Online bingo etiquette does exist, but it applies mainly to chatrooms. Chatrooms are very popular in online sites for bingo. The rules are pretty lax in a chatroom, although there is a moderator on site.

There are a few points to mention about chatrooms. Most players in a chatroom use a nom de plume or signature, rather than their real names. Always take chatroom chatter at face value. The anonymous nature of a chatroom may lead to whoppers and blatant lies.

Chat rooms in bingo are a lively source of conversations and bingo tips. Some even have games inside the chatroom. The moderator is on hand to make sure there is no verbal abuse, impersonation of other players, and that there is no phishing for potential customers for products.

Each chatroom has an email route for comments for the webmaster or administrator. There are usually buttons set up for abbreviations such as “TY” for thank you. The nice thing about chatrooms is that you get the camaraderie and enthusiasm of other bingo players without worrying about a place to sit, whether your marker will run out of ink, or if people will be able to hear you shout BINGO!

Feel free to share your woes over losing, but be gracious if you win. Congratulate other winners and just have fun.

The bingo section of the website offers a pretty reasonable selection of games.  The classic ninety-ball games pay out for first and second lines and a full house. Whereas the seventy-five ball game offers a single, but bigger, pay out for the first person to cover the number pattern.

Jackpots are also pretty good, with daily pots of around £500 plus cumulative pots as well.  There are also set games during the course of the week which offer much higher jackpots of up to £5,500, and there is also a monthly game with a £10,000 pot to pay out.

The site also provides other gaming entertainment for players.  There is a section for quick-fire, instant pay out games with items such as virtual scratch cards, instant lotto, and classic hi-lo games.  In addition there is a casino section which offers roulette, blackjack, and a very good video poker game.

Overall, this seems to be a very good site with a good feel to it – providing you don’t get too frustrated with the home page.

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US investment firm Apollo has joined the bid to take control of Gala Coral, the bingo and bookmaker giant. Apollo joins Blackstone and a group of Gala Coral’s lenders in the bidding war to gain control of the heavily-indebted gaming group.

Gala Coral are said to be in debt by a massive £2.6 billion and has been struggling for some time to refinance it. The new bid from Apollo will include a £250 million cash injection, which would be used to pay Gala’s senior lenders in return for 50% share in the company. The consortium of junior lenders would take the remaining 50% of the company in a debt for equity deal.

Gala Coral’s shareholders are likely to oppose the deal, which would see them left with nothing, and the junior lenders are also unlikely to accept the proposal as they are working on their own takeover bid.

Like many land based gaming companies Gala Coral has been struggling from a combination of the 22% bingo duty, the recession, online bingo sites and the smoking ban, which has seen players numbers dwindle over the past few years.

Ian Burke, the chief executive of the Rank Group told press that the drop in duty could boost profits by up to £2.5 million a year, but also stated that the duty cut should have been bigger. He said, “Today’s announcement is a step in the right direction. However, it is still not clear why Britain’s bingo clubs should be subject to a higher tax rate than that applied to other forms of gaming and betting.”

The Bingo Association, which was against the initial duty rise to 22% said, “the fight continues to get bingo back to the 15% rate”.

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The bingo hall worker went to the kiosk and asked for a £2 scratch card, but instead was given a £5 scratch card. Instead of asking for the right card she decided to pay the extra cash saying: “I asked for a £2 card and she pulled out the £5 one by mistake,” adding that, “I’d already won £5 on another scratchcard so I decided to have a go. I rubbed it off when I got home later and I just couldn’t believe it – I’m still in a state of shock.”

Mrs White, who has three children, plans to pay off her mortgage and build a new conservatory with her winnings. The 58 year old continues to take the bus to her work at the Palace Bingo hall in Felixstowe and has no plans to quit her job, but does admit to changing the way she manages her finances.

She added, “I’ve got a private bank account in Mayfair and I’ve got my own private banker. This sort of thing doesn’t happen to an assistant bingo manager.”

The company have stated that they no longer make enough money and plan to close the hall in seven weeks time. General Manager for Orion Bingo, Roxburgh Richmond told the local press, “All the staff were told together, including myself and everyone is obviously very upset at the prospect of losing their jobs. It will also be very sad for our customers.”

This move will further disrupt bingo lovers in the area and follows another local bingo hall that closed in April.

On a lighter note for local bingo enthusiasts, Blackpool’s Mecca Bingo has announced that it is performing well in the current economic climate.

Bingo clubs had been lobbying against the tax hike, which rose from 15% to 22% in April, but the government stood by their decision after parliamentarians failed to make a strong enough case against it.

Land based bingo clubs have been facing an uphill struggle since the smoking ban in 2007 and a cap on the amount of £500 jackpot machines allowed, but the new tax ruling may put an end to some independent bingo halls as well as closing more Gala and Mecca bingo clubs.

A member of the independent bingo hall said that is it not better to have, “a thriving bingo club paying 15 percent than a struggling club paying 22 percent that’s planning to close.”