingo players to their new and exciting online bingo hall. The 200% first time deposit bonus is good on all deposits giving you up to £150 in free money to play bingo on the web at Costa Bingo!

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As if the initial deposit bonus isn’t enough – Costa Bingo is willing to pay you to stay and play bingo with them. Costa offers London Bingo players a regular deposit bonus of 50% on all bingo reloads, allowing you to claim up to £150 in reload bonus money at Costa Bingo.

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Dancing Domino @ prime scratch cards

Tom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:43:16 +0000

Prime Scratchcards will knock you out with their special offers this week! With a new game which you can play for free, Dancing Domino, what are you waiting for!

From now until 7am Sunday 12th July not only can you play the new game, but you can do so for free! Yes, if you’re not lucky and you lose then they’ll give you all of your losses back, up to the amount of deposits you’ve made, to a maximum of £400. To qualify for this great promotion you just need to make a deposit of £150 within these times, and any losses you make you’ll get back on Sunday. This is a great offer on which you can only win!

On Sunday you’ll also get a fabulous 30% deposit on your 1st deposit of the day, so make sure it’s a good one!

Monday might be the 13th, but it can be lucky for you this month! On every 2nd deposit you make today you’ll get a generous 40% deposit bonus.

Scratch Surprise Tuesday is always a popular day, and this week it’s said there’s some huge bonuses on offer. We’ll be checking it out, so make sure you do too!

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wink reload bonus

Tom — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:06:55 +0000

Time is running out for funded players to take advantage of the 100% wink bingo reload bonus.

Every day from NOW until 00:59 on Tuesday 7th July players can get a special 100% deposit bonus. You can get this bonus only once by entering WINK100 in the cashier when making a £10 minimum deposit.

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Bingo Tips – Think Progressive

Tom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:01:53 +0000

Bingo tip of the day: When it comes to playing bingo, London Bingo players think progressive. Costa Bingo is always thinking progressive, specifically with the 75 and 90 ball progressive bingo jackpots.

90 Ball Progressive Jackpot

The Costa Bingo 90 ball progressive jackpot runs in each 90 ball bingo room. 44 calls or less to cover the card is all it takes, and Bingo! You win the progressive jackpot!

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Be the first to bingo on Costa Sun pattern in 40 calls or less to claim the cash prize. The Costa Sun pattern is 16 squares in total and will keep growing until some lucky winner covers the pattern. The progressive 75 ball pattern will play 3 times every hour in the Costa Cocktails room and 4 times every hour in the Costa Cuties room from 7pm to 12pm every night at Costa Bingo.

Start thinking progressive, head over to Costa Bingo now for some fun in the sun!

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Free Posh Bingo Bonus

Tom — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:09:08 +0000

Plenty of free bingo bonus offers to be had and promotions to take advantage of this weekend at Posh Bingo.

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Posh Bingo is giving out FREE dosh every day of the week in the FREE Daily Dosh games at 8.30am and 8:30pm, for funded players. It’s FREE, it’s TWICE a day, EVERY day and there’s a Guaranteed £30 Real cash up for grabs in each game – did we mention it was free?

Posh Bingo Grand Slam

Posh are inviting you to get into the swing of things and celebrate the finals of Wimbledon! So for a SMASHing time this weekend, be sure to join in with a Posh Tennis Tournament – The Posh Grand Slam!

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First prize in the Posh Bingo Grand Slam Tournament includes Tickets to the FINAL of The Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in December! Confirmed players are Pat Rafter, Goran Ivanisevic and Stefan Edberg and there will be a chance to meet a tournament player at the Posh Reception! Winners can enjoy a hospitality pass, courtside VIP seats, Official Souvenir Programme and champagne & canapés!

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As a bingo enthusiast, you simply cannot miss out on the great Posh Bingo prizes, promotions, and bonuses. Get to Posh Bingo now to compete for great prizes and to take advantage of some seriously posh bingo bonuses.

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Amazing Bonus @ Prime Scratch Cards in July

Tom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:47:15 +0000

July is here, and so are some amazing bonuses from Prime Scratchcards, as the weather gets hotter so do their offers!

Thursday 2^nd – Friday 3^rd – deposit £50 or more and they’ll give you a 30% deposit bonus, but if you deposit £100 or more they’ll give you an amazing 40% bonus.

Saturday and Sunday – the weekend is here, and they’ve got more bonuses to celebrate with. Get 10% bonus on your 1^st deposit, 20% on your 2^nd deposit and 30% on your 3^rd deposit, and this pattern repeats itself over and over again!

Monday – the weekend may be over, but the bonuses just keep on rolling. On every deposit you make today you’ll get a 20% bonus – that’s a nice way to start the week!

Scratch Surprise Tuesday – you just have to take a look to see for yourself what’s on offer.

This month’s challenge is to email Prime Scratchcards and tell them what your dream holiday would be. 5 lucky winners from June’s challenge have already received their cash prize, so email care@primescratchcards.com now and see if you can also be a winner!

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Posh Bingo 90 Ball Progressive tops £1700

Tom — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:23:49 +0000

The stretch limo 90 ball progressive jackpot has topped the £1700 mark at Posh Bingo. Currently sitting at £1736 and counting, this 90 ball progressive jackpot can be claimed by covering your full bingo card in 38 calls or less at Posh Bingo.

Should you trigger this jackpot by covering in the 38 calls, you will win the progressive jackpot in addition to the prize for the specific bingo game you are playing at Posh Bingo!

Posh Bingo is currently offering a free £20 sign on bonus, and an additional 200% bingo deposit bonus. To play bingo and compete for the progressive 90 Ball jackpot, simply head over to Posh Bingo and register for any of the 90 ball bingo games offered throughout the day. For more information on Posh Bingo, be sure to read our official London Bingo review of Posh Bingo.

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Wink Bingo – Get 10% Cash Back Weekly

Tom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:12:57 +0000

Wink Bingo takes pride in rewarding their players. Each Friday, Wink Bingo give back 10% of any losses you have booked from bingo account deposits you have made during the week.

Whether playing Bingo, or Wink Bingo’s Instant Games, if you have booked a loss, Wink Bingo helps to offset that. Wink Bingo Cashback will be credited to your Bingo player account and can be used on all regular Bingo Games on Wink Bingo. Get playing now, and take advantage of this bingo bonus offer from Wink Bingo!

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Special London Bingo Bonus

Tom — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:45:11 +0000

Bingo players in London will be happy to know that Wink Bingo is offering a special 250% bingo deposit bonus to all London Bingo players through June 30th.

Players who have accessed Wink Bingo through the London Bingo website that are first time depositing players at Wink Bingo are eligible for 250% bonus on their first deposit. This great bingo promo runs from NOW until 23:59 on Tuesday 30th June on deposits between £5 and £100.

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To take advantage of this limited offer through Wink Bingo, enter the bingo bonus code: WINK250 in the cashier making your deposit.

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Bonus Bingo Reload at Posh Bingo

Tom — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:47:31 +0000

Posh Bingo is offering a 75% Deposit Bonus between now and 29 June. When depositing £10 – £100 at Posh Bingo, you can claim a 75% bonus on your Posh Bingo deposit once daily! To claim this Posh Bingo bonus, you must enter one of the following corresponding bonus codes:

Posh Bingo Bonus code for Friday: POSHFRI,
Posh Bingo deposit code for Saturday: POSHSAT,
Posh Bingo reload code for Sunday: POSHSUN,
Posh Bingo incentive code for Monday: POSHMON

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£6,000 Guaranteed Daily at Virgin Bingo

Tom — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:29:14 +0000

For as little as 50p, you can take a shot at £6,000 in daliy guaranteed bingo prizes at Virgin Bingo.

Each day at 6pm, Virgin Bingo hosts a £2,000 guaranteed prize money bingo game, and again at 10:30pm, where a £4,000 Full House is up for grabs! That makes for £6,000 in guaranteed money each day at Virgin’s Bingo!

The bingo games take place at the Necker Island and Marrakesh rooms on the Virgin Bingo gaming platform. Tickets cost 50p each and you can purchase a maximum of 36 tickets for each game!

No sense waiting on this guaranteed prize money, get started playing at Virgin Bingo now! Still need more convincing? Take a look at the official London Bingo review of Virgin Bingo.

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Big Money Fridays

Tom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:47:51 +0000

Fridays at Virgin Bingo are known as Big Money Fridays! Thie Friday night Virgin Bingo are guaranteeing a prize of £1,500 Guaranteed!

If you’re in need of a bingo break at the end of the week, why not head down to Necker Island this Friday for a chance to win over £1,500 worth of guaranteed prize money.

As the evening progresses, the bingo games get hotter. The Full House prize money jumps up by an extra £100 every hour.

To get in on the guaranteed prize bingo action, head over to Virgin Bingo’s Necker Island today!

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Thursday Bingo Prizes

Tom — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:10:56 +0000

Thursday is payday at Bingo Fabulous! As the official place to be on Thursdays for London Bingo visitors, Bingo Fabulous has some great bingo prizes up for grabs – just for you!

Every second Thursday at 9.45pm, you will have the opportunity to win a flatscreen television from Bingo Fabulous. For a mere £1, Bingo Fabulous gives you the opportunity to take down the fabulous flatscreen TV.

With the cash match bonus us to £100, Bingo Fabulous is the place to be to play bingo online on Thursdays! Not convinced yet, check out our London Bingo official review of Bingo Fabulous to learn more.

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London Bingo News 6-25-09

Tom — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:13 +0000

In the spirit of Wimbledon, Virgin Bingo is offering a variety of prizes revolving around tennis, valued at over £1,000 this week.

At Virgin Bingo, you can win the tennis rackets used by Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova, as well as Nadal and Ivanovic’s Trainers. Additionally, you have a shot at winning a tour for two around Wimbledon, along with hampers full of Strawberries and Cream and Pimms up for grabs too. Furthermore, Virgin Bingo are throwing in a Nintendo Wii, complete with EA Sports Tennis and an Xbox 360 with Virtua Tennis 2009.

To win these prizes, battle it out amongst your fellow bingo players, by playing in the Virgin Bingo Tennis Tournament. For every £1 you spend on bingo tickets between Monday 22nd and Sunday 28th, you’ll earn yourself 1 point. And by the end of the week, the top 10 players win themselves the corresponding prizes! Serve up an ace now by competing for Wimbledon tennis prize packages at Virgin Bingo.

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£100 cash match at Virgin Bingo

Tom — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:56:04 +0000

We here at London Bingo are big on Virgin Bingo for our online bingo play. In case you did not know, Virgin Bingo is offering an attractive cash match bonus, where they will give new bingo players from London Bingo a 100% cash match bonus on their initial deposit of 100% up to £100!

In addition to this attractive welcome bonus offer by Virgin Bingo, Virgin also offers several programs aimed at rewarding and retaining the London Bingo community. For example, you can play bingo and accumulate Virgin Bingo reward points to fly from London to Vegas for the gambling vacation of a lifetime. Additionally, Virgin Bingo offers their players a free scratch card every day!

Take a look at our London Bingo review of Virgin Bingo, and get the bingo winnings rolling in today!

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Win a trip from London to Vegas at Virgin Bingo

Tom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:27 +0000

Earn yourself a round trip from London to Las Vegas by playing bingo at Virgin Bingo. As part of the Virgin Bingo player loyalty program, you will accumulate V-Points as you play the cash bingo games. Each Virgin Bingo V-point equates to 1 frequent flyer mile at Virgin Flying Club. Amass 50,000 of these V-points, and you can redeem them for a round trip from London, England to Las Vegas, Nevada USA – all while playing bingo online at Virgin Bingo.

Virgin Bingo additionally offers a welcome cash match bonus of £10 for newly depositing bingo players. Take advantage of the bingo cash match bonus, and begin winning your way to Vegas via Virgin Bingo today!

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Summer Fun, Prime Scracth cards!!

Tom — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:31 +0000

Prime Scratchcards are going bonus crazy this week, they must have been out in the sun too much, so make sure you join them for some summer fun!

Thursday 18^th and Friday 19^th you’ll receive a 20% deposit bonus on every single deposit you make today.

Saturday 20^th and Sunday 21^st – you’ll get a huge 50% deposit bonus on the first deposit you make, so make sure it’s a good one!

Monday 22^nd there’s a fantastic promotion going, with €10,000 up for grabs! From 10am Monday until 10am Tuesday the 20 players who play the most will each win €500. To qualify you need to make a deposit of £30 in this time period, and all winners will receive their bonus money on Tuesday. Sounds like the best reason ever to play!

Tuesday is Scratch Surprise day, so don’t forget to pay them a visit and see what’s on offer.

There’s still a few weeks left to win a cash prize in the Monthly Challenge. If you haven’t entered yet just email care@primescratchcards.com and tell them what you would spend your winnings on if you won a million playing their new game 3 WOW.

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Champagne Scratch Cards

Tom — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:47:39 +0000

Prime Scratchcards are celebrating in style this week as they launch Champagne, their latest scratch game. You can play Champagne for free from now until 8am Sunday 24th May to make it even better! That’s right, any losses you have will be returned in the form of bonus money, up to the total of deposits you’ve made. You need to make a minimum deposit of £100 in these times to qualify, but it’s a great way to try before you buy!

On Sunday there are lots of bonuses on offer, so take advantage! You’ll get a 10% deposit bonus on your 1st deposit, a 20% bonus on your 2nd deposit and a 30% deposit on your 3rd bonus – what a great deal!

Prime Scratchcards have got a great way to chase away the Monday blues with some more fabulous bonuses for you. Deposit £10 or more and get a 20% bonus, deposit £100 or more and get a 30% bonus, and if you deposit £200 or more they’ll give you a massive 40% deposit bonus.

Tuesday is always Scratch Surprise day, so make sure you pay them a visit to see what’s on offer.

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Prime Scratch Cards – £5 FREE Scratch

Tom — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:03:07 +0000

We all love a celebration, and this week Prime Scratchcards are giving away a lot of reasons to celebrate as they’ve got some fantastic bonuses for you!Between Thursday 14^th – Saturday 16^th May they’ll give you a lovely 40% deposit bonus on every 3^rd deposit you make – what a nice way to start the weekend!

On Sunday the deal is even better, as they’re giving an amazing 50% deposit bonus on every 3^rd deposit you make.

Monday may mean back to work for some, but Prime Scratchcards are still celebrating. You’ll get a 20% deposit bonus on every 2^nd deposit and a 40% deposit bonus on every 4^th deposit you make – what a nice way to start the week!

Tuesday as usual is Surprise Scratch Tuesday – always a good time to visit and see what the latest surprise is!There’s still time to enter this month’s challenge – just send a photo of your favourite flower to care@primescratchcards.com and you could be a cash winner!

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Posh Bingo “Make A Mint” Event

Tom — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:40:01 +0000

Posh Bingo “Make A Mint” Event

Posh Bingo has been tearing up the online bingo world and with there ongoing promotions it’s no wonder so many players have been joining the bingo room. One of the featured promotions being run in the Posh Bingo room is the “Make A Mint” tournament which takes place once a month. The event is always on the very last Friday of the month and starts at 9PM.

In order to participate in the “Make A Mint” tournament on Posh Bingo you need to have an account with them. To join the event you simply need to sign into your account and go to the jackpots tab and then the make a mint room. The prize payout in the game is pretty incredible and offers a good shot at making a nice amount of money.

One Line – 500 Euros
Two Lines – 1000 Euros
Full House – 1500 Euros

The bingo cards for this featured tournament every month is only 10 pence each and players are allowed to buy anywhere from 1-24 cards for the game. If there is more then one player who wins on any of the prizes listed above then the players who won split the prize listed above. If you aren’t already a Posh Bingo player then make sure you join soon so you can play with all of us in this months “Make A Mint” tournament. Don’t forget all new players to Posh Bingo receive a 50% match bonus of there first

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Prime scratch cards

Tom — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:13:21 +0000

Prime Scratchcards are being generous this week, and are offering a 200% welcome bonus, instead of the usual 100%. Visit the site now to take advantage.

Thursday 7^th 8am – Sunday 10^th 8am you can play Royal Slots for free! All you need to do is make a deposit between those times, play Royal Slots, and you’ll get back any losses on Sunday in the form of bonus money up to the amount you deposited. What a great deal!

Sunday 10^th May – deposit a minimum of £10 and you’ll get a 30% deposit bonus on your first deposit of the day!

Monday 11^th May – this is a great day for bonuses! Deposit £30 or more and get a 20% bonus, deposit £60 or more and get a 35% bonus, and deposit £100 or more and get an amazing 50% deposit bonus. What a great way to start the week!

Tuesday 12^th May – yet another Scratch Surprise Tuesday. Don’t forget to visit Prime Scratchcards to see what’s on offer.

Monthly challenge – the challenge for May is to take a photo of your favourite flower. The best 5 will receive cash prizes, so click away and send your picture tocare@primescratchcards.com

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