Dandy Bingo or Randy Bingo?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Bingo Melly

Chat hosts are a very important part of any bingo site. They represent the brand, and anything they do right, or wrong, reflects on the site and can have huge implications for the success of that site.

Now I have not been on Dandy Bingo myself, but after reading these Dandy Bingo reviews over at WhichBingo, I don’t think I ever will be going there.

There are only four player reviews listed, but each of them give the site a thumbs down and single out the unwanted and inappropriate attention of the male chat hosts as the main reason. Here are just some of the complaints mentioned…

“The chat hosts are disgusting. I was asked very probing and intimate questions it was shocking…”

“…The chat hosts are mainly if not all from India… [they] seem to want an English girlfriend. At one point I was asked if my partner was home with a winky face! Totally shocking…”

“…the male chat hosts who never leave you alone, asking how old are you, what you wearing, can I take you out, when all the time you want to play bingo. I don’t mind chatting, it’s fun, but they get too personal and it’s wrong.”

“I’ve been on there when somebody came on and called one of the chat hosts a pervert for chatting up his girlfriend and asking what underwear she had on…”

“This site appears to be manned by perverts… I was almost sick with the way I was spoken to. I was asked if I wore short dresses and did I have nice legs, was I married and did I want a boyfriend behind my husband’s back?”

Now one review of this nature could be dismissed, but four all mentioning the same thing suggests to me that there is a big issue here at Dandy Bingo. I hope the people running this site take these reviews seriously, and do something about these chat hosts, and fast.

Do you have any experience of the Dandy Bingo chat hosts? If so, please get in touch and let us know if these reviews on WhichBingo are accurate or misleading.

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What is Bid Bingo?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by WayneBingo

When I heard there was a new bingo site launching recently called Bid Bingo, I was interested to take a look and see what it was all about.

In my head I was imagining perhaps a unique new spin on bingo games, with some kind of bidding element to earn or win prizes.

However, as it turns out, it is just another non-bingo brand slapping the word bingo on the end of their name and churning out a skin on a bingo network.

I normally scoff at these kind of sites, but the non-bingo brand in question is Bid.tv, the satellite shopping channel, and I’m impressed so far with how they’ve branded the site and the introductory offer they are giving their players.

As well as the industry standard 200% cash match bonus (nothing new there), new players also get a free £5 voucher to spend on their shopping website when you deposit £10.

Leveraging your non-bingo assets is a tactic that not enough brands take advantage of, and I think lots of players will be tempted by the offer of a £5 not for the bingo site, but for shopping.

I think bid bingo makes real sense when you consider your average bingo player, female, stay at home mums, etc, are almost an exact match for the type of viewers you get watching shopping channels such as Bid.tv.

Their tv ad and marketing looks polished, but only time will tell if they have the bingo expertise to really make the most of this new bingo site they’ve got themselves. Judging by the fact they’ve launched on .co.uk and haven’t even bought the .com (which is for sale) shows their inexperience.

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BingoCams Observe Minutes Silence

Posted on November 14, 2011 by WayneBingo

With all the bingo sites who were jumping on the 11/11/11 bandwagon to give away £11,111 jackpots and the rest, it is a breath of fresh air to see a bingo site actually marking the day as it should be.

Instead of cashing in on the date, BingoCams chose to donate to the Poppy Appeal by donating £3 for every player who placed a poppy on their avatar and another £3 for every live win moment featuring a poppy.

Then at 11.00am, across all bingo rooms, the chat hosts and players observed a two minutes silence.

Thumbs up to BingoCams for marking the day with respect, and not shameless cashing on unlike many others I could care to mention.

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Wonder Bingo go Batty for Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2011 by WayneBingo

Seeing as its Halloween, I thought I would have a look around at the various spooky offers at bingo sites for tonight, and pick my favourite.

There are loads of them, and they’re all full of awful puns such as spook-tacular and frighteningly good fun, etc. Yawn.

The one I have decided to play tonight is Batty Bingo at WonderBingo.com. The reason I have picked this one is because there seems to be a decent prize pot up for grabs, £2,500 in total, and it also suggests that the room itself may be themed in some way to add to the fun.

I would like to see if this is true because in my opinion bingo sites do not do enough to theme their games to these kind of things. I remember being in a christmas tournament once and there wasn’t a snowflake in sight. Come on put the effort in bingo sites!

Anyway, the Batty Bingo room doesn’t open until 8.00pm tonight, so I will have to report back tomorrow on how it went. The first game looks as though it has a tasty £1,000 prize fund so I best make sure I get in there on time.

***UPDATED***

I was very impressed with the Batty Bingo room, so much so I recorded the screen so I could show you what it looked like to play. Check it out.

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Little Miss Bingo

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Bingo Melly

When I heard that a new bingo site was launching under the name, Little Miss Bingo, my first thoughts were how Roger Hargreaves would be spinning in his grave.

Fortunately, Little Miss Bingo bares no resemblance to the popular kids characters made famous by the Mr Men & Little Miss monikers.

The games run on the cozygames platform, so if you have played at sites such as iBingo.co.uk you will find exactly the same bingo, slots and casino games that are also compatible with mobile phones, so you can play bingo anywhere at anytime.

To get you started there is a 900% deposit bonus structure, which is split into three parts. 250% on your first deposit, 300% on your second deposit and 350% on your third deposit.

These bonuses are very generous, but remember to check the withdrawal rules at any site before you part with your cash. At Little Miss Bingo you will need to play through any bonus money 4 times before you will be able to withdraw any winnings generated with it.

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