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Curious to know what your dear celebrities like to do in their free time, besides exercising, taking spa treatments, partying, and hiding from paparazzi?

Shh…well, then listen, “your darling celebrities love playing BINGO in their spare time!!”

The British pop star Robbie Williams was recently spotted playing bingo in an event held at Hamburger Mary’s Bar and Grill, Los Angles. The evening ROCKED with the bingo game and the famous Robbie Williams around! And guess what, this superstar won a grand prize too! Being a Britisher, Robbie Williams enjoys the 90 ball bingo game.

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One of the most famous screen beauties of her generation, Catherine Zeta Zones is a BIG bingo fan. We’ve heard that she loves to host grand bingo parties on Christmas every year with her family and friends. This dishy beauty with the most heavenly smile originally belongs to Wales, but as she spends most of her time in America with her husband and kids, she is very fond of playing 75 ball bingo.

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And that’s not all! There are lots of other celebrities involved with the legendary game of Bingo too!

Our honorable Former US President Bill Clinton,
the famous English singer Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, Sharon Osbourne,
the lively English actress and television presenter, Denise Van Outen,
professional golfer Phil Mickelson,
the great American actor Richard Karn,
the lovely Irish model Glenda Gilson,

And the list goes on and on and on…

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What image springs in your mind when you hear the word BINGO?

I am confident that you can’t see Einstein with a bingo dauber and his eyes peeled into his bingo card?

The word bingo mostly conjures up an image of the set of old and wrinkled people socializing and striking off the numbers on their bingo cards.

I am 21 and I too enjoy playing bingo games. So, this stereotype image of bingo somehow irritates me. For this reason I decided to overturn this typical bingo formula because I feel that bingo is instead an intellectual game with the potential to improve your brain efficiency.

Don’t believe this? Well, then read on…

A prolonged test was conducted on a group of about 100 people to produce accurate and unbiased results. This group was further categorized into two classes- One class included people who regularly played bingo and the other class included people who didn’t play bingo games at all.

The people who played bingo completed the tests more accurately than those who didn’t!

The results proved that the bingo players have better memory retention as compared to the others. This in return gives them the power to focus on their work thus helping them complete a given task in a much shorter time frame as compared to the non bingo players.

Have a look at how the two key aspects of bingo condition the two main areas of your Brain:

• First one is the social factor of bingo. Socializing with others and sharing knowledge with your online bingo buddies in a chat room will definitely help you learn about some new facts which you may not be aware of.
• Plus, carrying out multiple tasks including, watching the cards being daubed, chatting with the roomies and competing with them to win on the intellectual set of chat games organized in bingo rooms help increase the mental agility of a player.

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At least once in our lifetime, all of us have an urge to face challenges and so do the slots players. So, if you have played enough of regular slots, now it’s time to take on some slot challenge!

Slot tournaments are increasingly gaining popularity among slot players and why not! It’s challenging, it’s thrilling and if you are lucky enough to win, it’s rewarding too!

- It’s entertaining because the original fun of slot remains the same!
- It’s challenging because instead of one, in slot tournaments you are supposed to play on the multiple slot games.
- It’s rewarding because it involves huge transactions and pays huge cash prizes on winning.

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B ingo calling is an art and bingo callers are the artists displaying their talent through innovative ways of calling Bingo nicknames that have been picked out. For ages Bingo callers have been using various nicknames such as, Jump & Jive (35) and Heavens Gate (78) to add fun to the interesting game of Bingo.

With the advent of various Bingo sites, the traditional trend of calling out bingo numbers has been replaced by straight bingo calling which is electronic. This new rage of calling out Bingo numbers has become quite popular these days.

There are several reasons behind the popularity of straight number calling. The new and modern generation thinks that Bingo is a thoughtful game with loads of money involved ; one cannot afford to be light-hearted and frivolous when calling out the winning numbers in such a money-minting game.

So, it is that straightforward calling is now in vogue.  It is this style of calling that helped Mandy Gorgan win the UK Caller of the Year as far back as in 2004. With Gorgan winning the hearts of bingo players all over UK with her calling style, number calling with clarity picked up popularity.

Indeed Bingo games is serious business these days with rich rewards in the form of huge jackpots. With such high stakes involved, Bingo players need to concentrate on the numbers and the funny nicknames can cause distraction. This apart, cheesy Bingo nicknames like two fat ladies for 88 may even offend the feminists out there.

Not everyone is capable of taking things lightly and if you are one of them too, you can adopt straight Bingo calling. However, the traditional style of Bingo calling is still favored by many, especially in small town Bingo halls . While it is okay to stick to the old tradition, one should also try to innovate and come out with new variants. Surely you can fabricate Bingo nicknames that would catch the fancy of younger bingo players? How about Skinny Jeans for 11?

There is something about Bingo that we just can’t resist! It is difficult to pinpoint the exact reason that makes it an engrossing game all over the world. If you like 75 ball Bingo for its speed and huge variety of Bingo patterns, your friend may be fond of 90 ball Bingo because of its simplicity. If the Aussies play Housie, Bingo players in UK call it ‘housey’ while ‘tambola’ is how the Asians know Bingo.

However, we can’t deny that the 75 ball Bingo variation is more popular, basically because of the wide range of Bingo patterns that it offers to suit various tastes of Bingo players.

There is a vibrant range of static Bingo patterns ranging from simple postage stamps to complex picnic tables for fun-loving Bingo players. You can also try out those typical straight lines, corners and coveralls too, if you want to get a traditional Bingo treat.

Then there are those naughty dynamic Bingo patterns for our adventurous Bingo players. These players daringly accept the challenge of these non- static patterns that move from 90° to 180° and from 180° to 120°. It does sound crazy, but it is good to be crazy at times.

All you newbies out there …cheer up because Bingo has ‘wild’ patterns in store for you. In the 75 ball Bingo variation, wild patterns give you an easy option to create stipulated bingo patterns anywhere on the bingo card.

And if you are on the lookout for longer bingo games…go for 90 ball bingo. It is played with 90 numbers and so the game takes more time to complete compared to 75 ball bingo. However, this version of bingo is not liked much as it does not have many bingo patterns to offer. It is mostly the plain horizontal lines, corners and full house that are played.

You can take a walk to the close by Bingo halls in your locality and enjoy all these variations with your Bingo buddies along with complimentary drinks and snacks.

But hey are you feeling tired? Don’t have the energy to step out in the cold? Or don’t have an access to the land Bingo halls? Don’t you worry! High technology Internet software tools have all the solutions have brought bingo halls right into your living room. All you need is a desktop, an Internet connection, a comfortable couch and a glass of red wine in your hands. Plus, the never-ending bonus offers of online bingo to keep up the excitement.

In the end whatever Bingo games variation you choose to play, your ultimate goal should be to grab the maximum fun. So, make sure you pick up the Bingo game that you think suits your needs best and have a Bingo bash.

Bingo is a versatile game. It’s a game of 75, 80, or 90 balls, with thousands of winning patterns. Over the years, or I would rather say centuries, Bingo has undergone a significant change. Men, women, adults, youngsters – everybody loves to play Bingo which was once considered a “ladies-only” game.

As a result, Bingo winning patterns have undergone a major change. With the invention of online Bingo, thanks to computers and Internet, today there are hundreds of interesting Bingo patterns to choose from and play on. These patterns are interesting, a lot of fun to play with and not exactly easy to win. In fact, it is these changes in the Bingo patterns that have brought in an element of challenge in an otherwise simple and staid number-guessing game.

The most common Bingo patterns are called static Bingo patterns. These kinds of patterns are very popular in online Bingo as well as land-based Bingo. These patterns don’t move. For example, let us take the Letter C static pattern– it will stay where it is. A player has to get the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, and 25 to match the ‘C’ pattern. Here it would mean five squares under B, and two each for I, N, G and O.

Dynamic patterns, on the other hand, are very challenging and are generated on the software-driven electronic Bingo cards of online Bingo games. A dynamic pattern can change anytime in the duration of a Bingo game. Let us take a look at the same example of the Letter C pattern. If it is dynamic, the letter C may change its position by rotating clockwise or anti-clockwise. These patterns are hard to complete –obviously the numbers on the first and last row and first column –may not help you complete the pattern which may have rotated to another position. However, it is a lot of fun to chase the pattern. After all, fun and money is what Bingo is all about.

Another variant is the wild pattern. Using the same example ‘C’, the wild pattern is one in which the ‘C’ can be plotted and completed by a winner in any manner. In land-based Bingo games, the required number of squares in such games is specified, whereas in online bingo games, the patterns are displayed.

Also, the letter or alphabet Bingo is one of the simpler patterns of a Bingo game –be it static or dynamic. These days dynamic patterns can come in different shapes based on images of say, a cake, a ship, a heart-sign and so on.

Whether you play Bingo online or at a land-based Bingo hall, you can find different pattern games to try your luck on. To be part of the fresh excitement that is conquering the online Bingo world, go for the dynamic patterns only after you have some expertise with static ones.

Bingo will continue to improvise and innovate. Who knows what other changes we will witness in the future. Whatever the change may be, fun and rewards will continue to be part of online Bingo.

Do you know what Bingo wings are? Now don’t get visions of a fairy bestowing you with Bingo games benefits. Bingo wings is a popular slang used in the West to describe the built-up fat that hangs from the upper arms of elderly, fat women!

There are numerous nicknames for this unfortunate piece of flesh which women Bingo players are notorious for! They include mooney arms, bat wings, tuck shop arms, dinner lady arms, nanna wobble and so on. But the term Bingo wing is by far the most popular as it is commonly spotted on women who frequent Bingo halls, daubing the numbers. Also because when these Bingo playing women cry out Bingo and hold up their tickets, there is simply no missing the triceps!

Do you have those flabby Bingo wings? There are many specific exercises prescribed to reduce them. Just do a Google search with any of the terms listed above and get started! However, if you are one of those who does not care about these little imperfections, and just want to have a good time playing Bingo, there is news for you. Tubby body frames are being noticed, appreciated and even awarded these days. So make the most of having the most!

As recently as on September 15, 2008, there was an anti-size zero campaign at the Natural History Museum in London. The campaign included a group of fat ladies dancing and flaunting their over-sized assets. The banners for this campaign proclaimed: “Size zero so passe…give me Bingo wings any day!!!”

You can also proudly shake your bingo wings to the tunes of the song, “Goodbye to size zero, Hello to big girls” starring pop icon, Christopher Biggins.

In fact, an on-going competition for the best Bingo wings has thrown up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the big to be bigger still! Entries with photos or video clips will be previewed and judged in a “Bingo Wings Idol” competition. The winner will be featured in a commercial that is proposed to be aired in the UK and around the world. So Bingo wings should not make you shy away and hide; on the other hand, be bold and flaunt the flab!

However if it is actually giving you a complex and you don’t want to step out anymore, you can always turn to online Bingo.  We at 123bingoonline understand your sensitivity and don’t poke fun at women who just want to have a good time. If all the talk about Bingo wings makes you up in arms against such Bingo halls or sites, you know you can always play at our site.

There are Bingo players and there are Bingo players. Like they say, not everybody is made equal. So is the case with Bingo players. It is getting increasingly difficult to tell whether the game makes the players or the players make the game! Bingo players bring with them a certain style and attitude and this contributes to how the game is played. Conversely, Bingo games bring with it share of joys and sorrows which in turn shapes a Bingo player.

It is the habits of  Bingo players that has given the Bingo world distinct groups of gamblers. Some are so used to playing at one particular bingo site that they stick to it like glue! They shy away from exploring other Bingo sites and don’t like to even try out different kinds of bingo games. So much so, they play the same game every single day and even look for tickets with their lucky numbers. Obviously it must be paying them something, so who are we to complain? I call them Conformists- and they are not much different from the players who play at one local Bingo hall year after year.

The industry does see them as loyal players, and showers gifts on them. Not that they don’t try to lure away the loyal players on other sites! Easy prey to such allurements from Bingo websites are the adventurous players who buzz around from one bingo site to another and from one Bingo game to another. Such players are daring and like to play on bingo cards with different numbers every time. Indeed they live up to the name Livewire players, being energetic and always on the look out for more money! We suspect that they believe being at one place brings bad luck!

Then there are the Nomads. They keep logging in and out of Bingo games rooms throughout the day and their luck on an assorted variety of games. However, even if they have good fortune, they move on other games, not because they are superstitious but more because they feel the urge to move. Often, such players are guilty of not staying on long enough to reap rich benefits too.

The exact opposite of Nomads and Livewires are the Bingo Fanatics. They log in early in the morning, almost as if it were a ritual and stay on a site till the late hours. They play Bingo as if there was no tomorrow and are mindless of whether they are winning or losing. Such a Bingo habit, is the most dangerous and injurious to the health of bingo players. They are unable to concentrate on a game, can neither strategise to win nor relax and take it easy when they lose. The best advice to such players is: “Why don’t you take a little break, go out for walks, cook an amazing dish for your family. The Bingo site will not go away!”

In the final analysis, the best group of players are the happy-go-lucky types. They love to play bingo on a regular basis but don’t get addicted. They are bingo enthusiasts who pursue the game equally for pleasure. As long it gives them happiness they play and if they find themselves losing , they are wise enough to call it a day.

Which Bingo player-type are you?

Bingo callers are given utmost importance as far as the game of Bingo is concerned. For some years now, Bingo players across UK have been voting every year to nominate their favorites as the national ‘caller of the year.’

This contest is conducted by the National Bingo Game Association (NGBA) which links more than 300 Bingo clubs across the nation annually. While regional caller awards are also given, the race is for the ‘national caller’ award.

Along with the coveted National Bingo Caller of the Year award, comes fame and fortune and opportunities to travel the world. Winners also get to call Bingo numbers at Las Vegas, the mecca of casinos.

For a Bingo caller, it is nothing less than a dream come true to win the award. In the words of Blake Robson, 2007 National Bingo caller of the Year, in the UK: “When they first announced me as the winner I was absolutely elated. Everything seemed to happen in a blur – I barely remember receiving the trophy. Within a few hours I was being interviewed on Radio Five Live, then the next morning I was a guest on BBC’s Breakfast programme.”

There are others who have also won the award. Brett Hyrjak, Karl Seth, Mandy Gargan, Mike Vyse, Peter Lewis, Alan Stockdale, Phil Groom, and Steve Linder – have all won this trophy in the past.

Alan Stockdale, one of the winners, became so excited that he called his job “the best job in the world” after winning the award.

With the Bingo industry growing at a fast pace, many Bingo clubs and sites have also started hosting in-house Bingo caller competitions. Michael Edwards won the award for Best Caller at the Gala Bingo Club in 2007. Last year when the NGBA failed to conduct the competition, Gala Club stepped in and Edwards was chosen as the Bingo Caller of the Year.

Wonder who would be the chosen one in 2009?

For those who are new to Bingo, a Bingo caller is the person who calls out the numbers printed on Bingo balls as the balls are drawn. Though that sounds routine and mechanical, it is the ability of a Bingo caller to call numbers in an interesting and engaging way, that makes the game interesting. People enjoy the style of a Bingo caller so much that they elevate them to the status of a hero, celebrity or role-model.

A Bingo caller actually runs the show in a Bingo event. After all Bingo is all about numbers, isn’t it? As a Bingo caller is always at the center of attraction, Bingo clubs and websites organize several events involving celebrities.

Celebrities are only too happy to join in as a participant, a Bingo caller, a chat host or as a guest. Celebrities are also seen taking on the role of a Bingo caller when a Bingo event is organized for charity, awareness or to support a cause. Celebrities from sports, politics, silver screen, music and politics have been known to take part in Bingo events.

Music manager, Sharon Osbourne, American actor David Arquette and British TV star Alison Hammond are some celebrities who have called Bingo numbers in the past. Sometimes online Bingo sites offer recordings of celebrities’ voices doing the calling and players can pick the celebrity voice that they want!

However, it is not all glitz and glamor. The job of a Bingo caller can be very challenging indeed. Not only do callers have to keep track of the numbers called, they have to keep players happy by repeating numbers when required. They also need to crosscheck claims made by players to see if the numbers called have indeed been daubed on the winner’s Bingo card. They have to avoid confusion, resolve issues if there are multiple claims to the prize and of course. They also have to give away the gifts or money in a cordial manner, though it may be the Bingo cashier who actually handles the cash. All of this while ensuring there is  fun and enjoyment during the course of the Bingo game.

Usually, Bingo clubs hire full time callers, but there are clubs who hire part time callers, and some even hire callers on “event-basis.” It’s a good job if you want to go for it –take a call.

There are many professional Bingo callers out there who have done Bingo calling every day for many many years! So much so that there is a contest in the UK to name the best caller. More on that soon. Watch this space!