The new series of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here (IACGMOH) starts in November and we’ve no doubt that you will have seen the trailers featuring Ant and Dec strolling down the street with Ant sure he was “meant to be doing something”. It was whilst watching these commercials for the program that […]
Author: Nickie Shute
Advertising Standards Agency Bingo Rulings
Each week we check the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) website to see if any of the recent online bingo adverts have come under scrutiny from this independent regulator and for the most part, bingo brands get off quite lightly with very few actually being complained about. However since 2008 there have been a total of […]
Bingo Advert Music Chart
Turn on your TV screen and the chances are that you will you see at least one bingo commercial during your viewing time. Each of these adverts differ in quite a few ways but many will feature bingo balls, a woman and a laptop. However, some think outside of the proverbial box and come up […]
Fleet Street Bingo Creator Derek Jameson Passes Away
Today we bring you some rather sad news; the man who introduced the bingo game to national newspapers has passed away. Derek Jameson, who was 82, died at his home yesterday following a heart attack. Mr Jameson introduced our favourite game to the Daily Star a few years after he became the editor (1978 succeeding […]
Bingo Chat, On Or Off?
When I first started playing bingo online I used to love the chat rooms but after over eight years I have to admit to being more than a little bored of it. It used to be that when you visited any site the rooms were alive with people swapping life stories from a child being […]
Most Annoying Bingo Adverts According To Twitter
Twitter (Follow Us @playingbingo) is fast becoming as popular as Facebook in the Social Media stakes and although not a prolific “Tweeter” myself, I do use it occasionally for research and a 140 character catch up with friends. One of the things that I had noticed recently was how many people were tweeting about online […]
Think Bingo Forum Now Closed
Click here to play at Think Bingo My first dalliance in the world of online bingo was at the Herotech (now Cashcade or bwin.party) site Think Bingo. I saw an advert on TV back in 2005 showing a £5 free offer and there I stayed as a player, loyal for about eighteen months. One of […]
Should The Same Laws Govern Facebook As Pay To Play?
As someone who loves to play free games on the social networking site Facebook a recent debate regarding the site and responsible gambling caught my attention. For a little while now there have been rumours that the UK Gambling Commission were to investigate the rise in social gaming and whether it should be regulated in […]
Boyle Bingo Follow In Foxy Footsteps
Click here to play at Boyle Bingo A couple of years ago now Foxy Bingo ran an offline marketing campaign for their brand which saw the Dream Boys appear in venues up and down the country with the company branding. We were lucky enough to attend one session and whilst the bingo wasn’t that great, […]
Bingo Chat Host Macros
When in the bingo chat rooms you will often find a chat host posting Lucky Dust or a Good Luck Fairy by way of a macro but often these can take up a lot of space, which is often limited, and impede on any conversations that are taking place. It used to be that a […]
