A short while ago we picked up a news item in the press regarding 3rd generation bingo tickets, and while this isn’t really relevant to online bingo, it is relevant to UK bingo in general. These allow clubs to design how they want their bingo tickets to look so that they are now no longer limited to a standard format. Bingo books can now be printed in full colour, used as marketing tools and provide various commercial opportunities. This makes then fun and exciting and Gala Bingo is now making use of these from edwardthompson a top 100 UK printer.

Both Gala and Beacon Bingo have taken these bingo tickets and had them personalized to use for raising funds for the Oxfam Haiti earthquake appeal and they are on sale in bingo clubs as we speak. Players are able to make use of these in land based bingo clubs, but I have to be frank with you I am not quite sure how the fund raisin actually works. The news does not say if a portion of the ticket sales will be donated or how it actually works, but this is the biggest bingo operator in the UK, so we shall just take their word for it.

In the mean time, life goes on as normal at Gala Bingo online, and if you want to play online bingo in a more interactive format, we can recommend Gala Bingo TV. Presently they have a whole host of new promotions for February up for grabs, including Hollywood Bingo which is attached to a brilliant draw promotion. Check the site out for details and see what else Gala TV has up its sleeve for players. Also check out the Main Event on the site, there are some fantastic cash prizes up for grabs.

If you don’t have a debit or credit card, or the thought of using either of these over the internet gives you the chills, but you would really like to join in the fun and games at 888 Ladies Bingo, you will be happy to know you can now pay with Ukash.

Ukash is a brilliant innovation and more and more online bingo sites are starting to offer it as an alternative payment method. Buying Ukash vouchers is as easy as going to your local corner shop, much like you would to purchase pre-paid airtime for your mobile phone. You pay over the money and they give you a voucher in the amount that you want. You go online and use the voucher by means of the special 19 digit pin code and it pays for your bingo.

888 Ladies Bingo is also offering a special, limited time offer to new members who register and pay by means of Ukash; do this and you will receive a 200% cash match free bingo bonus. Use the promotion code “ukash888” and you could be one of the 10 new members who are drawn daily to receive free Golden Tickets.

Every day, 30 Golden Tickets are given away to players at 888 Ladies bingo who meet specific criteria. There are five different ways of winning these, and this is no ordinary game. The Golden Balls game takes place on the 17th February and the site is only going to be giving away Golden Tickets till the 10th Feb. They have to leave time for the last winners of these to receive them in the post. Yes, they come by snail mail and they are genuine Golden Ticket. They cannot be purchased and this coverall game has a history making £5 million in the prize post. The minimum guaranteed prize in this game is £50000!!!

Costa Bingo is a relatively new site, also launched by Cashcade and a sister site to Cheeky Bingo. Only in my estimation, I believe that Costa Bingo is ten times better than Cheeky and it is already getting nearly as much player traffic. They are another site which makes use of the free bingo model, but this February free bingo at this site is off the wall!

Imagine winning £1,000 cash absolutely free? Well Costa Bingo just got better and you can! These games take place on every Sunday this month, so the first is scheduled to play this weekend on the 7th, make a date and don’t miss it, this is one game you want to be in with a chance to win! There are four Sundays in February, so that means a whopping £4,000 is up for grabs and it is guaranteed.

These games take place at the same time every week – 8pm; and all you have to do to get access into the bingo room is top up your account. If you don’t have an account it means you aren’t registered at Costa Bingo and it is about time you remedied that. Your re-deposit needs to be £10 or more to qualify you for these games and you will have to make a deposit in the week prior to each game, make yours NOW, you have until 7:55pm on Sunday to do this. This is a 90 ball bingo game, so the prize is split between 1 line, 2 lines and the full house winner.

There are tons of free and pay for play games at Costa Bingo, but anything else pales into insignificance in the face of this promotion. Check them out for first time depositors, and re-depositors freebies, happy hours and all sort of lovely promotions.