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In my previous article I spoke about how I had never been a chat host prior to helping a friend out when her site launched. Well now I'm about to tell you a few things that you may not know about what is involved in being a chat host.

Chat Games

Every time you play a chat game at an online bingo site do you ever think about what is involved for the chat host? A pen and paper is the most invaluable tool of the trade for all chat hosts. You, as bingo players, know how many people are in the room so let's use a well known chat game and go through what is required from a chat hosts perspective.

Bingo Hideout has been recognised as one of the best new websites in Web User magazine! This is great recognition of the recent improvements to both the look and features of the site, exactly what we've been hearing from all of the members recently!

The leading internet magazine awarded Bingo Hideout 4 out of 5 stars for its "attractive welcoming design" and commended the recent re-design for combining two of the most popular online activities of the minute, bingo and social networking!

We've included a copy of the actual review they made below for you all to read!

This week's hot topic is 'what are the benefits to playing free online bingo'? Bingo Hideout has put together the definite guide to playing this fantastic version of our favourite games for those of you who might still be in any doubt about giving it a try.

1.  Registering on a free bingo site means you will not have to share any account details over the Internet. Despite most sites having encrypted software, which guarantees the security of your details, some players are still reluctant to play. However, this is a way of enjoying all the fun of bingo play without having to give out your card details.

2.  Choosing a free bingo game means you can join in all the fun of chat and still be in the running for prize draws and even cash prizes, at no cost to yourself. Playing Internet bingo for free still allows you to be a part of the community and sites such as freebingo.co.uk still reward players simply for sending in photos for their player profiles.

3.  All the features of most online bingo sites are found on most free sites - and you can still play in themed rooms and even play tourneys. As with normal play, you will receive bonuses for referring a friend so you can encourage your mates to join in the fun and no one will ever lose.

4.  The freedom of gaming on the Internet is still applicable to free online bingo. You can still play 24/7 on most sites so as a way of battling your insomnia or filling in half an hour free bingo games are the perfect solution.

5.  These sites are sponsored by bigger pay to play sites, so just by playing you will be kept on top of the best free offers elsewhere. Check back with Bingo Hideout reviews to see what the advertised site is like, of course, but as a quick reference to what's available these sites are great.

6.  The anticipation of a win is still as exciting in the game of bingo whether you play for free or pay for your strips, and if you lose at free bingo, your account always reverts back at a set time in the month. This means you can play forever and may even pick up a prize or two on the way. You may never win a million playing for free, but you can still make friends and have a laugh. That's what bingo is all about folks!

Bingo Chat Hosts

When someone I knew launched her own online bingo site I was more than keen to try my hand as being a bingo chat host - after all I'd been a player, then an affiliate and all I had left to try, other than run my own site, was to be a chat host.

I will admit to anyone that when the site launched it was mostly a case of the blind leading the blind. We had all been bingo players but it really is a different kettle of fish being on the other side of the screen. We knew what we should be doing, and what we had really enjoyed about other chat hosts but putting it into practice was more than a little nerve wracking.

Men & Bingo

I am male and I love online bingo - there I said it; but would I say the same thing sitting in the pub with a bunch of my mates? erm probably not to be honest. I don't know if its a male pride thing or whether it's just me but there seems to be a stigma attached to bingo, it's a place for women, a place for a girly night out, a place full of blue haired grannies where no man fears to tread. What makes bingo such a forbidden world?

I have sat around before now chatting with friends about playing online poker and have always gotten grunts of approval because as we all know poker is a mans game, a place filled with testosterone, lager and large cigars - where have these crazy ideas come from?

We want you to get the best out of the world of free bingo games at Bingo Hideout, as well as enjoying all the benefits of loyal play at your regular sites. So this week, we have come up with a short guide to getting your favourite game for free.

Join Bingo Hideout

The best way to get free games on the biggest sites is simply to take advantage of being a Bingo Hideout member! Once you subscribe you can instantly get your mitts on £100 worth of bingo play. Check out our free bingo bonuses page to discover what you've been missing out on and to try out the best in bingo games as voted for by your fellow members.

Online bingo lingo part 3

Read on for the rest of the series...

Online bingo chat

Joining in the chat if you're a newbie can seem quite intimidating as roomies often talk in acronyms but once you're familiar with these you'll soon discover the many things you can get out of being an active part of the chat room.

Whether you are a newbie to online bingo or even if you've been playing for ages, a brilliant way to get noticed by other players is to create a fun profile for others to look at so they can get a sense of who you are. Bingo chat is all about openness and roomies often respond to players better if they can read about you while chatting.

Here at Bingo Hideout, we are here to inform, and so here is part 2 of our informative bingo calls run-down (read Part One ). Here we are studying numbers 31 to 60, and we have included as many explanations as possible for the, sometimes obscure, rhymes. You may not find some of the calls you're familiar with if you play a lot of online bingo as some sites use their own bingo lingo, but we hope to have covered all the most popular calls for anyone who's not familiar with the rhymes.