Roomie Curlywurlycaz is going to be playing bingo for charity on Saturday October 27th in the first ever Foxy Bing-a-thon. She’ll be raising money for the Tickled Pink Campaign in aid of Breast Cancer Care and she wants you to help her make it happen! Caz will be playing bingo for no less than 12 hours, from midday to midnight in Tippy’s Ten, playing at least 1 card per game and donating all winnings plus bingo points earned to Tickled Pink.

“It’s going to be a great way of having fun, while raising money for a great cause, and the more people who join in the better,” Kaz tells us. If you’d like to sponsor Caz then just Private Message her in the forum with the amount you wish to donate. Or if you’d like to take part in the bing-a-thon and raise money yourself, just email bingomanager@foxybingo.com with your alias and we’ll post your name on the site for others to see. Make sure you’re signed up to the forum so we all know where to find you to sponsor your efforts! Foxy Bingo will be matching all the money raised by players and donating it to Tickled Pink too.

Online bingo news from bingo reviewer

It’s no longer just a game for blue-haired grannies and their good luck charms. What am I talking about? Bingo of course! The traditional game has made a killer comeback! There’s an abundance of new venues in which to play the old time honored game of bingo now- gone are the days of dingy basements, community halls and if you think that you’re just going to compete with a pre-retirement crowd of old folks- then you’d better have a look around you! Bingo has evolved!  

There’s a new and exciting distinctive atmosphere, lots of gimmicky glitzy fun prizes as well as bottles of alcohol on offer and cold hard cash is still a favorite- and the chance to yell the word BINGO as loud as you like! If you win, that is! These new bingo venues, like pubs, clubs and such let you play bingo for free. It’s your continual downing of drinks that keep these business owners happy, and the more people playing bingo in their venue- the happier they are! So the drinks, nibbles and smokes will cost you, but playing bingo is often free everywhere.  

Of course there are still the old fashioned more traditional options available like the local community or church hall in which to play bingo. A word of warning though, if you are new to the game the speed and efficiency that some of those infamous blue-haired grannies operate will drop you to your knees in awe! They are that good and they effortlessly scan up to ten or more game cards at once. As a new player on the field, I can’t even manage three without getting the proverbial fingers to the lips from these well seasoned players signaling me to be quiet! “Shhh- shhh” they hiss at me! Bingo is a game in which players can relax, have fun and make lots of new friends through the social contact that regularly playing the game encourages. Literally millions of people are being introduced to bingo through the relatively new medium of online bingo. Let’s see why bingo - both traditional and online is so popular with people of all ages throughout the entire world. 

The biggest and most important factor that makes bingo so popular is the social side of the game.  It brings countless people together every single day within local communities to make friends, socialize and enjoy a game they all know and love.  Many people still prefer traditional bingo halls because they are unfamiliar with the internet and find it intimidating so they prefer to walk to their local traditional bingo halls and play the game that way. Bingo has been part of people’s lives for many centuries dating back to1779 by Edwin Lowe. He first spotted the game being played at a carnival in

America and upon returning home played the game with a few friends. The rest is history as bingo was then officially introduced to the rest of the world.

Most bingo halls charge an entry to the game fee and a fee per game played to each player from which all of the winnings are collected. Then it’s all eyes down as the game starts and the numbers are called one by one. Suddenly, the tranquil silence of the room explodes with a single shout of BINGO! The winner walks off with the amount accumulated at the end of the game. It’s really a very simple idea and it is the simplicity of the game coupled with the social aspect that attracts players and keeps them playing. When playing bingo in a traditional bingo hall there is a one on one- face to face contact that creates and bonds people together. It is formed when they first join a group such as bingo and nurtured through the regular meetings and games played together. Many elderly people have certainly met their closest and oldest friends in bingo halls. 

 Online Bingo articles from bingo reviewer        

Online bingo has taken the world by storm! Everyone is playing - grandmothers, college professors, students, old men, young men, women of all ages and even people that say they don’t like regular bingo are hooked on the excitement and buzz of the online version! Let’s take a look at some of the features of online bingo and figure out why this has become so popular. The aim of any game of bingo is to complete the entire the game pattern on your bingo card before any other player. If you do, you have a “bingo” and win the prize that is on offer for that particular game.   The online bingo community has increased by more than tenfold. There are now more than one hundred online bingo sites- and that’s certainly hordes of people watching the numbers and marking them off their card / or in this case screen card. If you haven’t played online bingo before and wish to give it a go, I would suggest you try playing a few free online Bingo cards and chat to other players to get a “feel” of playing the game online. You will be amazed at the quality of the graphics and sound effects when playing online bingo and you will soon be transported to a virtual world of bingo. It’s just like being at a real bingo hall except that you are perhaps playing from the comfort of your own living room sofa. There are a number of bingo software packages online, ranging from Java and Flash bingo games.  Most of the bingo websites include other online games such as Video Poker, Slots and Pull Tabs or scratch tickets. Chat rooms are a vital feature of online bingo websites so that their players can chat to other members while waiting for their numbers to fall into place. They really are an essential attribute that people look for when choosing an online bingo community in which to play bingo, relax and make new friends.  Another important feature of online bingo sites is clear graphics, so that the player has a clear unrestricted view of the bingo cards and is also be able to see the bingo balls as they are being called. Players can sit down to play one game or one hundred games of bingo- it’s their choice!  If you need to do something and leave the game, that’s no problem either with online bingo as the bingo cards will automatically daub for you and bingo will be automatically called. Most online bingo sites use auto daubing and auto-bingo. It is an important feature used to call bingo for the bingo player when they have accomplished the pattern in play before any other bingo players. Did you know?

• There are 3½ million regular female bingo players.
• Bingo is played by people of all ages around the world
• 30% of bingo players are under the age of 35.
• Ninety-six percent of bingo players have won at some point.
• Research indicates that women are much happier playing bingo
• 15% play bingo for social contact and companionship.
• But the number one reason for playing bingo is enjoyment!
• Winning money comes in way down at number five!

These are just some of the features of online bingo communities and the reasons that people play online bingo are many. It is truly a popular game that has been around for many years that will continue to flourish in the future. So why not jump online, have some fun and make some great new friends in the community of online bingo?

Online Bingo News From Bingo Reviewer