It’s been a tough month for many with the credit crunch hitting home and the awful weather we’ve had to endure. However bingo sites have been keeping their fans happy with several awesome promotions. Here’s a look at some of our favourites from the past month!

Crown Bingo:

It’s been a busy month for Crown has they have put on several great promotions as well as announcing the new face of their site! Alison Hammond will now be working for Crown Bingo and appearing on all their banners as well as in sites chat rooms! Alison will make an apperance as a CM on Crown for the first time on the 8th October.

Players will be able to ask questions about what its like to be a major TV celebrity! Alison has done them all, Big Brother, Loose Women and Celebrity fit club! Crown also held a Pirate themed day for their players to enjoy!

Thousands descended on the site to take part in special prizes games and engage in some serious pirate banter! It’s these kind of promotions, as well as their decent sign up bonuses, which keep attracting new players. Crown isn’t just about bingo, its about meeting others, relaxing and most of all having fun! Some bingo sites take the game to seriously and loose the fun aspect! Crown certainly aren’t one of these!

Land based bingo halls have felt the effects of the smoking ban, rising prices of fuel and increased taxation. Online bingo halls are now often used by fans as they don’t need to leave the home or spend money and time on travel to play bingo.

Sites such as Gala, Foxy, Mecca and hundreds have setup online sites offering fantastic promotions offers and deals on bingo. Most offer free sign up bonus money for new players a reward loyal players in the same way.

However many traditional bingo players have been skeptical about the move to online bingo. The technology factor and lack of atmosphere are reasons for many not willing to join. However online sites are tackling these problems head on by creating community and chat room areas. These chat rooms are the scene of bustling activity with thousands of players talking about anything and everything.

Applications allowing players to add bingo buddies have also created small social networking sites with players having friends online. Chat rooms are found on most of the big bingo sites with some hosting quiz games. These quiz’s allow players to play bingo and try and win extra prizes or cash adding another feature or dimension to online bingo gaming.

Check out some of the bigger online bingo sites for the busiest chat rooms!

Yes its the talk all over the town, rising costs, inflation and energy prices, all doom and gloom with the added costs of rising food – the credit crunch is hitting hard and fast.  But the nice guys or girls at Chit Chat are giving players the chance to ‘beat the crunch and get some munch!’  They are giving away the chance for 5 lucky players to win £200 each to spend in their local supermarket – fantastic idea!

In order to be in with a chance of winning you need to play bingo or one of the other games and you will get an entry into the draw each time you play – all of this is at Chit Chat bingo.  Its a great fun site and you get  tenner when you join and deposit a tenner!

Best of Luck with the happy bingo days

Most people who play bingo do so once every few days for a social and leisure activity, however a minority can become addicted and resort to desperate measures to feed their addiction. Most UK Bingo sites warn players about the dangers of gambling. The best sites allow players to put a cap on the monthly or weekly amount they deposit.

A middle aged woman, addicted to playing online bingo stole £62,000 from her workplace to feed her habit. Sandra Preston, 42 stole the money whilst working at her local Total Garage where she was manageress. The shocking discovery was made when the owner decided to sell the garage.

Preston, from Hull was allegedly addicted to playing online bingo games in her spare time. She used the payment system pay point at the garage to deposit funds to her own private account. She was judged guilty yesterday and jailed for six months at hear court hearing at Hull Crown court.

Barrister, Anil Murray, told the court: “Initially, she paid for her bingo activities herself. She then lost so much she began to get into debt playing on her own credit cards. It is an activity in which one can lose money and lose it fast. It became an addiction.”

Sentencing Preston, Recorder Anton Lodge QC said: “You were a woman of good character and a woman of honour. You had led a commendable, ordinary, honest good life and the sad thing is that, when you got this job at this garage, you discovered a way to steal money from your employer.”

Bingo UK sites are enjoyed sensibly by most players, however if you think you may have a gambling problem their are plenty of websites offering helpful advice.