Everyone thinks or even dreams about it. We discuss it among our families, friends, and coworkers and ask ourselves; “What would I do with the money when I win?”
We’ve all got dreams, big and small. No matter how much money is involved, whether it’s a little or a lot, winning can be exciting.
Go out to dinner – If you and your partner have a favorite restaurant that you haven’t frequented in years, why not go there with your latest BingoMania winnings? Even the smallest treats can pay off real dividends in memories with the ones you love.
Go to the spa or salon for some extra pampering – There is certainly nothing wrong with spending your winnings on a little bit of self-indulgence. Think of it as investing in yourself for a little “you” time. Booking a day at the salon or the spa is a fantastic way to spend your winnings. You can get your hair done, have a makeover, enjoy a full massage, a facial, a manicure or pedicure for example and you will feel absolutely fabulous afterward!
Buy that outfit you’ve had your eye on – Along the theme of pampering, you might want to take your BingoMania winnings and splurge on that chic outfit you’ve had your eye on, for example, or get that gorgeous leather jacket that’s just your style. It feels awesome to have something new in your closet and if you bought it with your winnings, it might even make you feel lucky!
Get someone you love that special thing they have been wanting – Has your partner been moaning about that 20-year-old coffee maker or lawn mower? Have the kids been badgering you about getting the latest X-Box game or bicycle that all their friends are riding these days? A BingoMania win can be the perfect time to give that ‘just because’ gift and let them share in your latest windfall.
Pay off a debt – There is nothing in the world quite like having a zero balance on your credit card, car loan, student loan or mortgage! Even if you only win enough money to make a substantial or even a single payment on any one of these, imagine how good it will feel to have it taken care of.
Buy a new car – Maybe it’s time to get rid of the old clunker and get a new set of wheels. It’s entirely possible to win enough money playing bingo online that you can walk into a dealership and pay cash for a new vehicle.
Start a college fund – Sending your kids to college or going back to yourself doesn’t have to be a distant dream. You can take your BingoMania winnings and put them into a college fund for your child or even yourself.
Do some home remodeling – Maybe it’s time to update your kitchen, bathroom or another part of your home. You could get some new living room or bedroom furniture or finally get rid of those 30-year-old Harvest Gold or Avocado colored appliances and get something new. How about splurging on that reconditioned claw foot bathtub you’ve always been wanting? Your BingoMania winnings can turn your home into your dream home.
Make a charitable donation – You could make a donation to your favorite charity to help one of your favorite causes. Whether you are inspired by Public Broadcasting, Doctors Without Borders, or your local animal shelter, giving has its own rewards. The nice thing about this option is that not only do you feel good about it; you get a deduction on your taxes, too.
Take that luxury vacation you’ve been promising yourself – Maybe you have wanted to take a break from work, unplug the phone, and go on a cruise. Or you could journey to a far off dream vacation in Europe, an African safari, or spend it lying on a beach somewhere in the Bahamas. You can even keep playing BingoMania even while you’re on vacation, too!
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Believe it or not, there are countless ways that Bingo can be played. While everyone is familiar with the traditional way of getting a bingo; all of the numbers in a straight line, across, down, the four corners or a blackout, there are other bingo patterns as well.
Sure, you have seen many different bingo games on BingoMania, but obviously, they weren’t a “thing” before. Bingo patterns can range from simple to complex. The key to understanding how a pattern works is to concentrate on the game in front of you. The pattern that is needed to win can manifest in all sorts of directions and provide a challenge for even the most seasoned bingo players.
Different games require different patterns. Here are some of the more common bingo patterns that are played around the world wherever bingo is played.
Popular Bingo Patterns
Arrow – The arrow pattern can usually be formed in any corner and a diagonal that stretches to the opposite corner.
B & O – For this bingo pattern, to win, every square in the B and O line are covered.
Blood, Sweat & Tears – This bingo pattern is comprised of three bingos on the same card. For most games employing this pattern, having the four corners doesn’t count.
Diamond – The diamond pattern in bingo is formed in the shape of a diamond with the square of each side of the bingo card forming the point of the diamond.
Frame – The frame for this pattern can be on the outside or the inside of the bingo card. The winning pattern for a Dotted Picture Frame is made when every other square is used to make the frame on the bingo card.
Holiday Themed Patterns – Some bingo game patterns are made to form certain themes that correspond to the holiday. For Halloween, a Jack-O-Lantern could be chosen. For the Christmas Season, it’s not unusual for the bingo caller to decide upon a bingo pattern resembling a Christmas tree, a holiday bell, a Santa hat, candy cane, or Christmas stocking. To ring in the New Year, it isn’t unusual to see a call for a bingo pattern in the shape of a champagne glass.
Layer Cake – This pattern is formed by the covering of every square in every other horizontal line.
Letters – Your bingo caller may decide on a specific letter for a winning bingo. Letters are usually formed on the outside edges, diagonals, and corners on the bingo card. Popular letter patterns include X, Z, S, or E.
Lucky Seven – One of the more popular bingo patterns is the Lucky Seven. A player can get this particular pattern with all of the squares in the top or bottom of their card and a diagonal line from one of the corners.
Numbers – Like letters of the alphabet, the bingo caller will let players know the pattern before the game starts. The most popular number pattern is number 7. Others include the numbers 3, 4, 8 & 9. The winner is the first person to form the number on their card.
Pyramid – The Pyramid bingo pattern is a graduated stack from a filled bottom or top line, extending to a single point at the top. A similar pattern would be that of the Triangle. From any corner, the triangle of covered squares is formed to cover half of the card.
Six Pack – A six-pack game means that a player has a pattern of six numbers, two rows of three each. These can be horizontal or vertical. This game may or may not allow the use of the free space as part of a winning pattern.
Top & Bottom – This pattern is created when a player plays all top and bottom squares on their bingo card.
Bingo is a versatile game that can make use of any number of patterns. Be sure to check the requirements before each game and try your hand at bingo patterns for your next online bingo at BingoMania.
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It doesn’t matter if you have been playing bingo at your local bingo parlor for years, you might be thinking of giving bingo games online a try. Even if you still enjoy the social aspect of seeing and interacting with your friends at the bingo hall, there are some advantages to playing bingo online that you don’t get at live games. All you need to take advantage of the fun is a computer and an internet connection.
Here are seven advantages that playing bingo live in an online setting can offer.
Playing Bingo Online is 24/7
Playing Bingo Online is 24/7 – You don’t have to wait for your local bingo venue to open and the games to officially begin when you play bingo online. You can play at any time of the day or night and on any day of the year. It’s nice to not have to get dressed, get in your car, and travel to the nearest casino to be able to play into the wee hours. You can enjoy the fun of playing bingo anytime you like right from the comfort of your own home. That means you can play bingo while dressed in nothing but your night clothes and your bunny slippers if you wanted to. Even when it’s 3:00 in the morning and you can’t sleep; it may surprise you just how many others are also up playing, too. Playing bingo anytime online allows you to work it around your schedule.
Playing Bingo Online Can Be Less Annoying
Some of the real downsides of playing bingo are all of ‘the little things’ that go on at the bingo hall. There always seems to be someone who just gets on our nerves while we’re trying to focus on the game. Other players may have annoying habits such as being too talkative, or taking up an entire table on their own with all of their cards and assembled good luck charms. Other players may be just too loud or moan and whine aloud every time someone else wins. You don’t have to keep a constant eye on your cards to avoid interference from other players, and you don’t have to worry about being short-changed by bingo hall staff either. It’s also nice to not have to worry about having your clothes, hair and everything else smelling of cigarette smoke by the time you get home. Playing bingo online lets you avoid all of that. Once you get started playing bingo online, you may never want to go back to the bingo hall again!
Playing Online Can Be Less Expensive
Playing bingo live will often mean that you are buying a set number of cards for a set price. Online bingo will have a range of prices, depending on how much you want to try to win. Some feature free or very low prices for players who are risk averse. Those who want to spend more potentially have a chance to win bigger prizes. Many online players appreciate having that choice.
Online Bingo Games are Fast-Paced
Playing bingo is often considered to be very dull when waiting for the bingo caller to pull the numbers out of the hopper and read them aloud. The computer-based Live bingo games online are more fast-paced. The numbers are chosen by the computer and you don’t need a dauber to mark your cards, simply click them with your mouse.
Play Bingo & Chat With Friends Around the World
You can play bingo and chat with friends around the world – One feature of the best bingo sites online is the chat feature. You can still interact with friends who moved that you once knew at the bingo hall. In an earlier article, we asked whether our users liked to chat while playing bingo. We got a variety of interesting answers but the general consensus was that chatting with others adds to the fun and for some, it’s their favorite feature.
Playing Bingo Online Has More Variety
Playing bingo online has more variety – In order to keep players interested and engaged, sites feature colorful graphics, sounds to keep it interesting. At BingoMania we have a variety of cards and different games as well as courteous and attentive staff on hand 24/7.
Online Bingo Sites Will Often Offer Bonuses to Players
Online bingo is a multi-billion dollar business each year and most will offer incentives to get people to join their site. At BingoMania, we have a number of different incentives for players to play such as our $10,000 Tuesday- Thursday free bingo sessions from 8:00p.m. – 9:00 p.m. or our end of the month Mega Prize Game.
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Do you have memories of playing bingo as a child? Do you remember being gathered together with friends to receive some cards? What fun that was, playing with your friends and hoping that you’d get Bingo before them. That’s one of the many reasons people play bingo today.
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Now imagine playing bingo all by yourself with a computer running the calling. It doesn’t sound much fun, does it? And yet, bingo sites like ours have been flourishing for years and years. Why? Because we put the social element back into the game through our chat room function. In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised if our chat rooms are an even bigger draw than the bingo!
Our players get to know each other through the chat rooms while the game plays. We’ve had people strike up life-long friendships with people all over the world, and even a few romances as well! The demographics of our players show a wide range of ages and locations. A lot of women like to chat in our rooms. It’s a great place to meet people in a safe location.
A previous story we shared tells about the power that online chatting and bingo can provide. Two women in the UK had struck up a friendship on a bingo chat room, talking for years and years. It was eventually discovered they were long-lost sisters! They’ve since met and are trying hard to reunite the rest of their separated sibling family.
If you’re worried about online harassment in our chat rooms, fear not. We have a dedicated moderator team to keep rude people out and to educate others in chat room etiquette. The etiquette is pretty similar to the same etiquette you’d use in an email list. Don’t swear or use excessive capital letters. And don’t spam the boards! Basically, it’s the opposite of what you see on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. It’s a form of the net that goes back to the simpler and more genteel times of the 1990’s net (we have been around since 1996 after all!)
People tend to be very polite in the chat rooms by offering praise to the person who won and sympathy to those who lost. People come here for fun, not to put other people down. This is a sentiment not found in many gaming channels anymore, much to our chagrin.
If you have any questions about Mania’s bingo games or about the chat rooms, the first place to start is to talk to the chat room moderator. The moderator is responsible for the smooth function of the game and of the chat room. They can educate you in how the game is played and the functions of the game board and of the chat room. They facilitate conversation and throw out people who break the rules. Many of our moderators started as regular players and gained moderator privileges due to how well they helped the chat rooms function. Don’t be afraid to ask questions!
Bingo chat room boards may have started as an extra-value feature, but they’re now a core component of all online bingo sites. The ability to converse with other players while the game is in progress is a huge advantage over dead-silent bingo halls. So if you want to make a bunch of new friends while bonding over a fun game that could net you a little bit of spending cash, sign up for a BingoMania account and get in on the action today! You’ll be glad you did and our players are ready to meet you. Who knows? You might even spark up a romance with someone.
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Bingo has been around for a lot longer than you might think and has a lot of interesting stories you probably don’t know. Are you ready to expand your bingo knowledge? Check out some of these bingo facts that have both sources and come from our own experience as a premier online bingo site!
(1) Bingo from 1530s
The earliest that we can trace a bingo-type game is back to the Renaissance era. In the 1530s, Italy was playing a game called Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia, the Game of Italian Lottery.
(2) Bingo Cards as Educational Tool
The earliest bingo cards we have heard of come from Germany in the 1800s. Surprisingly, it wasn’t for gaming. They were used as educational tools for students to learn multiplication. See, there’s some history to math bingo!
(3) So Many Bingo Cards …
Have you ever wondered just how many bingo card combinations there are? One calculation puts the number of possible cards at 552,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000!
(4) 6,000 Cards, all by hand
Despite having so many different combinations, the first bingo cards sold in a set for the U.S. may have caused a man’s insanity. Carl Leffler, a math professor from the University of Columbia was hired to generate 6,000 cards by hand random enough to give all the players an equal shot. Legend has it that the man went insane after his efforts. Remember, there were no computers or electronic calculators back then!
(5) 1,474,200 Ways to Win!
You might only play with the standard 5-in-a-row win, which gives you 12 different ways to win. But if you calculate out all the different combinations of spots on a 5×5 card, there’s actually 1,474,200 ways to win. You just have to convince your caller that your pattern is valid!
(6) Bingo, Beano
The word bingo, by legend, is said to have derived when an excited woman called the word out instead of beano, which is what the game used to be called. Beano was called that because they used to mark the cards with dried beans. Considering the use of the product we call Beano today, it’s probably a good thing we changed it.
(7) 80% Female
If you’re looking for a partner and you’re a guy, you might want to consider going to the bingo hall or playing online. Statistics show that around 80% of all bingo players are women. Many of them are European, where the game is very popular. And if you think they’re all old, think again. The fastest-growing segment of bingo players is under 35.
(8) #1 Reason for Playing Bingo?
Why do people play bingo? The top reason is for the sheer enjoyment of the game. Winning the big jackpot is only the fifth highest reason. Nevertheless, most regular bingo players do report hitting the big jackpot at least once in their lives. That’s a lot better than most regular slot machine players!
(9) Huge Market Size
Online bingo is huge, especially in Britain. In 2010, $640 million in revenue was earned by the online bingo industry. Half of that came from Britain.
(10) The Game You Love
About half of online bingo players play at least once a day. Considering the chat functions in online bingo, that means you have a good shot of keeping up a daily conversation with your bingo partners.
(11) Random-Generator at the core of it
Online bingo sites use random number generators to choose the numbers. In order to prove they are fair, bingo sites have to register their number generators with testing authorities that also work on real-world slot machines and other gaming devices that use electronics to generate random results.
(12) Bingo & Other Games
Bingo is a game that often sits at the edge of traditional gambling and non-gambling games. Some jurisdictions in the U.S. have a weird combination of slot machines and bingo machines. Each play actually generates a new bingo game and results from a set of cards. Depending on the results of those, you get a flashy electronic slots experience. The bingo results are displayed on a separate screen above the player’s head. This is a way to get around rules banning normal slot machines.
(13) Charity-driven
Despite a reputation for being a dowdy game in the U.S., over $90 million is spent each week on bingo cards. That’s a lot of charity games!
(14) 90-ball and other variations
If you play bingo across the pond, you’ll likely find a much different game than you’re used to. U.S. players play 75-ball bingo with a 5×5 card. Most other players play 90-ball bingo on a set of 9×3 cards.
(15) The Largest Bingo Win
The largest known bingo wins were recorded in Britain. One grandmother won over £1.1M at a bingo hall in Wales. The largest online win came in at £430,900.
With these facts in your pocket, you’ll be sure to impress some of your friends with your bingo knowledge. Do you have any interesting facts that you’d like to share about online bingo?
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If you’re like most bingo players, you’ve tried a lot of different online bingo sites and bingo halls, and you probably ran into some pretty strange bingo variants. The UK has a huge online bingo community, but the kind of bingo they play there are not the kind US players are used to. We’re going to take a look at how different countries approach bingo and online bingo. You just might read a variant you’ll want to try!
USA: 75-Ball Bingo
Here in the US, most of us grew up playing bingo at a very young age. You might even remember playing it in school, and it’s the most common form of bingo being played in both bingo halls and online in the United States and Canada. In this type of bingo 75 balls are used and it’s the one that most people are familiar with.
To play, there are five rows and five columns on each card. Each of the columns and rows corresponds with the word BINGO and a Free Space in the middle of each bingo card that falls in the row under the letter N. The total number of 75 possible numbers breaks down under each letter in the following way:
The letter B = 1 -15
The letter I = 16 - 30
The letter N = 31 - 45
The letter G = 46 - 60
The letter O = 61- 75
The object of the game is to get five numbers or four numbers and the free space covered going either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Some games may require players to have a blackout in which all numbers on their card is covered. Other games ask for geometric shapes, four corners, an X, or even pictures to be made up of the numbers and letters that are called.
The numbers are called out from a hopper filled with 75 bingo balls if playing in a physical bingo hall. A person designated as the bingo caller will call out the numbers to those in attendance. There is usually a screen to show the number and a leader board to show players the numbers that have been drawn from the hopper and announced by the caller. When playing online, numbers and corresponding letters are generated randomly through the software on the site that keeps things fair.
Depending on the requirements of each game, when a player gets a bingo, they call out bingo and the letters and numbers. If no one calls out bingo after a period of time, another number is pulled and the process repeats until someone calls out bingo. Once that happens, play stops, and the caller or an assistant checks the cards to see if the win is valid. Whether you are playing in a bingo hall or online, always confirm what that a game’s winning conditions are.
When playing in a bingo hall, you can play with as few as one bingo card or sheet or as many as you like. Some online sites may have minimum or maximum numbers of cards depending on the game and the buy-in price. Whether playing in a bingo hall or online, it's important to never have more bingo cards in front of you to keep track of than you can manage. Many regular bingo players recommend that four is the ideal number or that you have no more than six at a time. It is a matter of preference. Online games of 75-ball bingo can be much easier to keep track of by utilizing the automatic daubing feature that most sites offer.
If you are looking for ways to win prizes by playing online, keep an eye out for promotions, special offers and tournaments that can offer bigger cash prizes. No matter where or when you play, the most important thing to remember about playing any type of bingo gamesis that it's all about having fun!
The UK and other UK Territories: 90-Ball Bingo
If you want to try a new kind of bingo 90-ball style, it can be a little different than what you might be used to playing before. Once regarded as the UK's exclusive take on Bingo, 90-ball bingo is now surging in popularity in the US and around the world. According to some gaming industry experts, it may just overtake 75-ball bingo in terms of popularity one day.
Whether you are playing in a brick and mortar bingo hall or online, you purchase bingo strips that are three rows with nine numbers each. There are five numbers in the boxes in each row and four empty boxes. Each of the nine boxes makes up a column. You will notice that there are no letters included with the numbers on a 90-ball bingo sheet. For this style of bingo, the columns break down in this way:
1 - 9 in the first column
10 - 19 in the second column
20 - 29 in the third column
30 - 39 in the fourth column
40 - 49 in the fifth column
50 - 59 in the sixth column
60 - 69 in the seventh column
70 -79 in the 8th column
80 -90 in the 9th column
Strips of nine numbers are sold in multiples of three to comprise a ticket, and those numbers appear randomly in their corresponding columns. There are usually a total of six tickets on a bingo sheet that are broken down randomly on the sheet. All 90 numbers will be included on a six-ticket sheet.
As with 75-ball bingo, when playing 90-ball bingo, the bingo caller will call out numbers from the hopper as they come up. If you are playing 90-ball bingo online, the numbers are generated through what is known as a random number generator. This is a type of software used on most online bingo sites to ensure numbers are truly random and fair for all players.
Generally, in 90-ball bingo, there are three prizes awarded during each game. To win, you can have a single line bingo where all of the numbers of a single row are called or a two-line bingo where all the numbers on any two lines of numbers on a bingo sheet are covered. Players can even get what is referred to as a "full house" bingo. For a full house, all of the numbers on three lines on the bingo sheet have been called and are covered. During a game in a bingo hall, you really have to pay attention to the numbers being called during 90-ball bingo. If playing at an online bingo site offering 90-ball games, most sites keep track of the drawn numbers for you through a convenient automatic daubing feature.
What makes 90-ball bingo so exciting to many players both in brick and mortar and online bingo sites is that it's entirely possible for players to win all three games! In addition, in most games, bonuses are offered, allowing lucky players to win really big when playing 90-ball bingo!
Mexico: Loteria
Loteria is a bingo variant, but a very strange one. Instead of using numbers, a special deck of 54 cards is used with different images on them. Players have 4×4 cards with corresponding pictures on them as their play cards. There are several ways to win depending on the variant played, including four-in-a-row, four-in-a-square, all four corners, and blacking out the whole cards.
Loteria callers have a set of riddles that they use to describe the cards before showing them. Those who can figure out the riddles early have an advantage over newcomers. Callers are rated on the cleverness of their riddles. It’s a great way to learn some colloquial Spanish.
Thanks to online bingo, there are also minor variants you can find like 30-ball (speed) bingo, which is played on a 3×3 card, and 80 ball bingo, which is played on a 4×4 card. Smaller cards like these lead to faster games that appeal to some players. There are also strange variations like death bingo where getting a bingo kicks you out of the game!
The most common variants you’ll find online are 75 and 90 ball, so anyone who wants to play bingo with foreign players should learn both variants. BingoMania offers both 90 balls and 75 ball bingo so you can pick the one you like the best! If you haven’t tried one or the other, sign up for an account on BingoMania today.
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While we’re obviously big advocates of online bingo, it wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the many bingo halls that continue to hold in-person games. Most people learn how to play bingo through playing with family at home or some charity function or school activity, but a bingo hall is a different experience. People who play bingo games in dedicated buildings can get quite intense over their game!
Perhaps you’ve been curious about visiting a bingo hall. Will it be like your online experience? Or maybe you just want something to do? Here’s what you’ll need to know.
The space
Most bingo halls can be divided into three sections. The front entry will have the registration table where you can buy cards, daubers (special markers to hold down the cards), and sometimes concessions. The middle section will have long rows of tables for players to sit. The far end of the hall is where the caller runs the game. There will be some method for randomizing bingo draws. There will also be a big board that will show which numbers have been called so far. Sometimes it will also have information about the game that is in progress.
Game types
Most bingo halls in the US play 75-ball bingo using 5×5 cards. The classic bingo win is to get five spots in a row in any direction, but in bingo halls there are quite some ways to win. The caller is responsible for describing the win conditions before each game, but you’ll have to keep a close eye on your card to see if you have it. There are many combinations. Most are shapes of some kind, but some are specific objects like airplanes or letters of the alphabet. Sometimes these shapes can win in any direction! This makes it tricky to tell if you’ve won, lending excitement to the game. Large jackpot games might even require you to black out your entire card!
Playing the game
Each card is marked with a special paint pen called a dauber. It is vital that you only mark the numbers that you have. A card with incorrect marks could be considered invalid even if the actual numbers marking the bingo are painted correctly.
Hearing a caller do bingo for the first time can be disorienting. Many callers use a particular set of slang terms for each number, though most do call the number after the slang. At the very least, you can see which numbers have been called by looking at the light-up board. This bingo slang is part of the appeal of playing in a hall. Learning the slang can give you a slight edge over a new player if you can recognize the reference and mark you card before they can.
Unlike online bingo, there’s no automatic check for a win. You have to yell out Bingo in order to claim your prize. After bingo is called, the caller will send someone to look at the card and the numbers. If the card is validated the game is finished and you win. If not, then you’re out. Because players have to call out bingo to win, talking is strongly discouraged during play. No social chatting like you can in our bingo rooms! Some light chatting does happen between games.
Superstitions
One other thing to look for in bingo halls is particular fears by players. Some of them can get kind of weird. Sitting in the same spot is a big one and you should be prepared to give up your seat if someone comes in later to claim it. Another superstition is to leave money or coins in a particular pattern over your cards, but others say money on the table at all is bad luck. Other lucky charms and even entire rituals are done by some players hoping to catch an edge.
If you like playing online bingo, you might want to try a bingo hall once or twice and see if you like playing that as well. It’s an interesting change of pace. But, we have to say, online bingo is a lot easier for the newcomer to get into!
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Have you ever wondered why there are so many different types of gaming? It’s not just for entertainment’s sake. Different types of games appeal to different types of people. Some games have a lot of risk while others have very little. Some have strict forms of etiquette and others are very laid-back. Some are simple and are some are complex.
What attracts you to a specific game? Do you find that you love the skill that it takes to win? Are you more interested in getting to hang out with your online friends? Let’s take a moment to talk about some characteristics of games and see what types of gamers are drawn to them. By the time you’re done with this, you’ll know what sort of games you might be attracted to, especially the games we offer here at BingoMania: Slots, Bingo, and Poker.
Chance vs. Skill
This is the first thing to consider. Few gambling games are considered true games of skill. Most, like bingo, keno, and slots, is pure chance. Granted, there are a few things you can do to improve your odds like daubing your numbers faster, but as far as the game is constructed the emphasis is on chance.
Some games are based on skill, notably poker. Some might say that video poker isn’t based on skill, but it really depends on the machine. Some people love to try the techniques they learned from table poker and try them in video poker. They really enjoy it! The other two major online games we offer, bingo and slots, are definitely chance-based. You won’t have to worry about playing the game wrong with those. You can just sit back and play until you hit the big jackpot! And if you’re worried you might get bored, you can also chat up the other players in the bingo rooms. Many people come to play just to meet the crowd!
Risk
Risk is actually surprisingly tricky to calculate. There are two ways you can calculate it. The first is the Return to Player (RTP). This is how much a game will payout for a bet over time. If a slot machine has a 95% RTP will pay out 95 cents for every dollar that is placed into the machine. Eventually. It’s an average payout over a large number of bets. Slot machines and online gaming are tested on RTP by gaming regulators to show fairness.
There’s another statistic more interesting to the individual player called the Risk of Ruin. The Risk of Ruin is how many bets of each size can you expect to make before you run out of money given a certain amount of starting cash. Good games have a low Risk of Ruin, which may surprise you. Gaming in any form is meant to be a form of entertainment, first and foremost. Having a high Risk of Ruin doesn’t allow people to get their fill of that particular game because their money would run out.
The best way to control risk is to limit how much you’re going to put into your bankroll and what size of bet you’re going to make in your chosen game. These depend on how much money you want to risk losing and how long you want to play. Good, responsible gamers realize that they could lose everything and play with that expectation. In other words, they play to lose. Then when they win, it’s even more exciting!
Bingo and slots are low-risk games. Each playthrough costs a fixed amount of money and it’s easy to choose a room or a machine that has a bet size to your liking. There’s a reason why penny slots are so popular. Sure, you win only a little, but you can play for a long time! Video poker has a bit of a higher risk because the minimum buy-in for video poker is often higher than for slots or bingo. In-person poker can be very risky because the bets are so high, and high-roller games like baccarat are extremely risky. That’s one reason why online gaming is so attractive. You can play for a long time on a small bankroll.
Simple or Complex?
Some games are very complex. Certain forms of poker, craps, and roulette are examples of complex games. Games like keno, bingo, and slots are much simpler though they do have variants that can bump up the complexity. It’s really up to a player’s taste about what sort of complexity they’ll like in a game. Some people find simple games to be too boring, and some find complex games involve too much gray matter to be fun. If you like simplicity, stick with bingo or slots. If you want a little more complexity, try video poker. You could even make it more interesting by trying out different strategies and see how you do.
Social vs non-social
One last thing to consider is how much interaction you want to have with other people. Most online gaming doesn’t have a high social component as part of the game. Online bingo often has chat rooms, but interaction with the players isn’t a necessary part of the game. On the other hand, some games thrive on social interaction. If you play games because you like to play with other people, rather than just play the game, you may want to stick to games that are played in-person. Chatting in a chat room may not be enough stimulation for your tastes.
At BingoMania, our main games are bingo, slots, and poker. If you like a low-risk game that you can play for a long time with little interruption, slots is your game. If you like a low-risk game that has some social interaction but can be played with little thought, bingo is a good choice. If you want a little more risk and a little more thinking, try our video poker rooms. Whichever game you choose, have fun with your game. Remember, games are supposed to be fun! Please play responsibly.
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Bingo has been played for a really long time in a lot of different forms. Every week you can find hundreds of thousands of players in bingo halls hunched over their cards and hunting for called numbers before someone else steals their bingo. It’s a lot of fun to play bingo, and while we do prefer the online form, obviously, there is an appeal to playing it in person.
Lesly Clifford at Mecca Bingo said: “Successful bingo playing requires a steady hand, intense concentration and mental agility; three attributes that most athletes are keen to possess and that our members have by the bucketload.”
“All of the factors which make for a great game of bingo are evident within the criteria set by the committee and we are proud to launch this campaign today.”
They hope to get bingo declared an Olympic sport for the 2020 Summer Games.
We don’t know if they have a shot, but just in case, may we recommend getting your training started at BingoMania? Our halls have different levels of difficulty. Many players play bingo for the social aspects so they let our software handle finding the numbers and calling Bingo. But those features can be easily turned off to build up your number finding skills.
When your skills get better, print off some random bingo cards off the net and turn the autoplay back on, then try finding the numbers with a dauber. Go for time and find the best routes to move the pen across the cards so you can beat your opponents. If the IOC announces official card taping rules to keep them from sliding, you’ll want to start doing that as well.
As your speed gets better, you may need to start playing speed bingo. We think this is the best game for an Olympic-level event. The numbers are called pretty rapidly, requiring players to think fast on their feet and move the pen efficiently. If you can start consistently hitting the numbers in a good speed bingo game, you just might be ready to try out for the national team!
If the IOC accepts the bid, of course.
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Some people prefer playing bingo in person and not online. That may be their preference, but it opens them up to possibilities that would make any bingo player cringe. Take this example that happened in Canada.
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Way up north in Rankin Islet, Nunavut, a radio station was holding a bingo game. Players bought cards in advance and listened to the radio to hear the numbers. One of the players thought she had bingo and called in to claim the $10,000 prize and it was declared valid.
Then the next day, the radio station had to apologize on Facebook. The winning caller had misheard a number. They said they wanted to continue the game. Over a hundred people blew up in the comment feed to complain about the problem. Some say they would have won with the next number called. Others said they had already destroyed the cards. Still others demanded a complete restart.
In the end, the radio station decided to draw the next number with the remaining players. Five people got Bingo and split the jackpot between them. Fortunately for the radio station, the local authorities that oversee bingo gaming in Nunavut said that this was an acceptable conclusion.
Doesn’t that sound like a bingo nightmare? On online bingo sites like Bingo Mania, this is never a problem. Why? Our software keeps careful records of all cards and numbers drawn in every room. It can auto-daub numbers and even declare bingo on your behalf. Our thousands of players come back to us again and again because of the reliability of our bingo program, not to mention the bonus money, wonderful prizes, and great people in the chat rooms.
But how can we prove to you that it works? Reputable bingo sites have third-party independent investigators test the randomness of their software. It’s a requirement to show that the game is fair cannot be tampered with. Our software was tested by Technical Statistics Testing. TST is internationally recognized and trusted even in regions where gaming standards are highly regulated, and works with online gaming sites and physical gaming devices. They even perform testing to ensure that a fair random number generator cannot be tampered with from the outside. Check out the last blog post on bingo online tips for more help.
You know the game is fair when you play with BingoMania and you know that the software isn’t going to cheat you. You won’t have to worry about halted games while people check cards, or like in the radio case, someone marking the wrong number and getting a false win. If you think your local bingo hall Is calling shenanigans, why not give online bingo sites like ours a try?
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You may think you already know how to play a bingo game. Just sit around and wait until you get five in a row, right? There are actually quite a number of variations on playing bingo games that keep people coming back to bingo halls and online gaming sites like BingoMania. We’re going to talk about some of those variations in this article so you’ll be ready to play when you dive into one of our many gaming rooms.
Bingo Board Variations
Whether you like wearing your bunny slippers or not, the classic way to win bingo is to get five in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally on a 5×5 card. To be honest, most games are still played like that. When you know how to play other bingo variations the game can get a lot more exciting.
Let’s talk about blackout games, also known as coverall games. You win a blackout game by blotting out all of the numbers on one of your cards. Lest you think that this is just bingo drawn out long, most blackout games are linked to a progressive jackpot system. Every time 10 balls are pulled, or some other predetermined amount, the amount that you can win goes up. This keeps the suspense high throughout the whole game and makes lasting longer more fun.
Another common variation is to require that the winner get other kinds of patterns on their card before they can call bingo. Here are some common shapes:
Double bingo: Two complete lines on two cards.
Diamond: A diamond shape with the points in the middle of the edges.
Layer cake: Rows 1, 3, and 5 filled in.
Lucky number: Make the shape in the middle of the card. Seven is the most common but any number will do, even 13!
Arrows: Make an arrow pointing in a particular direction of the compass.
Alphabet: Many letters of the alphabet can be spelled out on a bingo card!
These are just the tip of the iceberg. In traditional Bingo Halls you can find all sorts of crazy patterns. One of the reasons that complex patterns are more exciting is that it’s more difficult to see when you’ve won. It takes a sharp eye to know when you’ve got an airplane block filled in just right!
Try some of these variations in our bingo rooms. You never know when one is going to pop up, and you can usually win extra bonus cash with them too! Remember, with auto-daub feature you can daub along or have your cards automatically daubed with every call.
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Playing bingo online can do more than just give you a fun activity to do anytime, it can also improve your health. At least compared to going to a normal bingo hall. Bingo halls used to have another habit closely associated with them, smoking. But smoking bans in many states have forced a lot of traditional halls to close down or consolidated to get enough non-smoking players to keep going.
After all, if you’re supposed to be paying attention to the board and you go outside to smoke, you could miss on a valuable bingo! And no bingo player wants to miss out on that. Bingo halls are hopeful that things will turn around, but online bingo is going to give them a run for their money.
After all, if you’re playing on a smartphone or a computer you can do what you want. Smoke, play in your pajamas, or anything else you do at home and not in public. After all, the game is the same and you can chat with your fellow players, something that many bingo halls frown upon.
Plus, when you play on a site like ours, you get a lot of additional benefits as well. For instance, you get the chance to earn free bonus money so you can keep playing for longer, and you can earn XPs to get that help you unlock further perks.
Another benefit is that we have more than just bingo here. You can play exclusive slot games and other Las Vegas-style games too for more chances to win and to get a break if you need to rest your eyes from tracking bingo numbers.
Plus, we also give you bonus cash when to make a deposit on our site, allowing you to play for even longer and anytime you want. A game of bingo only takes a few minutes. If you’re waiting in a long line, why not play a game to pass the time? And if you need to look away our auto-play feature will make sure you never miss a bingo.
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We can’t have early 2016 without an article predicting what the future trends in online gaming are, can we? A detailed article from Global Gaming Business Magazine shared ten things they’re predicting will happen in 2016, and we wanted to share a few of them with you.
This is the best time in history for online bingo and it looks like the gaming industry is growing and maturing as a whole, which means, better deals and values for players.
* Slots are going digital to capture the Millennial market, and are teaming up with third-party content providers to make experiences that cater to them. VR or augmented reality slots anyone?
* Gaming providers may finally be ready to collect, and more importantly analyze, all the data that patrons are generating. This is a problem in both the online gaming space and in physical casinos. Notably, the data generated from loyalty programs and memberships must be leveraged better.
* In an effort to attract Millennials, slot manufacturers are developing new forms of the game that use a skill-based element. Most Millennials prefer table games over slot machines, despite their love for video games. Could you be playing a gaming-version of Candy Crush soon? Maybe!
* While games like online bingo do attract a young crowd, the most common gaming customer is someone in their 40s. By this time they’ve become empty-nesters and have a lot more disposable income. They’re more comfortable with spending extra money on gaming. Overall, there has been a decline in the industry. Expect games to become even more exciting as casinos and gaming sites go for the younger crowd!
* Online gambling statutes in the US have stalled over the last few years, but we could be approaching a tipping point. Seven states may be poised to allow online poker and casino games by the year 2020. The state to look for as a bellwether is Pennsylvania, which has it on the ballot for this year.
* Here’s something online bingo caught on to early. It hasn’t gone without notice that many people are gaming together due to the social component rather than the chance to earn money. Social gaming, think your favorite Facebook games that all your friends keep sending you request for, may start to be embraced by the larger gaming industry rather than being viewed as a competitor. However, integrating a traditional gaming component into the mix is not easy. There are legal questions involving whether it would be considered gambling by legislatures, how to prevent minors from playing a gaming version of a social game, and how to keep operators running a fair game despite a lack of regulation.
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There are a lot of things to consider when deciding where to play bingo online. It may seem like there is a dizzying array of options for the discerning player to try their luck. According to an article in SBC News, 50% of bingo players in the UK, where the game is the most popular, have accounts on 10 or more bingo sites, and 30% have accounts on 15 or more! So it’s okay to shop around and try some different ones before you settle in on your core list of sites you like.
This is a rather inventive time for new bingo sites all over the world. There was an explosion of interest over the past few years that drew a lot of new players to playing bingo online, but now the audience is starting to mature, so bingo sites are having to come up with new ways to offer a positive experience for new players and keep their loyal players happy. It means better games, more exciting promos, and of course, better funding bonuses are coming to you, the loyal player.
For instance, many sites are turning toward individual reward strategies, similar to what BingoMania did about a year and a half ago, with the launch of our new Progressive Reward Program. With the help of your feedback, we can introduce new incentives and promos to match your playing style. For instance, we’ve recently offered you free spins on new games and progressive jackpot contributions towards new slot games. We are now also working on a new feature called the Bonus Spinner (coming soon). Our motto at Mania is: let’s offer our loyal players what they want.
Bingo sites are also having to compete with bingo applications that don’t involve money. Sure, you could do that, but you’d have no chance to win real money playing those games. We want to see our players win cash and have fun while they enjoy the games, the chat room features, and all the other site amenities.
If you are an avid bingo online player, this is the time. With so many sites competing for your attention, you can find great deals and unique rewards that you wouldn’t have been able to find before. But before you go wandering over, don’t leave before you try out Bingo Mania’s complete offerings: We have an excellent selection of
There are so many options for choosing what sort of bingo or slots game you like to play. Do you like to play for money or not? Do you prefer a website or an app? Bingo Mania has you covered. We have a handy flowchart on this page that you can use to discover which sort of bingo or slots game you’d like to play, and which sites will have the best options for your fun! Just answer the questions below and you’ll be on your way to a fun bingo or slots experience.
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Just who is playing bingo online? The answers may surprise you. Bingo is a far more popular game in the UK than it is in the U.S. Though, online bingo got its start in the US first, it is our friends across the pond who now are crowned as the online bingo country of the world. Unfortunately, Bingo has a bit of a weird reputation in the U.S. Most Americans see the game as something only older folks play. However, this is quite false.
Most bingo players around the world only play bingo online because of the chance to interact with people. In traditional bingo halls, quiet is the rule. Speaking during the game will get you a lot of dirty looks. But in online bingo, chatting is encouraged. The ability to talk with other people while playing the game is one of the major draws to online bingo.
The primary audience of online bingo is women. About 70% of all online bingo players are women (at Bingo Mania, we have 85% female online bingo players) mostly because of the social aspect. But more men are coming onto the scene because it’s so easy to win a game. Unlike many other online gaming opportunities, over 95% of people who play online bingo will win a game (there are so many varieties of bingo games to enjoy today)
Playing online bingo allows players to socialize with people all over the world and make some money while doing it. Perhaps best of all, playing the game is inexpensive; you can play free bingo games and find games that have cards as cheap as 1 cent per card, so you can play for hours and hours with only a small budget. Plus, people with extra money to invest, might have a higher probability of winning but, here at Bingo Mania, we’ve had players win bingo with just one card.
It’s not just for an older demographic either. While many players do tend to be older, about a third of all online bingo players are under the age of 35, and the number is on the rise. The biggest reason for this is mobile bingo. When you can play online at any time, you don’t have to wait until the evening where a bingo game could take up precious, lovely time.
With all these changes, bingo is losing its image in America as something only an older demographic play in quiet halls. Play online bingo today by signing up for an account on BingoMania.com, or log in to your account to see for yourself how fun it can be to meet people from all over the world while playing the game you love.
Plus, now with the addition of video slots and more side games, bingo is attracting more players.
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There are quite many bingo variants out there that don’t get as much attention as 75-ball or 90-ball bingo. In this week’s article we’re going to talk about one of these variants. It’s a Mexican form of bingo called Loteria.
History of Loteria
Even though it is very popular throughout the Spanish Speaking world since the 1700s, like Loteria actually got its start in 15th Century Italy – around the same time that tarot cards also made their first known debut. It made its way to the Court of Spain and then was brought to the rest of the Spanish Empire by explorers and their families. The first documented use of Loteria in Mexico in the latter part of the 18th Century in 1769.
From there, this form of Spanish bingo spread throughout the rest of Mexico through traveling Ferias or ‘fairs’ that would offer this game of chance as a form of entertainment and to win prizes. All classes of people who lived in outlying areas on haciendas, ranches, and farms would come to the towns and villages to play Loteria, which was becoming increasingly popular. Over the next two and a half centuries, Loteria would gain in popularity until becoming completely imbedded within popular Mexican culture as we know it today. Loteria games can still be found at ferias and carnivals in almost every region of Mexico and some predominantly Latino areas in the United States.
What is Loteria?
Some have described Loteria as being a bit like playing bingo with a tarot deck. Given its origins in Renaissance Italy, that seems a rather appropriate description!
A deck of Loteria cards mostly use the traditional 54 images assigned to them from the beginning. Some regions, however, have different variations, but the theme remains relatively the same. Most Loteria decks will have the image El Diabolito or The Devil. For over 100 years, there has been mostly one manufacturer that has been the primary manufacturer and distributor of Loteria games, and so for the most part, those images well-known. Today, Spanish bingo game is so popular that a new Loteria made just for Millennial players with pictures that members of that generation are sure to recognize!
In addition to the 54 card deck, there are boards or tabla) that are made up of a grid with four pictures horizontally and four pictures vertically. As with the numbers on bingo cards, the images on the tabla are random. Players can have one or more cards when playing Loteria.
The Loteria caller or singer will choose a card from the deck of 54 cards that has a picture and a number on it by either by reading the name, describing the card, or telling a story or riddle so that players have to guess and mark their cards accordingly with their guess. Some callers prefer to use poems or verses to describe them instead.
Much like how bingo callers will use slang to describe the numbers pulled, Loteria callers will use riddles to describe the cards. This makes the game more interesting. For instance, one of the cards is “the bottle.” The caller might say, “La hermienta del borracho,” which means “the tool of the drunkard.” Incidentally, “the drunkard” is another card in the Loteria deck.
The success and popularity of a caller depend on their ability to come up with interesting calls for the images. Callers will adjust their sayings depending on the audience. Some of them can get quite adult or even use social commentary as a clue to which card it might be!
The object of the game is to get four in a row, either horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or in a pattern that has been determined before the start of the game.
To win, a player must get four in a row or the determined pattern. Instead of calling out, “Bingo,” Loteria players call out "¡Lotería!" or as is the case in some regions in Mexico, "¡Buenas!" The cards that have been called are checked against those appearing on the player’s tabla. If they are correct, that player wins. If they don’t match what has been already called, the game continues until someone wins.
To mark the tablas, players will use kernels of corn, beans, bottle caps, plastic chips, or small rocks to mark the images that have been called rather than using a dauber. This allows the Loteria cards to be used over and over again rather than being thrown away after every game.
Because the symbols and the number of cards used in a Loteria deck are similar to that of the tarot deck, some people will use it in the same way that tarot is used. Most Latinos, however, see using it in this way as being somewhat unusual for one of their national pastimes.
Regional Differences
As with most games, there are differences in how Loteria is played depending on what region you’re visiting. In Northern Mexico, for example, Loteria tablas have 9 images instead of 16. It doesn’t change the overall gameplay, it just means that you need to get three in a row in any direction on your tabla rather than four and can make the gameplay move a little faster.
Creating Loteria at Home
Now that we’ve got you interested, here are some ways to play Loteria yourself! If you are having a hard time finding the Loteria cards and tablas locally, you can purchase them on any one of the online outlets or make your own!
Making the Loteria Deck
If you’re feeling a little creative, most of the traditional images used in Mexico, Spain, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world can be found online. You can simply print them out, put them on index cards and create your own deck of Loteria cards.
Or, if you really want to give your creativity full range, why not consider drawing and constructing your own Loteria cards? Again, using index cards or other card-weight stock, you can put the images that correspond with the traditional 54 Loteria cards, or some other symbols of your own choosing.
To Make the Boards
Your Loteria will be a grid made of 16 squares, four down, and four across. Each square within the grid will have a random image with its corresponding number on it. There are images available online that you can print out on your home computer to make both the deck of 54 Loteria cards and the tablas. Draw or paste them on the grids you have created, and you will have your very own homemade Loteria game!
Give Loteria a Try
If you find yourself in Mexico at a fair or decide to put together your own Loteria game, why not give this form of bingo a shot? You’ll brush up on your Spanish skills and have a little fun at the same time.
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Thanksgiving is a time for celebrating the things we are thankful for during the year. We’re thankful to our players for keeping us in business for so long, and we hope that you’re thankful for all the fun gaming! But there are other things about Thanksgiving that are not so pleasant. For many people, spending that much time with family and the stress of cooking all that food can be a big hassle!
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While we can’t cook your turkey for you or keep your annoying sister from blabbing about how great she is, we can provide you with a fun way to relieve some of your holiday stress, even when family is over. Just sneak in a quick game from one of our slot games via the slot lobby! We have several exciting games for you to try and we think they’ll help you beat your holiday blues.
We know you love bingo and free bingo games, but the fun of slots at BingoMania goes further when you want to be away from your computer. Most of the new slot games at Bingo Mania are mobile friendly. For instance, you could play our new game Unicorn or the popular Pinocchio slot game.
This game features multiple game levels offering unique features: Fairy Re-Spins, Pinocchio Wandering Wilds and much more! Travel to School and find the Scatter Wild Books or go to the Stage and discover the Dancing Wild reel. When you travel to one of the secondary worlds, all wins are doubled! Can you reach Real Boy Mode and win big?
Plus, you can play this game on any device, so you can sneak a few quick spins on your smartphone whenever you like. You can find out more about Pinnochio on our game here.
Another bonus of slot games is that it doesn’t take very long to whip out a round. We don’t recommend playing while you’re eating dinner, but if you’re stuck in the kitchen browsing Yummly for last-minute stuffing suggestions, there’s nothing wrong with having our page open in another tab and tapping the spin button between steps, right?
And what about the post-Thanksgiving game and celebratory food coma? That’s when you can dive back into our many bingo rooms and join others who love bingo and have no desire to watch football. Who knows, you could win a holiday jackpot! Now that’s something to be thankful for.
So don’t let Thanksgiving blues drag you down. Perk yourself up with one of our many exciting games at Bingomania. Be on the looking for any special slot games we may have on Turkey Day just like we did for our special Halloween game!
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Bingo is our obsession, our passion, our, well, mania! We love playing bingo in any of its forms and you can play a lot of them here on our website. It’s a fun low-stress game that you can play anytime on any device that is connected to the internet. But do you have to pay for online bingo?
Absolutely not! There are ways to play free bingo games online. There are plenty of apps out there on the market that will run a quick bingo game for you, but you have to be careful about your games. There’s a difference between free and free-to-play. Free-to-play apps offer a slick presentation of the game and the opportunity to buy bonuses to help you win more often. What they don’t tell you is that they’ll slowly ramp up the difficulty behind the scenes until you won’t win anymore unless you start making purchases. Just read the reviews on some of the major bingo apps and you’ll see what we mean!
At BingoMania, we have a better solution. We do offer free bingo cash prizes to all of our members. When you enroll on our site, we give you free money to purchase cards with as a special thank-you offer for signing up. You’ll get the chance to try out our bingo rooms for free before you decide to spend any more money on your experience. We believe you’ll like us so much that you’ll want to stay!
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Bingo is obviously our main draw. We love the game and we’d like to see more people play. But there’s a big bingo community out there outside of the halls. We want to share some of the best bingo site reviews on the web for participants in the community.
Though the reviews found on most of these sites come from disappointed players, it is useful for the sites like BingoMania, 123Bingo, and Cyber Bingo to help bring attention to such review communities.
These two sister sites are large bingo directories. They give reviews on all the major sites and rank them according to their criteria. The one with co.uk at the end focuses on bingo sites in the UK. If you want to get your feet wet on several websites, take a spin through these.
This site is in the same vein as the ones above, but it also has extensive pages on gambling laws, the rules of different bingo variations, and it also has a discussion forum for players. Another one-stop-shop for extending your bingo community!
If you just want to talk bingo, this is the site for you. It is a discussion forum for fans of the game. You can write about your latest jackpot, talk about your experiences on different sites, and much more. Check it out.
We’ve mentioned this site in the past. If you want to take advantage of free offers given by bingo sites, this is the place to look. You can get great sign-up bonuses, free spins on slots, and much more. Just make sure to read the fine print carefully!
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The IXGames forum is a general forum on gaming sites online. If you want to branch beyond bingo into the world of sports betting and online poker, this is the place to go. They also have a bingo section.
Finally, the site with the easiest name to remember, this is another site aggregator for bingo websites. It also has articles on the latest bingo news from around the world.
Don’t be afraid to try various top bingo sites. You may like hanging around the UK crowd more than the US crowd we have here, or perhaps you just prefer 90-ball bingo more. If bingo is your passion, you owe it to yourself to explore the wide variety of bingo opportunities out there. Try reading some reviews on mobile bingo apps. You could sneak a game in anytime! Or sign up for one of the forums so you can complain about that cruddy site with the poor terms of service or that one big blackout bingo that got away. Take a spin through these and let us know what you think.
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