Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Thursday, 24 December 2009 05:57

It seem a little early to talk of New Year since Xmas isn't past quite yet, but we've been taking the idea of New Year's resolutions very seriously this year and we've come up with a few. While the most important resolutions affect your day to day life, it's also true that putting down a set of rules for yourself with regard to any aspect of your life is an essential way to weather the storm of the post-Christmas economic fallout but it will also help you throughout the year. Sticking to your set bingo budget is a clear means of keeping your game in check one thin that has been emphasised further this year since the establishment of a nationwide gambling awareness day.

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Wednesday, 23 December 2009 06:37

Well, with the final embers of the Noughties glowing in the fire of history, it's that time of year when it's traditional to take time to look back over what the recent past has done for us, so let's indulge ourselves.....

How 2009 went down

Of course we at the Hideout are mainly concerned with events in the world of bingo and since online bingo didn't exist until the late part of the decade, let's take a look at what has happened to bingo during this time. When online bingo started out, it was quite a brash affair with players enjoying the benefits of live chat from the outset. Since those early days bingo online has evolved into many forms most recently this year it has produced the new format of the freebie site.

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Tuesday, 22 December 2009 05:59

It's hard for us to imagine what the world was like before online bingo since we are so embroiled in it here at the Hideout, but let's take some time to reflect that UK online bingo has only been around since 2007!

Since the creation of online bingo, the market has exploded and changed beyond recognition from what it was in those early days. Having pondered these changes over the last week, we felt that it might be a good idea to put together a simple guide to what to look for if you're looking to start playing bingo online. Whether you have been tempted for the first time over the festive season by the many ads that are showing, or whether you're a player who fancies a change for the New Year.

Written by Laura Barber. Thursday, 05 November 2009 15:29

Watching a pop channel the other day I came across the hit song from Robbie Williams ‘Feel’, and had forgotten about the bingo connection in the video.  Robbie Williams and bingo is certainly a mix that would feature in most girls idea of heaven and so I thought I would share the love with you all, after all what better way is there to cheer yourself up than playing bingo games and looking at Robbie.  Robbie Williams released Feel way back in 2002 a song from the Escapology album, and was aimed at the Christmas market however it only managed to reach no.4 of the charts that year.

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Monday, 02 November 2009 06:49

Fancy a little retail therapy to banish the Winter blues? If your answer to this rather silly question was 'yes', and you're a player at The Sun Bingo you'll be pleased to hear that the chance for a shopping freebie is closer than ever! That's right, every single player on the sunniest site around has the chance to win High Street vouchers between now and November 29^th! All you have to do to get your mitts on yours is spend as little as £2 on bingo, or £10 on slots on five different days before that date. As a thank you, you'll get a £10 voucher that's redeemable in top stores such as HMV, Boots, Debenhams, WHSmith and House of Fraser. What could be better?

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Saturday, 24 October 2009 07:09

When online bingo first launched back in the earlier part of the decade, playing online games was viewed as the love of a few. On top of this,many households did not have an internet connection and those that did only had a dial up service, which held up games. Since the roll out of broadband across the nation however there are so many players bingo online is often cited as one of the few industries to beat the recession during these hard times.

Oh how times have changed

We are constantly reading reports that the stereotypically acknowledged gamer image is no longer applicable, since so many women play online bingo. The image of a pale male sitting in his parent's bedroom bathed only in the light of his computer monitor has long been on the slide, and it is now widely acknowledged that a woman of any age might just as well as be basking in the glow of the same monitor while smiling and playing bingo online!

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Friday, 23 October 2009 07:35

This week we've been reflecting on the huge numbers of new players who are discovering the benefits of online bingo week on week. With this huge recruitment success in mind, we have put together a guide to good bingo sites, so any potential newbies can know in advance what they ought to be looking for in an online bingo site.

One of the most important things to remember when you're searching for the site of your dreams is that the strength of a sign up bonus does not determine how good a site is. There are many factors over and above what a site will give you in exchange for your bank details, so let's take a look at each;

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Friday, 16 October 2009 14:22

It is a wonderful time for all bingo players to get together at Bingo MagiX to enjoy some of the most thrilling specials. The site offers a real marvelous Ladies Night special on all Wednesdays to enjoy some fantastic bingo fun with the 90 ball game. All you have to do is just log on to this UK bingo site to purchase the ticket for the 90 ball game and you would be given another card free with it to enjoy another game. Along with double gaming fun, there is a wonderful prize offer worth £300 for 20 players to exult over. At the end of the day the site would select 10 players on a random basis and another 10 players who would have played the maximum number of games to share this wonderful cash prize up to £300. Get going to join this site to enhance your game skills and to delight over a good deal of prizes.

Written by Bingo Hideout Editor. Saturday, 26 September 2009 12:37

As we all know, online bingo is a game of chance. There are some sites that would have it that there are ways of improving your chances of winning, but outside of playing in smaller games where the jackpot is shared between fewer players, there are few things you can do to improve your chances. Or so common sense informs us.

Is your luck in this week?