We’re supposed to be all about the glitz and glam but honestly, we’re like a bunch of grannies gossiping about who’s going out with whom. Hot in the bingo blog world this week is the rumour that the Rank Group, owner of online bingo site Mecca, is in talks with Gala Coral discussing the potential acquisition of Gala’s casino business.
The Rank Group, which also owns Grosvenor Casinos and Bluesq betting firms, is seeking to buy Gala Casinos for a reported £250m. The deal would make the online bingo and casino operator the largest in Britain and accelerate plans to have 45 Grosvenor outlets by the end of 2015, as Gala already owns 24 casinos. There are currently only four Grosvenor casinos inside London. Read more…

If you’re a bit of a music buff and you won’t to share your passion and make some money at the same time, have you thought about online bingo?

There are hundreds of bingo sites out there but a few specialize in providing you with a totally unique experience, that fuses your favourite pastimes and hobbies with bingo. Sing Bingo is one of these unique sites, which is aimed at bringing together anyone who loves music and giving them a chance to share their passion while playing online bingo.

They offer a variety of music based bingo rooms, such as Rock N’ Bingo, Disco grooves, Karoaoke Nights and many more. What’s more when you play Sing Bingo’s Rockin’ TFI games every Friday night from 9pm, you’ll be in with a chance to win Sony Hi-Fi’s, Mini Jukeboxes, and Bose Headphones. All you have to do is be the first person to bingo on the Music Note pattern and you’ll be sent a new sound system for you to listen to all your favourite classics in surround sound. Read more…

How much would you reasonably spend on an online bingo site in a year? £100? £1,000? £10,000?
If you’re anything like Lucienne Mainey, it could well be far beyond that. The 41 year old mother stole £76,081 from her company to fund the habit she developed following the breakdown of her marriage. As a trusted member of the accounts administration team for a company run by a family she had known for a long time, Mainey paid herself small amounts throughout the year and wrote them off as payments to suppliers. The theft was eventually discovered and the company says the amount is closer to £87,000 when you consider VAT. Read more…

There are upwards of 200 bingo sites out there on the web, with almost as many comparison sites to match. Talk about a saturated market, the bingo world is practically drenched to soaking point. So how can players find what they are looking for, when there are just so many sites claiming to be the most impartial and comprehensive ones out there.

Fundamentally it boils down to finding a site which is updated regularly. Most of the bingo sites out there aren’t updated on a daily basis and suffer from a lack of fresh content, that’s why it’s always worth checking how often the site you are going to is updated, and the best way to do that is by checking their blogs.

We write a blog every single day, come rain or shine, because we actively enjoy engaging with our readers and writing about the latest developments in the gambling world. There are hundreds of bingo online promotions every month and if you don’t update your site daily, it’s inevitable your readers will miss out on the latest offers and deals. Read more…

Lovers of online bingo can rejoice at the findings in the recent report which state that playing bingo can actually assist cognitive performance for people suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.
Whilst the social benefit of sitting in the bingo rooms has always been acknowledged, researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Boston University and Bridgewater State University have now concluded that the benefits extend far beyond the pleasures of talking to your online bingo buddies. Read more…

It’s the New Year and we’re nursing terrible hangovers but who can be bothered about that when there are so many games going? Online Bingo tends to be associated by non-players as something for Grannies and Teens looking for Free cash, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the dominance that females once had over the Bingo sites is beginning to wane and there are actually plenty of males now joining in – and who can blame them!

Most bingo sites offer great promotions, fantastic prizes such as holidays abroad and nice lump sums of cash – but most importantly, the chance to embrace a whole new community of fun-loving people who like nothing more than to have a good chat about … well … anything! Read more…

With only a few days left till Christmas, it’s time to get your skates on and finish all that Christmas shopping before it’s too late. It’s strange to think, but Christmas is actually one of the most stressful times of the year, with so many things to prepare for, it can be hard to make sure your on top of everything. I liken it to a game of online bingo without the aid of an auto dauber. Imagine having to cross off all your numbers at break neck speed as the caller reels out the numbers. You’d have to be the Speedy Gonzales of the online bingo world! Read more…

The countdown to Christmas is in full swing and if you haven’t started nibbling away at your advent calender yet, then you better start, as we’ve already munched through 15 days worth of chocolate here at this bingo blog! After all, there are fewer more exciting treats to look forward to than a daily hit of chocolate.

Did you know that when people play online bingo, there favourite food to eat is chocolate? Unsurprising when you thing about it, I mean who doesn’t like a bite of chocolate when you’re indulging in your favourite past time. Read more…

You can barely move for all the online bingo promotions running wild these days.
Visit any site, read a bingo blog, or simply type ‘bingo’ into a news search engine, and you’ll return hundreds if not thousands of offers begging for your attention. Websites mail their loyal clientele or cold-email players from mailing lists offering free gifts. Press releases announce the latest deposit matches, new games, best chat rooms and invite readers to play online bingo with them. Read more…

Whilst sifting through the bingo blog world, I happened upon an interesting and very sweet story about something that had unfolded – in all places – in an online bingo chat room.

The gentleman had found that life was progressing nicely. He worked a stable and moderately interesting job, was good to his parents, went to dinner most nights with some of his many friends, but had not yet managed to find that special someone. On the outside, he was a successful professional, but privately his lonely heart yearned to find a connection with someone.

One night, on the suggestion of a friend, he decided to try online bingo as a quiet way of winding down and preparing for the weekend. He had so much fun that soon he was a regular on the circuit, playing games each week and making new friends. One evening he started chatting in one of the rooms and he and another player hit it off – they had a lot in common and soon they were meeting to play bingo every evening. Eventually she suggested they meet up, he agreed and they fell in love. Read more…

William Hills’ latest online bingo promotion has caused more chaos than anyone could have predicted. Last month they offered players the chance of winning a car each day for the whole of October, little did they expect that some of the winners don’t actually know how to drive…

The first two online bingo winners who turned up, much to everyone’s disbelief, didn’t even have drivers licences The third winner who appeared, knew how to drive, but had had his drivers licence suspended! If you think that’s crazy, our award for best online bingo player of the month goes to Big Momma, who never even showed up to collect her prize.

In a hilarious twist of fate, a bunch of people turned up pretending to be the winners, one of them was described  as weighing in excess of a 100kg. Apparently she tore off her top and began jumping up and down, shouting “I is Big Momma!” Hilariously, she did note even know her own real name.

One can only be amazed at the sheer barefaced cheek required to pretend to be the winner, but when there’s a £6,000, Fiat Panda at stake, it’s every man, woman and child for himself. Read more…

I’m not going to beat around the bush, online bingo is big business. With hundreds of sites competing for your hard earned cash, it can be hard to know which sites are the most reliable, have the largest pay outs and perhaps most importantly, are the most sociable. Big Gains No Pains is the number one resource on the web for people who are interested in online gambling; whether it’s poker, scratchcards or you want to play online bingo, we have trawled the web, to bring you the most recent,  impartial and entertaining reviews out there.

For anyone who is interested in online bingo and understanding why the market for players is so competitive, let’s take a look at the current UK market. A recent survey  has revealed there are over 3.5 million players in the UK alone, that works out to be over 5% of the entire population! Based on these figures can  you guess how much the annual turn over for the online bingo industry is? Any idea? The total gross profit stands at £ 600 Million. That’s about £10 for every single person alive in the UK at this point in time. Incredible, when you think about.  Now you can see why there are so many bingo sites out there, desperate for you to deposit money with them and play online bingo. Read more…

Bingo is a world favorite casino game that dates back to ancient times. Bingo has survived for thousands of years, and it is now experiencing a Renaissance due to an influx of players onto the online casino scene. With the cost of stays in land casino towns these days, and with the world economy in a severe recession, more people are playing online bingo than ever before.

Can you blame them? First of all, the money they save by not going on vacations and casino junkets to places such as Las Vegas can be put to better use. Gamblers are, for the most part, smart people. They value the extra money they save by shunning the land casinos in favor of online bingo play.

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