Have a Merry Christmas with Mecca Bingo

It looks like Mecca Bingo will be taking over Christmas this year as they have gone all out to make sure that their online free bingo players have a very merry Christmas time by putting on a “12 days of Christmas” extravaganza for them to enjoy. This festive spectacular will be taking place between today and 12th December at Mecca Bingo and to get you in the Christmas spirit they will be kicking things off with free online bingo, penny bingo and buy one and get two bingo cards free games!

Your online bingo play over at Mecca Bingo looks like it is going to be lots of fun over the next week or so and some great never seen before online bingo promotions will also be hitting their bingo sites at some point throughout this month. If you love you side and slot games as well as your online bingo, then fear not as you will not be left out in the dark, as Mecca Bingo have got something for everyone at their online bingo site no matter what their preference of play is.

Whilst we are on the subject of slot games today 3rd December brings you (slot back loss day) to take part in at Mecca Bingo, which means you can spin those slot reels all day long and get up to a £5 bonus back if lady luck is not being particularly nice today.

Free online bingo will be taking place at Mecca Bingo on Thursday 4th December and the place to be to grab your free online bingo game will be their dancing queen and legs eleven bingo rooms between the hours of 10am and 10pm. Next up Mecca Bingo have got a random free cash giveaway taking place this Friday and you may all want to log onto your Mecca Bingo accounts on this day because you might just find a little surprise waiting there for you!

On Sunday 7th December you can take Mecca Bingo up on a great £10 cash match bonus on a deposit of £10 at their online bingo site and this will give you £20 worth of play live bingo games with them for your tenner. Penny bingo will be landing here on 9th December, so for you cheap as chips online bingo games, the place to go will be their “key to the door” bingo room between 9am in the morning right up to midnight!

On the 12th Day Of Christmas Mecca Bingo brought to me...... 50 x £1,000 mini Mecca monster games to take part in! Yes, those mini monsters will be running riot at Mecca Bingo on 12th of December, which means you could take part in 5 hours worth of back to back guaranteed £1,000 jackpot bingo games and this equates to them dishing out £50,000 worth of guaranteed cash prizes within just five hours of online bingo play. You will catch those mini monsters taking place from 6pm on the night in the Two Little Ducks, Key to the Door, Dancing Queen and Legs 11 bingo rooms!

This is still only half the story of what will be taking place at Mecca Bingo throughout December, so stay tuned to see just what else they will be lining up for you this month of joy and celebrations!

News Sources:- Unluckyforsome
Written by Hollie
Wednesday, 03 December 2008

Uncertain Future for Lucky Lossie Bingo Club

The Baker Street Bingo hall that was aptly dubbed “Lucky Lossie” after their bingo players kept on winning some great cash prizes as well as some luxury goodies that included holidays and even a brand new car, now faces an uncertain future after plans were submitted to Moray Council to demolish the bingo club and build houses in its place. This bingo sites news has not gone down well with their regular bingo players as it is the last remaining independent bingo club to operate in the Quayside, Lossiemouth area in Scotland.

It is thought that this move by the owners of Lucky Lossie Bingo was taken due to her perilous state of the land based bingo industry. Bingo Boss James Allen had this to say, "The industry is in a bad way. Other UK bingo clubs in other areas have been turned into flats or pub chains. Numbers are down everywhere and you can tell by playing the National Game. It used to have a £200,000 star prize on a Sunday night, now it is £25,000. When I started linking up with other halls, there were 50. Now there are 27, so the situation is the same everywhere."

Mr Allen also went on to say, "If I get planning permission in place, then it is an option, but I have no plans to close the bingo meantime. I would be disappointed to see it end, as the regulars are really good and have been the top fundraisers it the UK for the past seven years. Macduff and Nairn have closed down so we are the only independent left in the North. Companies like Gala and Mecca are shutting halls as well. Flats and houses in Lossie seem to go well and old buildings being made into flats has tidied up the area. I want to have something in place because of the way things are going. If I get planning permission, it is always something to fall back on. It keeps options open."

According to James Allen, he does not have any immediate plans to close the Baker Bingo club, but with plans already being submitted to the local council, this play live bingo club faces a very uncertain future indeed. This is yet another example of the plight of land based bingo clubs throughout the UK and with Gala Bingo pulling out of the National Bingo game it was bound to have a knock on effect with the National Bingo Game and by the looks of things it has been more hard hitting than first anticipated.

News Sources:- Unluckyforsome
Written by Hollie
Wednesday, 03 December 2008

Bingo Halls vs Bingo Online

So, online bingo has taken the UK by storm in recent years but what's really better. Playing online or visiting the local hall? Well here are the advantages and disadvantages of both:

Advantages of visiting a local hall:

* The atmosphere. OK so you can't smoke in bingo halls but that hasn't ruined the atmosphere and its a great way to get out of the house, meet mates and have a drink or few!
* The national jackpots are huge! You can literally win millions play live bingo at halls where as online the jackpots tend to be slightly less.
* The food a drink! You can be waited upon at many bingo halls with a nice hearty meal and some glasses of wine, perfect way to spend an evening!
* You're supporting the local community.

Disadvantages of going to you're local hall:

* Traveling. If you don't live near a city center then it is likely to cost you money to travel to you're local hall.
* It's freezing outside. No one wants to leave the house when its this cold! So maybe it's worth staying in a playing online!
* Bingo halls are shutting down. Their may not be many left to visit as they are all shutting down!

Advantages of online:

* You don't have to leave you're home! Hell you can even play bingo in bed if you've got a laptop!
* It can be cheaper as there's no need to spend money on travel and you won't spend more money on food or drinks.
* The sign up bonuses and promotions are unbeatable. Online site throw free money at you!
* The chat rooms! Met crazy random bingo players in the online chat rooms!
* Play any where anytime! Yo can play when you wake up, have lunch or go to bed!

Disadvantages:

* You need the internet. Surfing the web is great fun so if you don't have broadband get it!
* Some sites are dodgy. Some sites can be difficult to win on but stick to the main ones and you should be fine!
* You can't see or feel the money when you win! It goes straight into your account.
* There's too many sites. Deciding where to play bingo is difficult, there's too many sites!

News Sources:-
By Jamie
25th November, 2008
http://www.onlinebingoalerts.com/news/bingo-news/Bingo-Halls-vs-Bingo-Online3788.html

Bingo Manager to Cafe Owner

Julian Cottrell, former manager of the Beacon Bingo Club has now turned his hand to Cafe Owner after opening his own cafe in Fish Street, Northampton last week. The former bingo boss ran the Beacon bingo club in St James, for about 6 years and you could say that he also made history in South Africa because it was reported that he was the first ever bingo caller to call out bingo numbers in South Africa, where he worked at the time back in 1998.

With so many land based bingo clubs closing their doors for the last time over the past few years it is no wonder that bingo sites staff, even at the highest level are turning to a completely different industry to further their careers. The high street is said to be taking a bit of a bashing with our economy as it is at the moment and we are even seeing lots of them reduce their prices and put on sales now before Christmas is even here to try and entice the consumer to shop with them and who would have ever thought that an household name like “Woolworths” would be in the brink of going under.

It is definitely not just the land based bingo industry that has been taking a bit of a battering, as all sorts of sectors are now finding it very tough indeed and it was also said last week that an estimated 35 pubs are currently being closed down every single week in the UK. Whilst the land based industry still seems to be in steady decline the play bingo online industry on the other hand still seems to be growing and growing with each month that passes and we have just seen figures released that over the past six months online bingo players have increased by a massive 80%.

As well as serving food and drink Mr Cottrell has put another angle on his cafe business as he will be stocking his cafe with a wide range on newspapers from a number of different countries. Mr Cottrell said, "I know a lot of people like to read a newspaper at their leisure while having a drink in a cafe so the idea really came from there. Northampton has a very diverse population which I wanted to reflect in the type of newspapers we have in. Hopefully we will attract all different sorts of people."

Mr Cottrell has come up with a very apt name for his business “News Cafe” and it was opened by local Mayor Brian Markham in Northampton just a few days ago.

News Sources:-
http://www.unluckyforsome.co.uk/bingo-news/bingo-manager-to-cafe-owner-1395.html
Written by Hollie
Monday, 01 December 2008

Win Christmas on Foxy Bingo

It looks like the world of online bingo is going to be rocking this festive season as we start to get an insight of just what bingo sites on the net have lined up for their players to take part in. Foxy Bingo never shy away from an event in our calendars and Christmas with Foxy Bingo was always going to be special, so just what does the Fox have lined up for you? Well we can tell you that one very lucky bingo sites player over at Foxy Bingo is going to win Christmas on them and five runners up will be in for some real tasty treats!

The lucky winner of the Christmas prize draw promotion will get to hit the high street on Foxy Bingo and they will also be paying a visit to their home to deliver a Christmas dinner that is bound to make your mouth water as it will include the finest Christmas turkey, roast beef and all the trimmings that you would expect to have on Christmas day. That is not all either as they will be bringing gifts a plenty for the lucky winner and their family to enjoy. Just take a look at what this full Christmas prize package will include –

1. All your food for Christmas lunch
2. 1 x Bottle of Moet Champagne
3. 1 x Bottle of Single Malt Glenfiddich Whiskey
4. 1 x Bottle of T Solero Reserva Fino Sherry
5. £250 Vouchers for Woolworths
6. £250 Vouchers for Debenhams
7. £250 for Marks and Spencer
8. Daewoo 22" Widescreen LCD TV With Built In DVD Player and Freeview
9. A Nintendo Wii with Games pack
10. The Complete Only Fools and Horses Box Set

Foxy Bingo will also pay £150 towards the cost of Christmas food and drink, which will be chosen by the prize draw winner.

Now if that is not a great prize line up then I don’t know what is and now here is the important part of just how you could get yourself into this great Christmas prize draw at Foxy Bingo. You need to play live bingo at their bingo site at any time between now and Sunday 7th December and keep a look out for the (Santa Hat) pattern that will be playing at random in all of their 75 ball bingo rooms. Every time you win bingo on this pattern it will give you one entry into Christmas prize draw to win all the goodies that you see listed above. There are also five runners up prizes on this one and they will all win a Christmas Hamper that is just going to be packed full of goodies form them to enjoy.

The lucky bingo winners will be announced on Monday 8th December at their bingo sites and they are all sure to have a very Foxy Christmas this year!

News Sources:- Unlucky For Some
Written by Hollie
Monday, 01 December 2008