A 42 year old woman from Brighton, who was playing her third Bingo game, won the Gala’s high 5 jackpot and she earned £350,000. According to the rules of the game, a full house has to be hit on the number 5. The total prize money was £700, 000 of which half goes to the winner and the remaining will be shared equally among the rest of the other players.
Posts Tagged ‘Online Bingo’
5 Jackpot Won in Gala Bingo Worth £35,000
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Loyalty Points from Online Bingo
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Online bingo has a very special place in the UK market, they give away far more than any of the land based bingo operators, and so they should. They have to attract and keep customers in the droves in order to make a success of themselves. Besides all the cash prizes, promotions and welcome bonuses, online bingo sites offer loyalty or bonus points.
Online Bingo Trends
Friday, October 10th, 2008Just as many pop culture trends change rapidly around the world, so too does online bingo. I have seen tremendous changes in online bingo since the few short years that I have been writing about the subject. It is unfortunate that land based bingo is having a hard time of it in the present economic climate and many clubs have had to close down, but this is not due to the fact that we now play online bingo instead. There are a number of variables contributing to the decline of land based bingo.
You Can’t Beat Online Bingo for Versatility
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Online bingo is one of the most versatile forms of entertainment to be found on the internet today. While the internet itself is entertaining, you can’t beat bingo for fun and excitement. Not only that it is one of the cheapest forms of entertainment available where you can win honest to goodness cash prizes and every little bit helps in these economic hard times.
Bamboozled by Bingo Lingo?
Friday, September 26th, 2008If you have every tried playing online bingo and have been completely bamboozled by the terminologies used in the chat rooms, don’t worry, help is at hand. I know I have been there and it is a bit embarrassing to keep asking what this means and what that means. It happened to me and I actually felt quite stupid.
Think Bingo Olympic Action
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Olympic fever is amongst as all at the moment, the opening ceremony went off in grand style and Think Bingo is hosting a special promotion where players are able to win Gold, Silver and Bronze medal. This is not what you think, you won’t be asked to jump over hurdles or cross country race through muddy fields. On the contrary, you will hardly need to work up a sweat. That is unless you get hot and bothered when you see you have one to go in any of the games participating in the promotion.
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Big Online Bingo Winners Take the Cash Prizes
Friday, August 1st, 2008Online bingo players are taking the bait and bagging big winnings at online bingo sites in the UK in recent times. Rocketrod 456 from Biggest Bingo started the week in sparkling fashion with a total of ₤6 968.57 in winnings. The days total winnings on the site amounted to ₤20 636.85. His cash prize made him the biggest winner of the day and together with the other winners at the online bingo site, this really made his day.
Major Online Bingo Operator Signs with Ash Gaming
Monday, July 21st, 2008888 Ladies.com is one of the largest and most successful online bingo operators. They are also part of the 88.com group and are massive players in the online gaming industry. Recent developments saw them sign with Ash Gaming to provide its customers with online virtual dog and horse racing. So now they will provide their customers with fixed odds gaming in this area.
Winzingo Bingo to Be Powered by Parlay
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008In an attempt to enter the Spanish online bingo marketplace, the recent launch of Winzingo online bingo has Parlay entertainment partnering with the online site and hopefully launching themselves into a market that has been said, remains relatively untapped. Not only will this site appeal to Spanish speaking people in Europe, but there is also a massive market in South American and other Spanish speaking countries.
Mecca Bingo Sells off to the Malaysians Again!
Friday, June 20th, 2008Last year we heard about Mecca Bingo selling off part of the shares in the company to the giant Malaysian gambling company Genting. They actually sold of 11 % of the shareholding, and now we hear that they are in the process of selling more shares to the Guoco group, also a Malaysian gambling concern, who already holds a stake in Rank, the parent company of Mecca bingo. This increases their stake in the company to a huge 12.67%.
