“billy158” Triumphs at Bingo World Championship
March 17th, 2008

This past Sunday the Bingo World Championship came to an end, with the 23 Championship bingo games awarding 24 lucky winners $10,000 in total prize money. One of the bingo games was split between two lucky players.

The 109 players that showed up for the Grand Final had a fantastic time and the chat room was buzzing with excitement.

The last 4 games generated the most buzz with the 2 games worth $400 each going to the players know as “Januaryy” from Imperial Bingo and “nanyof8_em” from Bingo Empire.

The $1,000 game went to the player known to the rest of her roomies as “guano” who’s been a member at Imperial Bingo since 2003.

The biggest prize of them all, the grand $5,000 game, went to a Bingo Gala player with the alias “billy158”. She’s been a loyal player for the last 5 years so this was definitely a great reward for her.

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Bingo Clubs Miss Out On VAT Breaks
March 14th, 2008

The British Treasury has overlooked the bingo industry's request to remove double taxation burdens on bingo clubs.

Bingo operators hoped the Chancellor would eliminate their obligation to pay a 17.5 percent VAT on top of the 15 percent tax on gross profits. Neither casinos nor betting shops are subject the 17.5 percent VAT.

“This is a slap in the face for bingo players across the country," said Bingo Association chief executive Paul Talboys. "There is no reason why they should continue to be penalised by double taxation when other gambling products pay only a single tax. The industry is struggling to deal with the combined impact of double taxation, the removal of gaming machines and the impact of the smoking ban. In the last 14 months alone some 43 clubs have closed. This lack of action will now ensure further club closures with attendant loss of jobs and decrease in Treasury receipts.”

Pull Tabs Winner Takes Home $4,000
March 13th, 2008

An online Pull Tabs winner, known as MTPOCKETS_ms, managed to win a fantastic $4,000 while playing Pull Tabs Gamble at Mainstreet Bingo.

The lucky woman, who joined Mainstreet Bingo back in December 2002, placed a small bet of $5.00 before hitting the “3 Gold Bars” to reveal the amazing win.

An increasing number of players are finding great success playing side games at Mainstreet Bingo with big winners at Slots, KENO, Blackjack and Video Poker.

You can download and play at Mainstreet Bingo today and take advantage of their 100% First Deposit Bonus.

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BingoMega.co.uk Introduces New 90 Ball Schedule
March 12th, 2008

The 90 ball bingo hall over at Bingo Mega is getting busier with the introduction of a new bingo schedule as well as a brand new game.

The recent introduction of “Perfect Lines” has got the chat rooms buzzing. Playing everyday from 12 noon to 5pm UK time players have the opportunity to win on each line.

The prize breakdown is as follows: One Line Prize £5, Two Lines Prize £5 and Full House Prize £10.

Is also worth checking out the Bingo Trax game that is fast becoming a very popular 90 ball game.

For more information and the full 90 ball schedule you can visit Bingo Mega at www.bingomega.co.uk/90ball_schedule.html

Premier Bingo Player Wins Second Progressive Jackpot
March 7th, 2008

A few weeks ago we reported that a lucky player known as “golfer_pr” while playing at Premier Bingo won a progressive bingo jackpot worth $1,079.55.

Now, in less than a month she has done it again. On March 5th and while playing on the AnyDiagonal pattern she managed to win yet another progressive bingo jackpot this time around worth a cool $1,726.46.

The player who’s been a member at Premier Bingo since 2000 purchased only 12 cards worth $0.10 cents each for a total bet of $1.20 before striking it rich.

If you think that winning at Premier Bingo is easy, well you got it right!

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Woman Scoops £390,000 Platinum Bingo
March 5th, 2008

A 55 year old woman, originally from the Phillipines, is planning to renovate a church in her home village after winning a humongous £390,000 on the National Bingo Game’s Platinum Jackpot play-off.

“I am not a British citizen and have lived in the UK since 1996” she said. “I work at the various jobs, including cleaning, caring and baby sitting and apart from paying my rent and buying food; I have been sending money every month to my family of nine in the Phillipines. I have really just been living from day to day but this win has changed my life.”

The assistant manager at the bingo hall had this to say: “She didn’t know how much she had won at first. I announced it gradually; first the house prize of £1,100, then the Regional prize of £1,664, the National Game prize of £40,000 and finally half of the Platinum Jackpot play-off prize, £350,104. By that time, the 2,300 people in the club were all standing, clapping and cheering. The atmosphere was amazing.”