Everybody knows that the game of bingo is an integral part of Britain’s culture. The game’s popularity extends to former colonies such as New Zealand and Australia. The former colonies have followed the lead of the mother country and 90 ball bingo (or ‘housie’ as it is known in Australia) is the most popular and [...]

Smoking bans have not been good for the land based bingo industry. When the UK implemented a national smoking ban in 2007 bingo halls throughout the country reported a dramatic decline in the number of players attending games. A survey taken at the time showed that about 63% of all live bingo players were smokers [...]

A Cork Ireland bingo has finally gotten the green light from a court that said that the bingo operation is perfectly legal. The hall has had to deal with harassment from local law enforcement and a police superintendant that is opposed to any form of gambling. In November 2011 the hall was raided just a [...]

Another woman has been sentenced to jail for embezzling £76,000 (116,466.54 USD) pounds to fund her bingo habit. Although criminality is rare among bingo players there were several cases last year of bingo addicts stealing from employers, friends and neighbors. Last May Jennie Preston pleaded guilty to eight counts of theft from residents at the [...]

In the not so distant past any attempt to decipher US internet gambling laws was a gamble at best. Recently the US Justice Department clarified its position on internet gambling in a memo released in December 2011. The release of the memo sent gaming stocks soaring on global exchanges and several states announced plans to [...]

Things run very smoothly at most internet bingo sites but occasionally there is a problem or dispute. Since internet bingo is such a highly competitive industry bingo operators take complaints very seriously and will bend over backwards to resolve disputes with players. Although disputes are uncommon at most bingo sites just about every operator has [...]

For internet gamblers game fairness is of paramount importance. Players want to make sure they aren’t being cheated and internet bingo players are no exception. Determining the fairness of a bingo game is more difficult in an online environment than it is in a live bingo hall. In live bingo games the caller selects the [...]

For internet bingo operators in the UK the announcement by Facebook that the company is planning to offer real money gaming services is a cause for great concern. The concerns are not misplaced given the fact that Facebook has over 800 million active users around the world. Several internet gaming operators, UK politicians, and gambling [...]

Mobile bingo is the fastest growing sector of the internet bingo industry. Since the first smart phone bingo apps were launched players have flocked to mobile bingo in droves. The sudden popularity of mobile bingo should come as no surprise. Mobile bingo enables players to enjoy bingo games wherever they happen to be when the [...]

Until recently most doctors believed that the brain stopped making new neuron connections as people got older. Doctors believed that the memory got irreversibly worse after the body stopped developing; usually by the mid 20’s. Loss of brain function and memory was considered normal. As it turns out the doctors were wrong. The mental stimulation [...]