Following the success of the loyalty rewarding program in its land based bingo rooms, operator Gala Bingo has decided to give its online players the opportunity to win points by introducing the program in the online bingo site.

Nectar is well known in the UK as one of the largest loyalty programs. Its customers win points while shopping and, as of now, while playing bingo. These points can be redeemed for gifts, travels, and dream treats and in order to become part of the program, all that players have to do is sign up.

It was announced this week that English television broadcaster ITV will present a new show called Bingo Night Live hosted by Melinda Messenger and Michael Underwood. The show will run five nights a week, from Tuesday to Saturday, with an initial jackpot of £50,000.

“It’s the nation’s favorite game and accessible for all,” presenter Melinda Messenger commented. “It’s good, clean fun and easy to play and it’s free. It does not cost you a penny to play.” The show will feature selected interviews, behind the scene clips and special spaces for players to get involved in the program.

The Online All Bingo Club, which is a member of the Jackpot Factory, has just began a special offer where every player recieves £5 for every friend they take along with them and introduce to the bingo club.

This is quite an attractive promotion, as there is no maximum as to how many friends a single player can bring along. Once the friend makes his or her initial deposit, the player’s account will automatically get rewarded with the corresponding sum of money.

Bingo operators across the United Kingdom have showed great optimism about the series of measures to stop the closure of bingo halls the government is to announce soon. This week Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe told the Bin go Association he would be making a positive statement in short.

In less than a year and a half, 51 bingo venues have closed in the country, mainly due to the effects of the smoking ban, the economic recession and losses linked to the regulation of gaming machines. Currently, there are only 600 bingo clubs in the United Kingdom.

Crown Bingo has come up with an original way to celebrate Saint George’s day this year: they are giving their online bingo players the opportunity to win tickets to watch the National football team at the new Wembley Stadium.

St George is the patron saint of England and his day is also England’s National day. A traditional custom for this celebration is to wear a red rose on the lapel, other ways to celebrate this day include to have a fly or ornament with Saint George’s Cross flag on it.

Several Canadian charities have been benefited by a program that allows them to volunteer their time at a bingo center in exchange for a percentage of the profits. This week, the charities that took part in the program over the past year received a cheque for $1.448.972 from the hands of Barrie MPP Aileen Carroll.

“I want to thank the volunteers because the result of your work and the impact your work has on so many charities here in Barrie is astounding,” Carroll said during the ceremony. Currently, four bingo parlors are part of this pilot project, including the Boardwalk Gaming Center.

An amateur Bingo player from England took advantage of his beginner’s luck this week and took home a £24,000 prize (approximately 30,000 euros) playing at the local Bingo club.

The lucky winner is a 49 year old man, named Paul Ian Smith, a resident of the city of Hull in the East part of Yorkshire in England. He was touched by the magic wand when he was playing the game of Bingo with his girlfriend for the fist time at Hull’s Mecca Bingo club in Clough Road.

UK Bingo operators believe the new advert that promotes the National Lottery’s Flamin’ Hot Bingo scratchcard offends the traditional bingo industry, which is going through a tough time due to government policies.

The ad features the image of an elderly woman on her mobility cart in front of a bingo venue with a “closed” sign. With the sound of a scratchcard, the image changes to the same lady with modern clothes in a Miami-style beach, speeding off on her enhanced, powerful scooter.

A British bingo player from the city of Colchester has just won a whooping £39.000 jackpot (approximately 51.700 euros). The lucky 26-year-old winner, who is a healthcare worker, could not believe it when he found out all the money he had won.

The gambler was enjoying the National Game at the Gala Club located in Osbourne Street where he got not only the £37.152 prize but also the £2.066 regional prize and the £200 house prize.

A 22-year-old employee at an English Bingo club is preparing himself to establish a new world record. The record he intends to set consists of becoming the person to receive the largest amount of San Valentine’s day cards, which is celebrated this February 14th.

Darren Chaffney is the name of the employee who works as a caller in the Bingo, giving good luck to his loyal regular players. Chaffney expects to have the support of the hundreds of women who regularly come to his club to play to fulfill his ambitious goal.