Chat games are the real bonus in any online Bingo games. Buy a Bingo ticket and put it on auto-play. This will keep your hands free to chat and play side-games with your Bingo buddies. And there is not just one but numerous chat games to keep pace with your changing fortunes and moods. Be it Christmas, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, every occasion has a game! Even if there is no special occasion, we have chat games woven around other themes like numbers and trivia questions.

The games we offer at 123bingoonline are innovative and creative. With Mother’s Day round the corner, we don’t think of Moms alone. We think of Mommy’s pet too. Catch the naughty babies and win 20 bonus bucks (BBs). We do not mean the runny-nose toddlers silly! We are talking of your very own lucky Bingo number. They are all over the place just like babies are! Try catching them. Log on and find our chat monitor (CM), who will announce a number. That will be your “Bingo Baby” of the day. Bingo on this very number and win 20 BBs.

Yes, we know. 20BBs sounds so paltry considering the big bucks you make on some Bingo patterns. We have heard many of our players complaining. But it is only the newbies who do it. Others have either experienced or seen others winning HUGE amounts, thanks to our chat game Bbs. You will know what we mean, when you run out of cash and the BBs come to your rescue.

Still looking for something big? We have something more in store for you. Heard the saying “little drops of water make the mighty ocean?” Well pennies make millions would be more apt here, as we will let you pile on the BBs, with every Bingo Baby you win. You can win up to a 100 Bbs, if you are the lucky mother with the maximum babies!

You can also try your luck and win 7 to 9 BBs on other chat games like Bingo Races, Tote It Up and Mother’s Day Trivia, in addition to other regular Bingo chat games.

So, go after the Bingo Babies, sorry, Baby Bucks, oops…Bonus Bucks!

Every mother has said it. I bet yours did too. Mine definitely did. “Money Does Not Grow On Trees.”

There comes a point in everybody’s life when they spout the same things as their mother did. Not so Bingo players. At least not this particular Mother’s Mantra.

No matter what “Mom Used to Say,” if you clamber up a Bingo tree, you may just find money is there for the plucking!

The High Rollers would know what we mean. There is an awesome $10,000 progressive jackpot for Bingo lovers who have luck on their side. And if you like slots, you just may bag a colossal $ 25,000 or $ 100,000 progressive jackpot. Now that is a win that would make any mother proud.

Do not forget to participate in our contest of Mother’s Sayings. Send in your entries and earn 5 bonus bucks (BBs). The best entry will be rewarded 50 BBs. Hurry, prove yourself a worthy son or daughter this May 10.

I like Bingo. I live Bingo. I eat Bingo and I breathe Bingo! Yes, I am a Bingo addict. And my addiction is not restricted to the game alone. It is not about winning money either. I have to try my luck on every new pattern introduced, I have to visit each and every online Bingo site –though I am a loyal player only at 123Bingoonline.com! And over the years, I have also developed a huge appetite for Bingo facts, trivia, events and equipment. I love Bingo so much that I have become a brand ambassador-of-sorts for the game. I never, never lose an opportunity to share Bingo tidbits. So here goes:

• The biggest Bingo event in history took place at the Teaneck Armory in New York with approximately 60,000 players in the 1930s. 10,000 aspiring players had to be turned away at the gate. Ten cars were given away as prizes. ( The picture above, courtesy, www.teaneck.org fills me with nostalgia!)

• Do you know how many Bingo card combinations are possible?  A recent estimate says there are  52,446,474,061,128,648,601,600,000 possible bingo card combinations.

• The first game of Bingo aimed at raising money was played at a church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The funds helped the Parish resolve its financial problems.

• It is a commonly held belief among Bingo players that women players with the name “Margaret” and men who are named “Joe” are more likely to win!

• Toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe introduced the game of Bingo as “Lowe’s Bingo” to the masses. His newly formed toy company, E.S. Lowe Company would have folded up had Bingo not become such a success.

• On an average, a Bingo game lasts just 3 to 6 minutes.

• The average speed of a British bingo caller is 23 numbers per minute. Caller competitions are held annually in the UK.

• Over three million people play online Bingo regularly.

• A recent study reveals that roughly 80% of male online Bingo players are lazy and dodge household activities.

• The number one reason why people play Bingo is entertainment. Winning money is way down the list, at fifth place.

I have been playing Bingo in land-based Bingo halls for years. I love playing Bingo but I have grown old now and find it difficult to walk even to the nearest Bingo hall in my neighborhood. This made me depressed and irritable. One day my grandson suggested that I should try out online Bingo halls. He even helped me open an account at a good online Bingo site and I proudly took on my new ID- JACKIESMOM.

The moment I entered the Bingo room, I was bewildered by the atmosphere. I saw the Bingo cards and they looked familiar enough, alright. But the chat window, the automatic and manual daub options, graphics — they were all so very different compared to land Bingo halls. I am so used to seeing people, and have always concentrated on the numbers called. Daubing the numbers is a project by itself.

To confuse me further, as soon as I typed in “Hello” in the online Bingo chat window, the chat host replied “YW JACKIESMOM HUN!” The term YW left me a little perplexed. When I asked the chat host about it, he told me that YW stands for “You are welcome” in the new-age Bingo terminology.

Understanding that I was new to the world of online Bingo, the chat host guided me on how to buy Bingo tickets and wait for the game to begin. When I thanked him, he replied, “YVW!” It was not too difficult to figure that out — “You are Very Welcome?” and I began to feel at home.

But my comfort was short-lived. The chat-host asked me, “Would you like to play our new CG JACKIESMOM?” I was confused. The friendly chat host told me all about chat games. Wow! A sub-game that players can play while the main Bingo game is on, with the auto dauber in operation! Now, that is what I call a Bingo edge. Soon, I was playing chat games as well as betting on the Bingo patterns like a veteran online Bingo player. I even won a chat game and was richer by $2, thanks to 2BBs (bonus bucks) awarded by the CG. See, I am catching on

But there was one other problem. I excitedly typed in Kelly’s Eye when the number 1 was called. One of the player’s asked me what I talking about. I found that the new players and even the Bingo Caller on this site was sticking to straight calling. Many of the online Bingo players were totally oblivious to all those funny calling terms that good ‘ol Bingo is known for!

I took it upon myself to introduce my new Bingo friends to the classical Bingo lingo. The response was, “WTG (Way To Go) JACKIESMOM!”

One of them politely directed me to sites where callers use older terms as well. I visited them, but soon tired of typing in Choo Choo Thomas (for 58) and Jump and Jive (for 35). I was missing out on the CGs and felt like the OL. (That’s chat lingo for Old Lady, dearies…oops, QT). So I decided to play Bingo the way it is played online.

Soon, I was chatting, playing CGs… and guess what?  Whoever said,”When In Rome Do As the Romans Do” sure knew what he was speaking about. TTFN.

Jeffrey Gitomer, a renowned American author once said, “You don’t earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day.”

If you are an old customer at 123bingoonline.com, you not only earn loyalty points, but also bag extra bonus and special prizes. The loyalty program is an additional benefit over and above a slew of promotional offers, jackpots and chat bonuses given to repeat customers.

So is it just our way of saying, “Thank You?” No, not really. It is our way of saying, “Thanks, there is more—just for you!” In other words we take pains to keep you loyal, not only through prizes and promotions, but also through loyalty bonuses. These come in the form of bonus points. Watch the bonus points accumulate, it will add to the excitement and entertainment that is integral to the site.

The whole program of loyalty works on the basis of how much you have wagered and how many points you have earned. The points earned are based on the amount wagered while playing different games offered on the site. Each game has different points. On Bingo you earn one point for wagering $5. In the game Pull Tabs, you earn one point after you wager $7. In Slots and Video Poker, you can earn one point each by wagering $60 and $30 respectively.

There are 10 levels in the players club. The total number of points that a player has accumulated determines the level that they are at. Deposit bonuses and other incentives are associated with each level. The point value starts from zero at level one, to 6500 and more at level 10. The bonus percentages also differ from one level to another. All new players get a bonus of 300% –despite having nill “loyalty” points to their credit. The highest bonus after this, is 250% at Level 10.

So wanna play the loyalty game? Then just stick around. It sure has its advantages.

The world is full of knowledge. It may take up to a lifetime to know and understand the mysteries of this world. Have you ever thought of an elixir that would come in small entertaining visual capsules and feed huge and complicated information into your brain with ease?  It is said that a picture is equal to one thousand words. Bingo! The game of Bingo really fits the bill…as it is fast becoming a tool for  infotainment.

That Bingo can be used for teaching is a well-known fact. But the extent to which it is being employed always surprises! Take a look at the range of Bingo games used to teach children: there is botanical bingo, dinosaur bingo,ocean bingo, element bingo,  bug bingo, reptile bingo, amphibian bingo, bird bingo, nature bingo, science bingo. Indeed the entire family of flora and fauna has been reproduced as an attractive, colorful and captivating game not only for young minds.

Even the old and elderly are learning a lot from the game. Not just about winning and losing. It is used to alert the old about financial frauds and diseases as well as to raise money to help causes. Only recently, Melanie Woods, investor education coordinator for the securities division of the Indiana Secretary of State, tried to educate the elderly at a retirement community with the help of the game. The call number A34 was 30 percent, which Woods told the players was “the percent of victims we see who are seniors, which is why we hold presentations like this.”

Madoff pleaded guilty on March 12 to swindling investors for $65 billion dollars in a Ponzi scheme  (a fraudulent investment scheme which pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned) which was R22 on the Bingo board.
In Edmonton, Canada, Stephani Carter of EcoAmmo who is a green activist, observed Earth Day on April 22 by playing Eco Bingo games with her staff. It was a game with eco-friendly initiatives instead of numbers. Those who won were offered organically prepared dinners for two instead of money!

Thus Bingo is an innovative technique adopted for knowledge gathering, sharing and learning and has helped us discover an ideal way to explore, entertain and enjoy the world around us.

Do you know what number the term “ two fat ladies” refers to? Or, who is considered the father of Bingo? Give up? Well, the term “two fat ladies” refers to number 88, and Edwin S. Lowe is considered as the father of Bingo.

There is much more to Bingo than simply daubing the numbers on your cards. Bingo is surrounded by many interesting facts and terms. Wanna find out? Here we go:

What was Bingo called in the beginning?

Bingo was called Beano initially. In Beano, a special “marker” was used to mark numbers. Can you name that? You may be surprised, but beans were used by players to mark the numbers called in Beano! The players just placed the bean on a disc carrying the letter and number called out.

Ever wondered how Beano was renamed as Bingo? It all happened during a carnival when a player got too excited and yelled “Bingo!” instead of Beano. This eventually led to the renaming of the game as Bingo.

Since then Bingo has spread far and wide and is now quite popular around the world.

In Australia and the UK, Bingo is known by a different name. What do you think that name is?

If you say, Housie, you get full points. As a matter of fact, it is played with 90 balls and a different Bingo card called ticket is used to mark numbers.

Looking for more questions? Let’s talk about online Bingo. Do you know what Bingo Bucks (BBS) are? It is a special way Bingo websites thank you for playing Bingo with them. You can use Bingo Bucks to play Bingo games but you cannot withdraw them directly.

What do you think people refer to when they say Bingo chat games?

When you play Bingo online, you can join the chat room opened for a particular game. The person who controls the chat in a chat room, called a chat host, often comes up with short games based on numbers, events and themes to keep players engaged and excited.

The popularity of Bingo has led to the development of many similar bingo games. Can you name one game that closely resembles Bingo?

The game is called Keno. It is played in casinos, both offline and online.

Bingo has been around for many years . Can you guess how old this game really is ? More than 450 years! It is one of the oldest games out there. No wonder the old and elderly seem to have a natural affinity towards it!

Do you know who invented Bingo cards that are still used? That man was known as Carl Leffler. He invented about 6,000 different Bingo cards and promptly turned insane! Beware, too much of anything is dangerous. We don’t want players to meet with a similar fate. So play with restraint, don’t go overboard.

Which is why we will stop here and come back later with some more Bingo tidbits.

Bingo –the word conjures up a picture of crowded Bingo halls where elders are busy striking off those lucky numbers on Bingo tickets, engaging in banter with their Bingo friends.

I still remember how I envied my parents their ‘right’ to play Bingo while I was allowed was a peep into the Bingo halls. The loud calling of Bingo numbers and the exultant screams made me curious and I constantly dreamed about playing Bingo. But the kids these days are lucky. Thanks to British government’s behavior expert, Sir Alan Steer. Steer seems to believe that the only way to keep children out of trouble’s way is to have them play Bingo!

Taking a cue from Steer’s findings, teachers are now warming up to the game. Well, it is said that it is far simpler to teach children through example rather than preaching. So do not be surprised to find teachers playing Bingo first. The way things are progressing, Bingo will soon make it to the textbooks and the school curriculum as well!

We in the Bingo industry had long since recognized the powers of Bingo. What Sir Alan Steer has said today, we practiced years ago! Take a look at all those math bingo, English Bingo, science Bingo and alphabetical bingo to know what we mean.

Mathematical Bingo cards is the most thrilling way of introducing students to various basic arithmetic calculations like, subtraction, addition, multiplication and division.

To encourage strong vocabulary, teachers can also prepare Bingo cards with words printed on it and distribute it among the students. They then call out the meanings or synonyms and students can mark the words corresponding to these definitions. For instance, if the teacher says “dark, dull and dismal” then students must mark the word dingy that holds the same meaning and may appear on the card! .

The same concept can be applied to different subjects to help students increase their knowledge on grammar, science, history, current affairs and general knowledge .

Three Cheers to Bingo Games!

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