New bingo TV show set to hit UK screens
April 17th, 2008
If you like your bingo with some extra pizzazz, Celebrity TV Bingo could be for you.
Due to be launched this summer across the UK, a new TV show combines online bingo with celebrity presenters.
Netplay TV, based in London, is producing the show, which will feature former Bullseye presenter Jim Bowen as well as comedy duo Canon and Ball.
The show will run every weekday morning, and will allow players to print off bingo cards and play in front of the TV, as the celebrity host calls the numbers. Viewers will have the chance to win instant cash prizes or appear on TV.
Celebrity TV Bingo will be run in conjunction with www.bingos.com, recently acquired by Netplay. This online bingo site has over 1 million users across Europe.
The TV show is a new concept, tying in online gambling sites with interactive television and celebrity hosts – it’s sure to be a hit among bingo fans.
Other TV gambling shows that have had success include Late Night Poker, the show that helped bring poker to millions of people around the world. This show is credited with the boom in online poker, which still seems to be on the up.
Criticism rained down on Fox’s reality show, ‘Double or Nothing’, where contestants would bet everything they owned on one spin of the roulette wheel in Las Vegas. Of course, this makes for excellent, edge-of-your-seat viewing, but it is questionable in its ethics.
Celebrity TV Bingo is sure to be popular among the UK’s bingo-mad population. Although bingo was once the game of choice of old ladies, it has firmly established itself as a fun activity for younger people, who mostly play online, enjoying the friendly community atmospheres of online bingo sites.
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Bingo is a letter-number combination game
December 19th, 2007
Bingo is a letter-number combination game of chance and luck that could be on anyone’s side. To play bingo is quite simple. Purchase a couple of cards and grab some markers and take a seat in that hall.
First Things First…
Before anything else, it is important to know what exactly those numbers and markers are for. There are 75 balls in all, from numbers 1 to 75. The game of bingo operates with the drawing of balls from a basket or cage. This varies according to the venue of the game. Some have blowers that push out the lightweight balls from a cage while others have an electronic system that would select the ball. Each number is paired with a specific letter from the word BINGO, of course. The letter B is combined 1 to 15, for letter I 16 to 30, N for the numbers 31 to 45, 46 to 60 for the letter G, and finally 61 to 75 for O. Simple so far, right?
The number of cards one can purchase may vary from single cards to books. Each card (link to:What Are Bingo Cards.txt) has 5 columns and 5 rows corresponding to the letters of BINGO. Numbers are printed on these cards and it is up to the player to mark these down once a combination is called.
Patient Patterns Promise Prizes
It’s important to listen to the caller because having right combinations will ensure an awesome prize. Winning that prize depends on a specific pattern per game. It seems impossible to win but keep in mind that Bingo is a game of luck. To be fair, everyone starts out with a free space right in the center of the card under the letter N.
The most popular game patterns are the formation of the letters on the card. Other patterns call for a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Some patterns resemble shapes or objects. Sometimes, instead of a pattern, players have to mark our their entire cards. This is called a black-out. Once a player completes the game’s winning pattern, he or she must get the attention of the caller by yelling, what else? “BINGO!”
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