Building your Online Community

• Author: admin
• Filed under: General
• Date: Nov 6,2008

Often, one of the criticisms of online bingo is that it lacks the social aspect of traditional bingo in the pub or bingo hall. This criticism, of course, usually comes from people who know little or nothing about online bingo. Perhaps the common image of the online bingo player is somebody who sits alone at home plugging away at online bingo games because of a lack of something better to do. This image couldn’t be more false. The fact of the matter is, many online bingo players choose the online alternative because of convenience and the fact that the jackpots are usually bigger. Plus, with online bingo, there’s no need to sacrifice the community usually associated with the world of bingo. Indeed, premier online bingo sites are popular because of the fantastic community of players that visit these sites and the opportunity for new players to interact. You can make new friends from around the world while socializing from home and you don’t have to sacrifice playing your favourite online bingo games.

Make New Friends

The truth of the matter about online bingo is that it’s a fantastic place to make new friends. The pool of players that join online bingo communities is nothing short of massive. At your finger tips you’ll find thousands of fellow gamers who play online bingo and for the most part your traditional bingo hall or pub just cannot compete. Best of all, the communities at online bingo sites are notoriously friendly and there’s a simple reason for this. Imagine the type of people you usually find at your favourite bingo hall. Well, the same players at the bingo hall are playing online bingo. So if you choose to play online bingo this means you have the opportunity to interact with many more people than you would usually have the chance to meet at the pub but you never have to leave your home. More than this, you also have an opportunity to interact with an international community which is impossible at local bingo establishments.

Discover International Bingo

International bingo isn’t exactly what you might be thinking. No, it’s not some new version of bingo that’s just going to confuse you with foreign rules and methods. Instead, the true meaning of international bingo is the fact that for the first time online bingo brings players from around the world together in the bingo community. Many of us enjoy going to bingo establishments because we can meet new people and chat with old friends. Well, the same opportunities await you at online bingo sites only the communities are much larger. In fact, they’re international. If you’ve ever dreamed of traveling abroad but never had the courage because you don’t have any friends outside of your home country, online bingo may be a great opportunity for you to meet people around the world. Or maybe you just want to broaden you cultural perspective. Then online bingo can help you. You can meet players from virtually any country in the world and you can do more than just play bingo together. You can exchange cultural ideals and learn about the world in a way you may never have though possible.

On the other hand, maybe you’re just interested in meeting some decent people and whether they’re from Canada or Cambodia you couldn’t care less. Online bingo sites are a great place to build a community of trustworthy friends from around the world.

Socialize from Home

Perhaps you’re not exactly a social butterfly and you haven’t got many friends. For hundreds of thousands of people just like you, the internet has opened the doors for you to build solid relationships with all sorts of people. Online bingo sites are an excellent place for you to meet and interact with people from the comfort of your own home. Heck, even those of us who are extraverted and enjoy getting out to meet new people, online bingo is still a great place for you. Now, you can socialize from home as well as when you’re out on the town. The party never stops with online bingo as you can play any time of day meaning you can always be socializing even when you’re at home on the couch.

Play Your Favourite Games

It’s great to talk about all the socializing you can do and the community you can build at online bingo sites but let’s not forget the fact that you can still play all your favourite online bingo games. In fact, there’s even more than just bingo on offer at sites like Bingo.com. You can play many varieties of games including video poker, pull tabs, and more. Perhaps what makes online bingo sites so fantastic is the fact that they bring together the best games and the best communities and deliver them into the comfort of your home.

Bingo Tournaments

• Author: admin
• Filed under: General
• Date: Sep 23,2008

How to Succeed at Online Bingo

• Author: Ed
• Filed under: General
• Date: Jul 20,2008

Online Bingo has rapidly become very, very popular.  As a result, it has become significantly more competitive than many other games, and making a consistent profit from the game can be difficult.  Today we are going to carry on the tips and give you some more direct tips to help you make more online bingo games profitable.

Watch Your Cards – Many online bingo sites don’t have automatic card marking, and because bingo cards can be relatively cheap to buy – there is an incentive their built by the bingo site for you to buy more cards than you can handle.  Remember and only buy so many cards as you can safely mark.  Don’t let yourself get swamped with too many bingo cards.

Become a Part of the Community – We’ve published our chat guide, so now you have absolutely no reason not to be a part of the online bingo community.  Reasons for doing this are because you a) build friends, but more importantly, you can get involved in chat-games which the gambling sites like to run.  Be an active chatter and have a natter It makes things easier and more fun, just don’t chat TOO much that you can’t mark your cards.

Look for Quiet Rooms – If you’re having an online bingo session don’t go for the near-full room.  Full rooms are attractive, but if you want bingo pay outs jump into a smaller room with a fewer number of players.  Theoretically less players = more payout for you, but also bear in mind that less players = less chat fun.

Duo Bingo – Carrying on from our first rule, we all know that the more cards you can play = the more times you can win.  Have you ever thought about getting a friend around to play with you?  You can look at 5 cards and they can look at 5 cards, then you’re instantly doubling your chances to win!

Take Regular Breaks – If you take regular breaks from bingo – you’ll be more relaxed, and your mind will work faster.  Aim to have a 10 minute break at least every 40 minutes, and relax doing something other than looking at a computer screen.  Headaches and eye strain are known to occur if you use computers too much.

Have fun – Yes – I know you will have fun, but remember it is only just a game.  Bingo has always been about having fun – and I hope it always will be.  So if you don’t win the jackpot, don’t worry.  There are plenty more games, and if you are managing your money – then you have plenty more chances to win also!

Good Luck

Chat 101

• Author: Ed
• Filed under: General
• Date: Jul 18,2008

Let’s face it; bingo always has been a rather social game.  Bingo halls were always a really good place to make friends for old and young people alike.  Now with the advent of online bingo sites I can happily say that this has not changed much. 

By all means, the only major change is the environment is no longer physical – you’re playing in a virtual bingo-hall in cyberspace.  You can chat, meet people and natter with the caller if you wish, but for some Bingo Chat can be as cryptic as text messages.  Today we’re going to give a quick 101 for all those people who don’t know their LOL from their ASL or their AFK from their LMAO.

So to start off – the general rule is we’re lazy.  Most of these strange terms are acronyms or just shortened words.  Take a look below and you will get the hang of it. 
A-Z of How to talk like a teenager

AFK – Away from Keyboard (person is no longer at his/her computer)
ASL – Age / Sex / Location (person is asking where you’re from what gender you are and how old you are)
AFAIK – As Far as I know
BRB – Be right Back
BBL – Be Back later
BBS – Be Back Soon
BTW – By the Way
CL – Chat Leader
CM – Chat Monitor
CYA – (person is saying bye)
CU – Same as above.
EVRY1 – everyone
EV1 – same as above
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions (An informative short guide written in a question and answer format)
FYI – For your information
GG – Good Game (Person is saying they enjoyed the game)
GR8 – Great!
GTG / G2G – Good to Go (Person is saying they are ready)
H8 – Hate – user is expressing their dislike for something… i.e. I h8 u
IC – I see – for example Ahhh… IC
IMO – In my opinion
IRL – In real life
J/K JK – Joking – ( Person is saying they were joking )
LOL – Laugh out Loud ( Person is laughing )
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off ( Person is laughing their ass off )
MOM – Moment – shortened version of the word moment
NP – No Problem
OMG – Oh My God ( Person is shocked )
ROFL – Rolling on the Floor Laughing ( Person is.. you guessed it )
SOZ – Short for Sorry.
SRY – Same as above
TY – Thank you
TTFN – Ta Ta For Now
WB – Welcome Back
WTG – Way To Go! (Person is congratulating someone)
YW – Your Welcome
U = You
ZOMG = (OMG x 100)

Hopefully everyone is a little more enlightened now…   Good Luck!

Essential Online Bingo Tips

• Author: Ed
• Filed under: General
• Date: Jul 16,2008

Playing bingo online, is a great deal of fun, however playing online bingo does differ from its offline counterpart and today we’re going to give you some tips to help increase your chances and hopefully also your enjoyment and security when playing online bingo.

Safety & Security

Choose a well-known bingo site – Bingo tends to attract a-lot of genuine players, but a number of fraudsters also.  You need to be aware of the fact that the Internet is a very big place, and it is not that hard to set-up offshore banks, fake identities and eventually even fake bingo sites.  So you need to be careful with which bingo-site you choose, and make sure you don’t just go on gut instinct.  Check it out first – look for good support, good players, and do an Internet search to make sure they seem reputable.  If they get a-lot of complaints, you can often find out by doing a web search for "bingo site name" + reviews. 

Protect your personal information – Many people are well and truly addicted to online bingo chat.  For those you who are, you need to be careful.  Some of your fellow players are not who they say they are, and if they ask you for any personal information you need to be aware of the fact they could be looking to commit identity theft.  If they ask for passwords address details or anything suspicious; report them to the bingo site.  Remember, just because they play bingo does not make them a good person.  Take care of your personal information and remain vigilant.  Identity theft can happen to anyone, including bingo players!

If it looks too good to be true; is it? – How many times do you get junk-mail in your letterbox and instantly throw it in the bin because you know it’s too good to be true?  We all do and we have conditioned ourselves to realise this for real-life stuff, but for internet based activities we don’t always know what is and what is not too good to be true.  The secret here is to research and look for reviews and customer comments.   Once again this is part of "Choose a well-known bingo site" but if it really is too good to be true.  Look at the small print.  Often there is a disclaimer, and chances are they will say something like "winnings to be paid on a percentage monthly basis" if you win a million pounds but get paid £100 a week for the rest of your life, is it actually worth it?

Free-games are fun. – A lot of bingo sites are ad-supported.  This means they get a great deal of revenue from advertising, and as a result they can offer free games for their members.  This is a great way to meet people, have fun and play bingo.  Try them but remember the above rules.

Tomorrow we’re going to chat a bit.  Good Luck everybody!