Gala Bingo’s free games are played throughout the day between 9am and midnight, with over £1,500 in winnings up for grabs. To take advantage of the free bingo games, sign in and play in any of the regional club rooms (The North, The South, Midlands, Wales and Scotland), free games will be offered throughout the day.

Together with free bingo games, Gala Bingo also offers a £20 bonus for new players who deposit and spend £5 on any of their bingo games.

There is also the chance to play with your friends with the all new Windicate feature, where you can invite up to 5 of your friends to join your group and if anyone of the group wins a full house every member will receive 50p free. So the more Windicates you join the greater chance of you winning!

Check out the Gala Bingo website for up to date news and promotions, happy playing!

Katie Price (aka Jordan) was unveiled as the face of Foxy Bingo back in 2006. The appointment was made in an attempt to bring bingo into the mainstream. They created ‘Katie’s Charity Bingo Room’ and donated 50% of all bingo cards purchased on Monday evenings to charities chosen by Ms Price. However, in January 2008 Foxy Bingo and Ms Price terminated their working relationship on the grounds that they could no longer compete for her time without a significant investment.

Gala Bingo announced its partnership with X-Factor’s Sharon Osbourne also in 2006. It launched a series of nationwide TV commercials featuring Mrs Osbourne promoting Gala Bingo Online. Gala also launched Gala TV, the first live interactive bingo TV channel, presented by Mrs Osbourne and she recently launched her own bingo website in collaboration with Gala, www.sharonsbingo.com.

Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona was one of the first ‘bingo celebrities’ announcing her partnership with Bingos in 2005. Bingos originally had four bingo rooms, each with its own progressive jackpot. Kerry was originally a caller at the site and featured on the home webpage.

The latest job cuts come after the restructuring of the company last November, in which it changed its five operating divisions into three, with Gala stating that support functions would be handled “centrally rather than through the divisions”.

In a statement, Gala Coral’s chief executive Neil Goulden said: “Having reduced the number of divisions to three, evolution says now what about the HR structure and the finance structure”.

A further 100 jobs will be cut due to the closure of five more bingo halls in Port Glasgow, Leven, Hull St Stephens, Aldridge and Pitsea; these follow last week’s closure of the Gala Bingo hall in Crystal Palace.

Mr Goulden stated that the latest job cuts and bingo hall closures were a direct result of the government’s decision to raise gross profits tax on bingo from 15% to 22%.

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Each new member to Sharon’s Bingo will receive £10 free and games start from just 1p per card. Other promotions include, 1 To Go and 2 To Go, where everyone with one or two numbers to go wins 50p, Sharon’s Hour with tickets at 5p each and a range of BOGOF games throughout the day.

There is also a range of 1 penny games between 15:00 and 16:00 in the Los Angeles club every day, as well as special Midnight Express games between midnight and 1 am, where tickets are only 5p each.

Promotions are changing all the time, so be sure to check the website for the latest offers.

Mrs Obama’s Bingo games are also back this week, with games between 8pm and 9pm; Gala Bingo will be donating 10p of every £1 spent to Sue Ryder Care. This is the second time that Mrs Obama and Gala Bingo have teamed up for the charity, with Mrs Obama saying: “I am delighted to help galabingo.com raise funds for the Sue Ryder Care charity”.

Sue Ryder Care Charity offers assistance and care for those who suffer with serious illnesses, such as cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Huntington’s disease; they also offer advice and support for the families of those affected.

The Mrs Obama’s Bingo game ran from the 14th to the 23rd of January for an hour each evening, and is thought to have raised over £10,000 for Sue Ryder Care. Gala Bingo have said they will match the money, so over £20,000 will go to this worthwhile charity, which gives care and support to those suffering with serious illnesses.

Head of marketing for Gala Bingo, Clive Cottrell said:  “Mrs Obama’s bingo game was just one of the ongoing activities being undertaken by Gala Coral Group to meet our target of raising GPB 1million by 2010 for Sue Ryder Care.”

Bingo halls as well as pubs and clubs have had to adapt since the smoking ban was introduced in the summer of 2007, and Gala bingo hopes that its new hi-tech smoking shelter will attract new customers and prove popular with its existing players.

Assistant manager in the Fenton Gala Bingo Robert Jones said: “When you look at some bingo clubs and see people smoking outside, it does look quite unsociable. But with this smoking shelter it’s more social, they can have a drink, chat with their friends, and they can carry on playing”.

The smoking shelter, which is heated, has over 30 coin activated machines, with prizes ranging from £10 to over £1000. Customers at the bingo hall are said to be impressed by the new shelter and the outdoor games are already becoming a hit.

Gala bingo’s Splash the Cash promotion will be available throughout January, with a different promotion each day. Mondays see player receive a free £10 if they are one of the first one hundred players to deposit and spend £25 on selected games. Tuesdays feature huge jackpots between £1000 and £3000 on selected games. Everyone’s a winner on Wednesdays, free bingo games are available on Thursdays and Friday has Money Back Bingo.

The weekend kicks off with 1K games, where there are 10 linked games throughout the day, each with a £1000 jackpot. Sunday sees linked games starting at £2000 and rising to £5000.

The new advertising campaign hopes to attract brand new bingo players to the site, as well as keeping existing members up to date with the promotions. For a list of all Gala bingo’s promotions visit the website.

At Gala Bingo there is a winner every 10 seconds, and combined with its bingo promotions and social and chat features, with the added bonus of huge cash prizes, Gala Bingo is set to be at the forefront of the online bingo sector for a long time to come.

Gala Bingo’s promotions include, a £20 welcome bonus for all new members that deposit £5, as well as in-game promotions like Double Full House where the prize is doubled in certain games, buy one get one free games, and lunchtime specials at only 5p a card.

Combine this with an easy to navigate and user friendly site, various chat rooms to meet new bingo friends and you can see why Gala Bingo is one of the biggest online bingo sites.