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We've been bringing you news flashes from the world of bingo and slots summer 2017. New games, special promotions and other stuff you really need to know! News postings tend to go out of date quite quickly but in case you're interested in the old postings, all of them are collected here.

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Summer Specials Week at tombola

Coming up at tombola there’s an extra special lineup of promotions for Summer Specials Week. The promotions are running on site and on tombola social media accounts and there’s more than £200,000 of prizes altogether. Here’s what’s happening: Summer Specials – On site promotions Date Time Where Name of Promotion Details 26th June 9pm-10pm bingo90 [...]

By Sue Dawson

23rd Jun 2023
Slingo Bingo at Entain Bingo Sites

What Is Slingo Bingo? Brand new at Entain bingo sites this week is Slingo Bingo, a collaboration between Entain and Gaming Realms (who own the rights to the Slingo brand). Gaming Realms have done many collaborations with other iGaming brands but this one is a bit different; normally they take aspects such as the bonus [...]

By Sue Dawson

2nd Jun 2023
The Money Drop Bingo - New On Virtue Fusion

What Is The Money Drop Bingo? The Money Drop Bingo is a new 80 ball bingo game on the Playtech owned Virtue Fusion bingo software. It’s officially themed on the TV Show which has been variously known as The Million Pound Drop and The £100K Drop depending on the prize money on offer; The Money [...]

By Sue Dawson

3rd May 2023
UK White Paper - What Does It Mean For Players?

On 27th April 2023, the government’s much delayed White Paper on gambling law reform was finally published. Weighing in at a whopping 246 pages, it contains a detailed appraisal of the current state of the UK gambling industry (online and offline) and sets out a roadmap going forward. But what effect will it actually have [...]

By Sue Dawson

28th Apr 2023
Super Spins, A New Free Daily Game at tombola arcade

What is Super Spins? Super Spins is tombola’s latest free daily game, replacing Free Vibes at tombola arcade. Daily games are something that tombola have been doing very well indeed for years, although the present free to play format only dates back to 2020 (the game prior to that – Worlds – cost 1p to [...]

By Sue Dawson

27th Apr 2023
Extra Chilli Epic Spins, A New Live Game

What is Extra Chilli Epic Spins? Extra Chilli Epic Spins is a new for 2023 live casino game by Evolution Gaming. Just as you’d expect, it is a live version of Big Time Gaming’s seminal Extra Chilli slot game, playing on a big screen with a live host. However, a few very important tweaks have [...]

By Sue Dawson

26th Apr 2023
101 Holidays To Be Won At Heart Bingo

After Easter many people’s thoughts start turning to the summer holidays, and at Heart Bingo there’s a new promotion that’s just the ticket (boom, boom!). The 101 Holidays Giveaway runs until 7th May 2023. The promotion is simple to understand (it’s a fairly straightforward prize draw) and simple to enter, and if you already have [...]

By Sue Dawson

17th Apr 2023
The Big Getaway At Buzz Bingo

What is the Big Getaway? At this time of year everyone’s thoughts start to turn towards the summer holidays and Buzz Bingo have come up with The Big Getaway, a huge promotion on that very theme. It’s running at Buzz Bingo online and in Buzz clubs from Saturday 18th March until Sunday 16th April 2023. [...]

By Sue Dawson

17th Mar 2023
Fabulous Bingo All Star Hotel Weekend

What Is The All Star Hotel Weekend? The All Star Hotel Weekend is an extravaganza of celebrity entertainment, bingo, shows and dancing which will be taking place in Blackpool (the home of ballroom dancing) from 31st March to 2nd April, hosted by Fabulous Bingo and Sun Bingo. There are several ways to win tickets to [...]

By Sue Dawson

2nd Mar 2023
Mecca TV Is Back

Mecca TV is Mecca Bingo‘s live stream which runs in several of their exclusive bingo rooms (eight, to be precise) from time to time. The current run of Mecca TV consists of 4 shows; one has already been transmitted and the other three will run from 8pm until 10pm on Friday 24th February, Friday 10th [...]

By Sue Dawson

24th Feb 2023
Make Your Own Bingo Cards With Our Video Tutorial

Have you tried our awesome bingo card generators yet? As well as classic 75 ball and 90 ball cards which you can customise with your own colours and images, we have lots of novelty bingo cards for: Cultural events including Eurovision and the Oscars Sporting events including Premier League and Formula 1 TV series and [...]

By Sue Dawson

2nd Feb 2023
Virtue Fusion Christmas Escalators

Every year for the last few years, Virtue Fusion bingo sites have run an escalator jackpot promotion at Christmas (and sometimes at other times of the year as well). This year’s promotion runs every evening from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day. What Is An Escalator Jackpot? It’s common for bingo rooms to have a [...]

By Sue Dawson

23rd Dec 2022