Provide a free game, attract hundreds of players, and then attempt to convert just some of those players to your cash site or another cash site from whom you can earn a percentage of anything they spend.

This is pretty much the model for all the free bingo sites out there in one shape or form, although some bingo portals provide a free game in order to attract more visitors, but ultimately the idea is to earn some revenue from you.

Only a few years ago there were loads of these sites, and the competition between them was fierce.

The main players these days are FreeBingo.co.uk and WooHooBingo.com, but in the past there were many more including LiveBingo.com.

LiveBingo.com is an interesting example as they first launched as a free game and were providing some pretty impressive prizes. The prizes you could win every single day included toasters, trinkets and relatively low-value items, but added together made for quite the expenditure on prizes when you also threw in the big weekly and monthly prizes too, which were often things like laptops.

As a result, LiveBingo.com got a huge following and the site was buzzing with players every day. However, they then got ambitious and launched themselves as a pay site, relegating their free game to a new URL named BingoPals.com.

The big prizes were removed for a ‘win points exchange for prizes’ model that wasn’t as appealing, and their team’s focus went full on into where they could make the most money, on their pay site.

Now BingoPals.com sits there with very little love shown to it, and you are lucky to see more than half a dozen players on the site at any one time.

Another great free bingo site that made a similar fall from grace was FreeBingo.net.

FreeBingo.net was the very first free bingo game in the UK, and utilised the same software that FreeBingo.co.uk currently use. However, they didn’t do much with it but still managed to run a fun site with a number of prizes to keep the players interested.

FreeBingo.net was run by the bingo portal BingoBase.com, and a decision was made to move the free game over to the portal so that perhaps their free bingo players would then use BingoBase and in turn generate revenue.

However, this failed spectacularly as FreeBingo.net was kept open, but the log-in panel was moved to BingoBase. Players would land on one site, but have to go to another site in order to log-in. It was all terribly confusing and overnight player numbers evaporated as people just couldn’t figure it out.

The free game still exists as part of BingoBase.com, but like BingoPals, it suffers due to the parent company focusing on their more important projects such as the portal itself and also their pay sites.

FreeBingo.net is still online but it is no longer a free game, and instead just a site full of bingo advertisements.

With the rise of facebook bingo games, it has become harder and harder for free bingo site owners to attract players and stay profitable, which is why many sites no longer offer the same experience and prizes as they once did.

Only FreeBingo.co.uk and WooHooBingo.com continue to offer what we believe to be a worthwhile free experience with a genuine chance of winning prizes.

They do so because they are offer the right balance between the free game and the advertising required to keep it profitable as a business. Many other sites just don’t put the time and effort into doing so, which is why players vote with their feet.

So when you are choosing a free site to play at, take a look at the number of players in the bingo rooms. If it is less than the number of fingers on your hands, then we suggest it is so for a reason and you should avoid.

From1st – 31st May there will be a special bingo game played at 9.00pm in the Choose Shoes Room.

Claim bingo, and as the name suggests, you get to choose some shoes!

Well I say choose, you actually get a gift voucher for a shoe shop, but it’s the same difference really.

Better still, every player who wins in the Choose Your Shoes promotion also gets 3 tickets to the final of Nutty Bingo’s Bingolympics.

The BingOlympics is a special promotion with a top prize of a 7 day family holiday to Disney World Florida.

The BingoOlympics prize game will be an invitation only event, and you can only get tickets by doing the following:

• Referring friends (1 ticket)
• Wagering £1,000 in bingo (1 ticket)
• Wagering £6,000 in slots & games (1 ticket).
• Winning a special promotion (such as Choose Your Shoes)

The prize game will be a 75 ball, 5 line game, which will feature the following prizes for each line:

• Coverall: 7 days all inclusive family holiday to Disney World Florida + £2,000 spending money.
• 4 Lines: £1,500
• 3 Lines: £1,000
• 2 Lines: £500
• 1 Line: £250
• All 1tg: 10,000 loyalty points each
• All 2tg: 5,000 loyalty points each

London based bingo software company Virtue Fusion is the name behind some of the most successful bingo brands such as Sky, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Virgin, Bet365 plus many more. Their bingo software has some very innovative networking features including chat, messaging, photo upload, connections and is ultimately a mini Facebook inside the bingo client. In their liquid network there is often in excess of 6,000 players online playing simultaneously meaning not only great networking but a huge prize pool and some genuine big jackpots that pay out regularly.

Bingo players are usually looking for 3 key things in a bingo site which includes the player experience, prizes and good offers. Right out of the box all Virtue Fusion bingo sites tick off the first two boxes offering a proven fun and popular bingo experience in addition to some of the largest jackpots and best prizes available. Finally the bingo offers really depends on the operator but most Virtue Fusion bingo sites are quite competitive with the bingo market.

If you are looking for a good bingo experience with a good chance of winning then you absolutely must choose a bingo site that has decent software. With any Virtue Fusion site players should not be disappointed, which has been proven by the successes of all of the brands that use Virtue Fusion to power their bingo offering.

Back in 2010 Virtue Fusion was acquired by iGaming leaders Playtech for approximately £29 million to compliment their other market leading gambling products, since bingo was once Playtech’s weakness. Now Playtech is considered one of the strongest iGaming companies specialising in a comprehensive range of online gambling products.

Hippo Bingo in particular are going all out! They are launching a St Paddy’s bonus festival, which will see a £777 Lucky Stars jackpot in the 75 ball room, which costs just 5p per ticket.

Meanwhile, throughout the weekend, Hippo Bingo are offering everyone the chance to earn more cash to play with thanks to the re-deposit bonuses that are going to be on offer. The minimum deposit that will quality for a re-load bonus is £20, with the chance to earn 100% (“platinum” level players) or 60% (“bronze” level) as a bonus.

In addition these St Patrick’s Day promotions, Hippo Bingo are also running an Instant Games Marathon in the next few weeks. The tournament kicks off at the start of April, but interested players can already register an account.

This marathon tournament will be a team game, with players able to choose four friends to join them on the quest to pick up the top prizes. The overall winners will pick up £1,500.

So, what are you waiting for? Grab a pint of Guinness and head over to Hippo Bingo!

Every Thursday in January all Will Hill players can enjoy a host of free bingo games all day long. On each Thursday over £1,000 worth of free bingo will be played. Plus, the winnings will also be spread between not just the winners, but also the 1tg players. So avoid the frustration of loosing out by 1 number, become a winner at william Hill!

However, these free games are just a taste of what’s on offer as part of the birthday celebrations. The big birthday bash takes place on Saturday 28th January, where another £5,000 will be given away over 10 games. All tickets will be just 10p each for each guaranteed £500 jackpot. Though all players can earn themselves a host of free tickets between now and then by winning qualifying games in the Celebration Room throughout January,

If you are not currently a member of william Hill Bingo, there really isn’t a better time to sign up! All new players can curreently claim a £25 free bingo bonus, off just a deposit of £10.

See you there!

The site has existed for many years in the American bingo market, but for several months work has been done to open a UK site. The design is all ready, and they are just waiting for technical tweeks behind the scenes.

The games will operate on Byworth software, with a fanastic free £10 no deposit welcoming offer.  Plus, all first deposits carry a huge 350% bonus.

It remains unclear if this will signal the close of the American version of site, or whether they will operate as sister sites. Either way, the opening of yet another new site is fantastic for UK bingo players!

As we understand it, it could launch this weekend…

Each month they invite bingo players everything to come to WhichCM and vote for their favourite chat host and team. Each week a leader board is published, before a CM is crowned ‘CM of the Month‘ at the end of each month. Each player can only vote once per month, so the vote is kept as fair as possible.

AS well as the vote you will find the CM Jobs section. This is where everyone who has ambitions to become a chat host can go and apply for the latest vacancies out there. All the biggest UK bingo sites use this section and each has to go through a strict validation process, so you can be sure that each vacancy is genuine.

Other sections of the site include Question of the Month, Mystery Shopper, Chat Forum and Featured CM. If you are a keen bingo player then there is only one place to be!

Well we can now bring you news that Golden Hat has been taken over by the much loved Love Your Bingo. LYB is famous for there great offers and awesome customer loyalty. The site will continue to run separate from LYB and will be treated as separate entities.

New players at Golden Hat Bingo can now receive £20 free, when they make a first deposit bonus of just £10. A second deposit bring a 25% free bonus, and all future reload get 10% free.

One of the first changes at Golden Hat is the introduction of the well known bingo manager from Love Your Bingo, Tony. He is famous for treating players very well, so you will be in safe hands.

You don’t have to be a frequent uk bingo player to have heard about Foxy Bingo. The UK’s most loved Fox is definitely on the search for new players and currently new registrations earn plenty of free money. sign-up right now and you can easily receive a 200per cent) bonus once you put down ten pounds. That means that if you deposit £10, this will this will instantly turn into £30!

Tombola is one of the biggest online bingo sites. The site claims to have more bingo players than any other bingo site, and who does contend with that? Their spectacular online games, such as Bingo Roulette plus remarkable game sotware set them apart from just about whatever else being offered. new members at Tombola can easily relish hrs of playing games with their totally free £20 first deposit bonus.

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Several companies go for big bingo games that offer enormous real cash awards. To provide an example Rollover Bingo themed their regular £2k prize bingo game around wedding of William & Kate as well as a day-to-day feature of lotto lines, money and prizes. Free bingo frequently features quite strongly and tombola bingo favours the £10,000 daily linked bingo 90 games of bingo that are very popular with players.

Raffles have become more and more common to reward customers for playing bingo routinely. The idea is that players deposit and wager a certain sum of money in the course of a stipulated time frame to qualify to be entered into a raffle to acquire the advertised prize. Bingo sites utilising Gamesys bingo software, including Sun Bingo, Heart Bingo and Jackpotjoy Bingo have been using this method for some time and distributed some wonderful prizes.

Trips abroad are always a favourite. As are huge money prizes and cars. Sun Bingo is known for giving away lots of cars. Until 7th July Sun Bingo has 8 holidays up for grabs, including trips to Australia, Paris or New York.

Numerous bingo sites have now utilised this means of attracting and keeping members and the prize dominant at this moment are tickets for Take That on their reunion tour. As an alternative to attracting players for one night for one huge online bingo game, many internet bingo providers are offering Take That concert prizes of differing values.

ChitChat Bingo was the first online bingo provider to reveal that they had secured tickets for the sold out event in Manchester and concluded their particular contest in March. Chit Chat Bingo have fairly recently unveiled a second contest to enable players to obtain tickets to attend the concert at Wembley Arena in July.

Even though the ChitChat bingo competition is inclusive of a contribution for travel bills, the Sun Bingo draw includes a full priority hospitality package.

Some other online bingo sites are currently offering the chance of securing tickets to a Take That concert just by playing bingo online with them. Examples of these are Betfred Bingo, SkyBingo and Bucky Bingo. The Sky Bingo promotion is loyalty based, but does climax with a bingo game to win the big prize, but also offers daily rewards to players, by way of loyalty points and bonus deals on the path to qualification for the bingo game itself.