Bingo News, Promotions and Gossip

Looking for all the very latest bingo news, information on all the very best bingo promotions and the hottest celebrity news and gossip? Then you have come to the right place! The Bingo Hideout team are always on the hunt for up to the minute news for you to read, and cover everything from bingo news to celebrity gossip.

A new player’s guide to online bingo

If you’re brand new to online bingo and don’t know what to expect, this is the place to be. Maybe you’re a committed bingo hall player and are looking for a new challenge or just want some extra fun from the comfort of your own sofa, either way you can be sure you’ll love playing bingo online.

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Playing online bingo at home, the new ‘going out’

altA recent article published on Reuters indicates that as the recession bites and many high street retailers suffer huge dips in revenue, that there are still some big winners… and online bingo and gambling sites seems to be one area that is bucking the current trends.

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Two winners and a Barnyard Bonanza at Jackpotjoy

altIt would appear that the Jackpotjoy Bingo site has been a hive of activity lately, as news reaches us of big winners and a new slot game launch.  The Jackpotjoy bingo winners are both slot games players, and both of the lucky players have decided to spend some of their winnings on a new car.  

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A Problem for William Hill Bingo parent?

altThere has been a bit of a hoo-hah at William Hill after a mass walk-out by their staff based in Tel Aviv last week.  This industrial action by their employees has led to a 5 per cent drop in their shares, as well as fears that the betting site will not be able to cater for all of its online users.

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Mecca Bingo calls brought up-to-date

altYou may have seen the recent Mecca Bingo campaign that asked online bingo players to send in their suggestions for some new 21st Century online bingo calls.  The campaign was launched to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Mecca Bingo brand, and aimed to bring the more traditional bingo calls, bang-up-to-date and maybe a little more in tune with the much younger audience at both bingo halls and the online game.

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Rogers Bingo CH competition winner

altMany online bingo players are quite happy to say that one of the main reasons for choosing a bingo site, and staying there, is the atmosphere and how friendly and lively the chat is. All bingo sites have Chat Hosts or Chat Moderators to make sure that games run smoothly as well as running a variety of fun chat games, and many players have said how much they’d love a job like it.  Rogers Bingo though have gone one step further and actually run a brilliant competition where players could fulfil their dreams and become a Chat Host for the day in the Chat Master Contest.

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Are online bingo Chat games brilliant or boring?

Every online bingo site has a chat room, where players can enjoy some banter and make friends. Every chat room is presided over by a chat host / chat manager. In order to keep the atmosphere friendly and lively, and to give players the opportunity to win free bingo bonus points, a regular occurrence in chat rooms is the ‘chat game’. These are fun contests that often require general knowledge, a fast finger, and an old fashioned dose of good luck.

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Scotland coming out on top in William Hill Bingo car wins?

altThe William Hill Bingo site has a mammoth promotion on at the moment where player can actually win a car a day at the site.  The site had been running this promo since the beginning of October and there are still plenty of cars to be won.

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Online bingo player steals £12k from employer

Online bingo has again been blamed for an individual’s decision to steal to fund playing.  Kelly Dunn from Middleton, Greater Manchester has been found guilty of stealing £12,000 from her employer to fund her excessive online bingo gaming habit.  The guilty woman received a suspended 8 month prison sentence and was instructed by the court to carry out unpaid work for 150 hours as punishment.

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How to get the most out of your bingo budget

You may think that playing online bingo on a budget would be a problem, but actually it throws up a lot of different options – which incidentally may be equally attractive to players who don’t have to watch every penny. 

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