This important feature on many bingo sites is one sure way to never miss a game that the player wants to be sure and sign-up for. Pre-buying bingo cards makes it very easy to insure that the game is going to be played with live cards that could bring in a sizeable win for the player. Getting into a game at the last minute is a risky proposition for the player. If the cards are not bought on time, the game is missed and the so is the opportunity to win the jackpot. This is completely avoided by buying cards early using the pre-buying feature. This feature does not cost any more, but it does make sure the player has live cards for an upcoming game. Missing a big jackpot game is a mistake, as the player cannot win if they do not have live cards for the game in question.

Read the rules about pre-buying on any site that the player is logged on too. These rules will state how early a player can buy cards, the number of cards and any other pertinent facts that have to do with early card buying. Every site that has this feature has its own set of rules and by doing what is stated this should solve missing any games in the future.

Bonus games and loyalty point games may have special rules that need to be taken into consideration. Read the rules and make sure you understand them so as to not miss out on a game that offers a jackpot that is worth winning.

Auto Daub is another feature that makes it very easy to play multiple cards. Smart players use this feature as it makes playing many cards at the same time a breeze and removes the possibility of missing any called numbers. Sites that do not have both of these features are way behind the curve of what a modern bingo site should have as part of their site. Ease of play is important for players and these features make it very easy to play.

Solid sites have many features that are helpful to their players and make the playing of bingo more enjoyable on the site. This fact is important in keeping players online and coming back to again and again to play. Good sites are noted for having great games that are easy to play for any logged in player.

The annual attendance of players to bingo halls is far greater than the combined attendance at all NFL games, NBA games, MLB games, NASCAR racing, NHL and thoroughbred racing. The money taken in by Bingo halls in the US is greater than the total money paid to see movies in the United States in 2008. The difference was a cool 3 billion dollars, 7 billion to 10 billion in revenue. These facts are hard to believe when you understand these were figures for the US and not the bingo mad UK. If the totals were added from online bingo sites which number well over 10,000 individual bingo sites the count would be far greater in favor of bingo.

The latest online fad in bingo is the Free Card Bingo Games with real money prizes and jackpots. These promotions are bringing players out of the woodwork to sign up and play on the ever-growing number of sites that are offering these free game promotions. Each new promotion by sites with followings and those new sites that are just getting started are growing more excessive with each promotion. Some of the sites are making the offer and hoping they will survive until the attracted players pony up and play games that have cards that cost money. This is a brave and risky marketing strategy that only time will tell if it will be successful enough to keep these sites up and running.

Part of the play through rules in favor of the bingo site is the result of the bingo sites needing to keep, as much of the player money as they can legally do and still not lose all of their customers to this outrageous idea of play through requirements that can never be met by a huge percentage of players. No wonder sites can give 800% bonuses and still stay open for play. They never have to pay out any of the bonus money. Their rules for money won on the bonus money are suspect also. A word to the wise player, read the withdrawal rules very carefully when picking a site to play on no matter the size of bonuses or free card games.

If it is virtually impossible to ever send any money home, the site if not worth a penny of your money to play. This situation is prevalent in online bingo sites and almost never seen in poker sites or online casinos. A thoughtful player will not fall for this blatant unfairness to the player. In fact some sites are now doing away with play through rules all together. These sites are the smart plays if they also have solid game choices throughout the week.

Online bingo sites are coming up with new promotions all of the time to fight for the new customers. Some are using huge matching bonuses as an incentive to bring new players to their sites. Others are offering small free money credits to their unfounded account, with the idea being that the player can try a few bingo games for free out of the money that was credited. These money deposits to the players account are free and require no deposit of any kind to be used to play a few games.

The latest fad promotion is free games with real money prizes that the player can play without any purchases of game cards. Many sites are now offering their version of this promotion and there are sites on the Internet that list sites that are using this player promotion. This incentive is open to both new players and existing players on the sites. Be sure and read any withdrawal rules about any money won from these free card games.

A different version of this promotion are the buy one card and get one for free for each card purchased. What this really doses is the cost of game cards is cut in half by the promotion. If a player usually buys five cards for a game, they will end up with five extra cards for the game or a similar game. Many of the bigger sites are using this promotion to great advantage, as the cost of the promotion is small when compared with other money promotions. Bingo sites are forced to constantly come up with new promotions for the players, as the competition for players is as fierce as it has ever been. Each month new bingo sites are going live and creating more places for bingo players to play their favorite game. This growth of new bingo sites is causing a player’s heaven and an opposite situation for the older bingo sites.

Some of the newer sites have started to make their play through rules favor the player, as this has been an unfair situation for players on many of the older sites.

Bingo players looking for new sites to play on have the best of both worlds currently as the many bingo sites that are online are making the choices even better than ever before.

Take a minute and use a search engine to find the best sites for new players in both bonuses and free game play. Any site that is found this way should be thoroughly researched for withdrawal rules, as this is a common place for sites to make it very difficult to get money out of the site. Fair play and rules should be the first rule in picking a new site.

Talk about getting lucky in life. A player at Mecca hit a 5 line Progressive Jackpot with a bet of only £1 per line, or a total wager of £5. The progressive jackpot that was triggered from the spin came in at a whopping £1.2 Million. That is one huge payoff on a wager of £5. The progressive slot that allowed this huge win is the Clover Rollover and the winning line captured five shamrocks. This winning player is certainly in clover now and is still taking it in that the money has been won. For those that wonder how long this slot jackpot was growing, it was over a number of months. This slot has been reset to a decent starting jackpot of £250,000. This progressive is found on many online bingo sites, as it is a slot game that spans a number of sites that feed the jackpot total.

This win suggest that many players who pass up a few spins on the progressive jackpot slots may be taking a moment of shear luck out of the picture. Risking a few pounds while visiting a bingo site is not a hit to most players gaming stake.

Avid bingo players are into winning by being lucky and the slots are another pure luck gaming setup. Taking a flyer now and then on a progressive slot may never payoff, but if a player never plays they guarantee they will never catch a win of any size.

This win with its gigantic size is a life changing happening and it would be interesting to find out what this slot player will be doing with all of his new found wealth. Most players are happy to hear that the winner of such a jackpot was really in need of a sum of money. The winner of the jackpot has not been identified yet as the bingo site has to make sure that the win occurred free from any illegal play. However in the next days, the winner will be pushed to give an interview and the winner’s interview should make for some interesting information.

What would you say if you just hit a jackpot of this size? The assumption is most players would be pinching themselves to see if it really happened. Others would state that they could now complete some lifelong dream that they never could do before. Wonder what this winner will tell us in an interview.

The repercussions of the Bingo Tax are really coming to the fore now. The UK bingo companies are now claiming that 100 Bingo Halls will be forced to close and the job losses could exceed 4000 employees. This loss of jobs and Halls can be prevented if the Bingo Tax is reversed to its old rate of 15%.

Mecca’s chief, Ian Burke, claims the Tax will cost the Halls over 35 million pounds that the Halls cannot pay and stay in business. Unless the proposed tax that is set to start in April is set aside, this result will be devastating to the Halls, their players and the employees that work at the 100 Halls. That is a lot of votes just from the most affected voters.

There is also the fairness issue as this tax singularly was proposed for just bingo and no other form of gaming in the UK. Many people and the Bingo Halls believe this is patently unfair that they alone should be so taxed. The public opinion is definitely swinging against the tax and the MPs are hearing about this from many citizens that are lovers of bingo. In this bingo crazy country that is like being against pets or private gardens. It is obvious that the MPs did not know about the row this tax would generate among the voters.

Now even the Speaker of the House of Commons is calling for the tax to be put aside. Over 100 MPs are now urging the Chancellor to reverse the ax to 15% from the new rate of 22%. The real worry is that this will hit areas where jobs are already hard to come by. Plus it is riling up the players who are heavily involved in a writing campaign against the tax.

Only time will tell if the public outrage is going to carry the day and remove this tax increase from the live bingo halls. As this ground swell has grown in the last few months, the odds are that there will be a positive change for the bingo halls.