Each week we deliver all sorts of articles, from lightweight thought provoking idea to the more concerning issues that affect the world of bingo and gaming as a whole
Bingo – it’s all about rules. Buy your tickets, daub your numbers, don’t talk during a game, don’t shout ‘House!’ unless you’re sure. Online bingo has always been a little more relaxed, but it’s still fundamentally a numbers game, which means the laws of statistics will always apply.
These five attention-grabbing bingo promotions are – as far as we can tell – among the most over-the-top, outlandish efforts made by real-world and online bingo operators in recent years in the attempt to drum up business.
There was a time when online gambling was nothing more than web-based access to a real-world sports betting account, which you had to fund by sending cheques through the post. In a relatively short period of time since then, online gaming has expanded to include real-money games with accounts you can fund electronically in secondstest…
Gambling addiction is a concern for online betting operators, who are committed to responsible gaming policies, but have little to no direct interaction with their customers. New research published in the journal International Gambling Studies outlines one potential way to recognise problem gambling quite easily, based on members’ wager sizes. The ‘sawtooth’ wagering pattern described…
Online bingo is tightly regulated, and only licensed operators are able to provide real-money online bingo games to the UK market – right? Most of us would probably say so without really thinking too much about it; but delve into the licensing structures of some bingo sites, and things begin to get very complex, very…
The two main providers of land based bingo in the UK are the mega successful Mecca Bingo and Gala Bingo. Recently Gala Bingo has launched an online promotion in their clubs, making it available to all members whether they’ve tried the game online or not. The promotion allowed players who participated on a particular date…
Many online bingo sites are beginning to make the move over to mobile bingo, which definitely seems to be the way the gaming industry is heading. It was reported that searches for mobile bingo has risen by a huge 50% in the last year and this trend is only set to continue as more of…
‘Bingo wings’ are quite unfairly named – the term refers to the saggy skin some people have on their underarms, and apparently derives from the way that skin flaps about when celebrating a full-house win! They’re actually quite common, and often the person who’s most aware of them is their owner, but if yours are…
Amongst the swathes of bingo sites out there, there are a number with names you’ll instantly recognise from the high street. Known more for their work in the bookmaking and sports betting industries, these brands have also taken up a position in the saturated online gaming market.
This may sound like a joke but we assure you it’s not, the Jackpotjoy team, behind one of the biggest and most successful sites out there, have conducted research into how fun the last few years have been and the findings aren’t great. They’ve been out and about and discovered that the decade that started…