Archive for August, 2009
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Eastside Cannery Casino is located in Las Vegas, NV and offers a full-scale destination casino. The casino has 20,000 sq ft of ballroom and meeting rooms for all types of events. The casino proper has 2000 slot machines, 26 table games, a 450 seat Bingo Hall, a poker room and a state of the art Sports Book. This rather new facility in Las Vegas is off the strip, but offers all of the amenities a player could want in a live casino. The room rates are moderate and well within the means of any visitor. Early registration will insure a special nightly rate and the visitor should call ahead to see what arrangements could be made in advance.
The Bingo Hall is testament to the fact that bingo is rocketing ahead in popularity not only in Europe, but in the US also. There is sure to be a special week or so for bingo players with this lay out available for that specific use.
Every year the skyline in Vegas changes with a new hotel or casino complex. This ever-changing venue is remarkable in its yearly growth in rooms and casino operations. Players should be aware when visiting the city in the desert that there are always deals to be hand except maybe when the computer show is in town. Even some holiday rates can be negotiated in advance of a visit.
The Eastside did pick a very bad time to open its doors as the economy in the USA has put a damper on the live casino business in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. However the new kid on the block does usually get some play just out of curiosity. With the facilities that this casino complex has available, the visitor has many reasons for a visit when in this one of a kind city in Nevada. While there obviously a tourist can take in the sites that make Vegas unique and a long time visitor destination for many years. This vibrant city is worth visiting any time by a gambler or a person just looking to eat good food in an unusual setting. Gaming is easier online, but there is something special about a visit to sin city.
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Paddy Power Bingo is offering a massive £14,000 guaranteed jackpots on Sunday. The jackpots consist of one £10,000 and four £1,000 jackpots that players can shoot at. These are very decent jackpots for a site to hold on a Sunday. Players would be wise to sign up early to make sure they do not miss the action that these games will provide.
Posh Bingo is up to its old tricks this month and has added some new games that go along with its image of a site that is as its name suggest, very Posh. For those that do not know, Posh is a very elegant site with outstanding graphics and a terrific selection of games to play. Some of the games offer jackpots that are well worthwhile to win. As with some of the other new sites, this one is all about making a player feel comfortable so they will be likely to return again and again. As with many of the newer sites, they are pushing the free games that are so popular with many bingo players. If you are a winner at Posh, you will begin to feel very Posh as the prize money is outstanding and enough to allow a person to do something they have wanted to do all of their life.
New sites are the name of the game in the exciting world of bingo. There are more than enough new sites that are pushing the old ways further and further into the dustbin. Some are starting out with huge prizes and some are displaying rules that are more than fair to the bingo players that frequent their site. For what it is worth, the new sites are attracting all ages of players and not just the mythical gray haired lady. A new study suggest that the new players are in the ripe age group of 30 to 40 and very likely have some type of profession for their work.
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Platinum Play Bingo is at it again, which is music to their customers and new players. The excitement that the site is generating is about the eight new side games that they just announced would be part of the bingo site. The games include three video slots, pub type slots, casual games and two scratch cards.
Side games are important to bingo sites for many reasons. Side games are used as fillers for the time between bingo games by many players and as a serious reason for some players to come to the site and play. It does not matte why people play a few spins or a few hands of video poker, but that they do it all of the time when they come online. Some players will religiously play a few spins on a big progressive slot every time they come online to play bingo. Their idea is maybe this will be their lucky day.
Platinum has an excellent selection of bingo games, both in type of game and range of prize money for the winner. The side games are just the icing on the cake so to speak. The fact that the site is putting these new games on the site and then making an announcement about the games is an example of how important the bingo site thinks side games are to it.
Players are sure to try the new games and if they become popular this will be helpful to the bingo site and its bottom line. Players will be entertained and amused by the games. This is a win-win situation for all involved with this new set of games. Both the players and the house are important to each other when new games are brought into the picture. The house introduces the games and the players are willing to give them a try. This is the reason for the announcement of the new games, so both existing players and new players that go online will know about them and give them a try. The bingo sites try all manner of inducements to get players online to their sites; this is just a variation. Whether it will help or not is up to the various reasons that players decide to play on a bingo site. For those that like new games this may be just the invitation that they are looking for.
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Bingo news is filled with absolutely amazing items about bingo sites and bingo jackpots. The competition to get and keep new players is resulting in a race to see which site can offer the best games for their loyal customers. There is also the remarkable change in player demographics that shows that the average bingo player is between age 30 and 40. The days of little gray haired ladies seem to have become a part of the ages as far as bingo is concerned. The younger crowd comes from all walks of life and they have become avid bingo players. This has been a major change to he bingo industry and especially the casinos that are online. Computers and bingo made a synergistic connection that has exploded into a huge number of online bingo sites.
The latest news from the site called Fabulous Bingo has gone over the crazy line with their promotions for August. Wink Bingo keeps making news with their pushing of new games and the range of free bingo games they have on their site.
Older online names like Mecca, William Hill and Gala keep their competitors honest by setting games that are always attractive to existing players and those that are looking for a bingo home. The new sites that have come online in the last year and a half are doing very well in some instances. Sites like Posh, Virgin Games and the new Foxy site are making news almost every week with their promotions, free games and their excellent Chat Room games.
With the need to compete with the unbelievable number of bingo sites online and the specialization that some sites have gone too, the player has a very difficult time picking a site to make their home. It was the deposit bonuses for a while, but now it comes down to free games and huge promoted jackpots. Many sites are now able to make an instant millionaire if a player wins one of their oversized jackpots. Some of the unusual promos are not only attractive, but also off the wall in some cases. Money alone does not always designate the winner in this race for players. The type of games and the prizes are becoming more important every month as players have become very smart about big matching bonuses. Many have withdrawal rules that are so unfair that the player will never earn the right to send the bonus money home. Then there are sites that have eliminated the play through rules all together. Players are wise to study the offers from any bingo site these days.
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
The exciting Tombola Bingo has launched its new bingo game called Bingo50, which is a combination of bingo and bursting bubble wrap bubbles. That is not exactly accurate, but in the try to describe the new game that came the closest to an explanation of the game. When a number is called of the 50 in play, the player gets a pop when the number is marked on the card they have purchased.
Another feature of the game is the prizes depend on the cards that you buy, which range is price from 25p to £1. This game needs to be played to see the kick it gives a player. This is another new game from the Tombola Bingo site.
The idea of bingo came out of the 16th century and has seen many changes to the game including the name changes. When the game first came to the United States, it was called beano. That stopped when an excited lady patron accidentally yelled the name BINGO during a game. The man who owned the fair game heard the name and the rest is history. The game that has become a household name became as common as a coke and more fun to play than most other gambling games.
To many bingo players it is not at all about winning a game, it is about being with friends in a very social and enjoyable situation. This accounts for the Live Chat games online that have zoomed up in popular appeal by players. Sites that do not have Live Chat are fighting a losing battle with sites that do have this feature.
Microgaming has just announced 8 new side games for bingo sites that use its software. Any games coming from this respected gaming innovator are more than welcome to the gaming world. This is like adding further beauty to a lovely red rose. Microgaming has been bringing better software and better games to the online casinos for many years. Any time Microgaming announces new products the players and the site owners perk up and cannot wait to see what is going to be available on Microgaming sites. This record of new games and great innovations has been earned over time by bringing new products to the gaming world. The proof is in the list of products this company is responsible for bringing to online gaming.
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
At Crown Bingo, Thursday night games have a guaranteed prize of £250 and £500. 888 Ladies has a number of games with great payouts which include a coverall that pays £1000 if the winner bingos in 50 calls, another game that pays a total of £1000 with a card cost of 50p or two exciting progressive games that start at £300 and £500, which go up until the jackpot is hit. A third example of jackpots that now running is Jackpot City with games of £250 and £500 every hour of the half hour. JackpotJoy has a promotion of getting the prize behind a picture you choose if you win. Wink bingo is adding to its list of free bingo games and keeping the exciting prize levels or even increasing them to the joy of their online players.
There are many other offers and the list is very long and varied in type of games and the jackpots they offer. The Internet helps players keep up to date with current offers by going to sites that list the jackpots that various sites are promoting. Use a search engine to find sites that list jackpot promotions
Some of the top jackpots that are found on these lists are at Mecca, Wink and Sun bingo. Large jackpots come in two types. One set are the progressive jackpots with restrictions about winning the jackpot and guaranteed jackpots.
Two other promotions should be mentioned and those are the free bingo games and the one-penny games where the cards for the game can be purchased for one penny. Some of these games are held in the ever popular Chat Room environment so these may get special mention, as the Chat Room games bring in the players.
As fast moving as the promotions become a fad and then die out over time, the newer promotions are always worth looking at to see if there is a new idea being pushed. The latest are the free game sites that have taken the bingo world by storm Players are enamored by the free games that pay a prize. In this case the players are getting something for nothing.
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Sun Bingo has made a name for itself and it’s taking to heart the idea of giving players a number of free bingo games. The site now is adding more free games with a prize for each of £85. That is a healthy prize for a game that does not cost the player a penny for cards. Other sites like Foxy and William Hill are also joining the free bingo frenzy. Many sites that are into free bingo are using it to attract new players to their site. This idea is an obvious one for sites, as people love to get stuff for free.
Big name bingo sites are suggesting that there will be solid increases in European bingo receipts this year and next. William Hill, Party Gaming and 888 Holdings agree that the Internet bingo income will be up considerably for the rest of the year and next year. This may account for all of the new bingo sites that keep popping up each month on the Internet Many of the new sites are associated with prominent sites that already have a following in the bingo world.
These new sites are being put up to take advantage of a new marketing idea or to push the special games the new site will be noted for
Golden Hat Bingo is joining the ranks of the sites that are scheduling free bingo games with decent prizes for the winner. This is gong on almost every month with new sites coming online and setting up new games for their new customers to play. The bingo news is filled with story after story of sites that are bringing new ideas and new sites to the Internet.
The fad of free bingo games has become a common part of many online sites. This form of bingo games is being used to draw more players into online bingo. The players are changing in that this game is not just for little gray haired ladies any more, but for players of both sexes and a range of ages.
The question is what will follow in this new world of bingo that is being set free on the Internet. With all of the new sites, free bingo and sites with massive bonuses for new account deposits; it is no wonder that the revenue will increase in the coming months. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next year and one half.
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
888 Ladies is running a free bingo games promotion with prizes that range from
£300 to £500. Those are great prizes that can be won using free bingo cards. These jackpots match many of the prizes that this site offers in games where the player pays for the cards. There are Internet sites that list online bingo sites that have similar promotions or better.
Ladbrokes Bingo site is offering midnight games that are free to play. The prizes are not as big as some, but the games do not cost anything to play. This free game fad is showing up on many bingo sites with a wide variety of games and prizes.
Couple free games with sites that have huge weekly jackpot games and this is a welcome player attraction that brings players to play. The combination of big jackpots and free games is a new reason to pick sites that offer both. This puts the squeeze on many sites that offer neither type of promotion. The number of new sites coming online every month is feeding this competitive environment by also changing play through rules and what kind of bonuses they will pay on first deposits as well as subsequent funding.
Some sites are setting up free game rooms that operate at specific times of the day. This routine scheduling of games is going to make any promotion more widely accepted. People like to do routines at the same time each day.
The big bingo sites like Gala, William Hill and others are making predictions that the bingo world is going to explode this year and get even more players than they already have online. The other indication of this is the new sites that are being developed and brought online at such a breakneck speed. Every week or so there is a new name being announced that is joining the bingo online site universe. Many are using forms of free games or trial play credits to enable a player to play for free. Another way that the sites are getting new players other than free games is some are matching initial deposits with mega matching funds.
The trick here is that many of these high bonus sites are using very high play through requirements before a player can withdraw any of these funds. Check the rules before making any big deposits
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
New bingo sites are popping up almost every week and this week is no exception. William Hill just opened a new site called Ruby Bingo. The site is offering a free trial funded with £16 to try the site. When a deposit is made, the matching bonus can be as much as 500%. Since this is a William Hill offshoot, the player can expect great games with excellent jackpots or prizes. Both 75-ball and 90-ball versions of bingo are offered as well as a large variety of game patterns or game types. These features seem to be attractive to many bingo players that are always looking to try a new site. A recent study of player comments showed that four our to five players were favorably impressed with the site.
Bingo.com has launched a new room, Bingo Sunshine VIP room, to showcase the terrific game promotions that offer £1000 or £500 per game. This gives players multiple chances to win a significant prize by winning one game. This is a unique promotion by one of the better bingo sites that a player can join online.
The total give a-ways for August total a guaranteed amount of £30000 and another £10000 in prizes for free bingo.
Foxy Bingo has a new site called Foxy Zero that is going to feature free bingo games to compete with the large number of other free online bingo sites. They may be a little late to this newest bingo fad, but time will tell if this is a good marketing move or a dilution of the Foxy brand. Free bingo has caught on with players in all countries and the bingo mad countries are seeing a profusion of new places to play free bingo games.
Two of the older bingo sites online are still making news every month with their promotions or guaranteed prizes. Mecca and Gala have long been in the top group of bingo sites that a player needs to play on at some time or other. Their promotions are very well received by the players that play on their sites. It is easy to forget about sites that have been around for a while and play the newest and latest fad sites. It is hard to forget these two sites as they keep getting in the news with their latest promotions and prize money. Players would be wise to keep both of these sites on their radar and stay aware of what they are offering in prize money in any given month.
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
Bingo.Com is offering $100,000 in guaranteed prizes in August in their 90-ball VIP Room. These prizes this month are in addition to the other promotions already in place on this site. It is no accident that new players are showing up and playing on this site. After all, the big prizes are a magnet for new players that want to take a shot at the big money. The bingo world is awash with big jackpots sponsored by the bigger sites that are alive and well on the Internet.
Other sites are giving away big prizes on their free bingo games. This is great for players who want to play and not risk money in the playing. Many of the name sites are coming out with jackpot announcements that are not only big but are actually breathtaking in size. The smaller sites are hard pressed to keep up in this promotion frenzy that is taking over the bingo Internet universe. Players are also tempted to leave smaller sites and play elsewhere due these new promotions. The battle for players is the catalyst for these great prizes that are being offered by many sites. The fight to increase the customer base is one that the big players can afford to finance, but some of the smaller sites will probably be folded into some of the bigger sites as this battle continues over the summer.
There are many list of sites available on the Net that keep track of the current deal and promotions that are being brought out to attract players from the pool of players that are willing to move or open a new account.
A player can stay informed about what are happening and the options that are being put forward by the strong and active bingo sites. This is the first step in forcing most casinos to compete or leave the playing to those that will.
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