Personally, if one more company tries to tell me how to deal with the credit crisis I will quite possibly go insane. However, instead of issuing lectures about cash management and interest rates, 888Ladies.com have actually decided to do something productive in the face of the credit crunch, and will be handing out £5,000 to five lucky winners in December.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is play bingo. Which sounds like the easiest way of winning five grand imaginable. To be entered into the draw, you need to earn 'X-Mas Points' on the 888Ladies.com website. You can earn these deplorably named points (the shortening of 'Christmas' to 'Xmas' really grates with me) in a variety of ways. For every 10p you wager on Instant Games or 90-Ball Bingo Games, you earn one point. Also, if you play bingo on 888Ladies.com exclusive 'stocking pattern' (a 75 ball game) you earn ten points. And what do points mean? PRIZES! No hang on, got carried away... points mean entrances into the draw. But that doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
To win, you need to play before November 30th, which means the clock is a-ticking. Then, the first five 'roomies' (as 888 Ladies.com so nauseatingly call their players) to be drawn will win £1,000 to spend on Christmas presents.
Well, that's how 888Ladies.com are putting it. Personally, I'd keep the entire lot for myself and give my friends and family oranges and coal. Basically, it's £1,000 to spend on whatever you want, and in the "current climate", that's going to come in very handy indeed.