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Take part in bet365’s Big Christmas Giveaway and you can win a range of fantastic festive prizes worth over £20,000 simply by playing Bingo.

Amongst the prizes on offer in this special promotion are a luxury weekend break for two, an annual Family Pass to the UK’s most exciting attractions, as well as a whole host of must-have gifts such as an iPad, a stylish laptop and a Blu-ray Home Cinema System.

There’s a different star prize up for grabs each day between 9th and 23rd December. Simply spend £10 on Bingo tickets between 00:00 and 21:30 UK Time on a particular day and you will be invited to a special Big Christmas Giveaway game at 22:00 that evening. This is where all of the top prizes can be won, plus other fun and exciting prizes.

So make sure you join in the festive fun this December and you could receive an exciting Christmas treat courtesy of bet365!

About Bingo at bet365

You will find 90 Ball, 80 Ball and 75 Ball Bingo games at bet365 Bingo, along with great promotional offers and a wide variety of side games to enjoy, including Slots, Roulette and Scratchcards.

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over five million customers worldwide. bet365 offer games for every bankroll and a bingo experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 1,400 people and is the UK’s seventh largest private company.

In the 2010 eGaming Review Awards, bet365 was named Operator of the Year and Casino Operator of the Year, as well as receiving the Best Website Performance award. The company also came top in eGaming Review’s Annual Power 50.

X-Factor Final- Ladbrokes Sportsbook expect to take upwards of 120 bets a second on this year’s X Factor final as they break new ground by betting in running throughout the entire broadcast until the climax of the show. There will be live betting in place as well as via telephone.

The odds point to an easy win by Matt Cardle with 5/6 followed by Direction (3/1) and Rebecca Ferguson (5/2). Ladbrokes are also breaking new ground by offering viewers the most comprehensive range of special bets on the night, allowing punters to speculate over what the judges and singers will wear, what they will say and even what mishaps may occur on the night including an offer of 14/1 about infamous stage invader Jimmy Jump following up on his invasion of the Eurovision stage by appearing on the X Factor at some point.

Cheltenham: Ladbrokes’ Top Offers on Menorah and Cue Card -Ladbrokes is offering a top price guarantee on Menorah and Cue Card in tomorrow’s big Cheltenham hurdle race from first thing in the morning until the first show across all channels. Ladbrokes will also be offering top price on Paco Boy in Hong Kong from Saturday afternoon until the off on Sunday morning across all channels.

Sharing Christmas spirit on Facebook

As it almost became a tradition, Slots of Fortune Casino will be giving away easy to get free chips for all players. For the past two months the player could get a free chip by following Slots of Fortune on Twitter, and this month they can do so by giving a Like in our new Facebook page here!

The casino will give a $20 Free Chip to every player who connects with them on Facebook in the month of December.

Players will get an extra $20 Free Chip if they post their xmas story on their discussions page. They ask them to tell them what was their favorite gift that they’ve ever got and the whole story behind it!

New Year’s Day $2011 Freeroll

Every Monday and Wednesday of December (starting from Monday 13th) 10 lucky players that have made at least one deposit through the day will be raffled to enroll in a limited seats $2011 Freeroll.

Tournament will take place on the New Year’s Day and
a total of 60 players will be finally raffled to participate.

Players will get their Freeroll special tickets through email at the end of each day. The names of the participants will be also announced the next day here.

Prizes:

1st – $711
2nd – $500
3d – $350
4th – $200
5th – $100
6th – $50
7th – $50
8th – $50

Xmas $2,000 Freeroll

Through December and until January 11th Slots of Fortune will run another one of their special Freerolls, celebrating Xmas. That tournament will be open to all players. There will be a total of 10 prizes and a $2000 prize pool.

Prizes:

1st – $700
2nd – $500
3d- $300
4th – $100
5th – $100
6th – $100
7th to 10th – $50

Santa’s Big Draw

During the month of December and until January 11th for every $25 that a player deposits he will get 1 Santa Point / draw entry to participate in a big draw that will take place on January 14th for an iPad and Amazon gift cards for some holiday shopping! Winners will be announced on January 15th.

Specifically: players will receive a raffle entry for every incremental deposit of $25 made from December 9th 2010 to January 11th 2011 .

Example:

$25 deposit = 1 Santa Point = 1 entry
$50 deposit = 2 Santa Points = 2 entries
$100 deposit = 4 Santa Points = 4 entries etc.

Players are encouraged to collect as many points as they can since their chances of winning a prize become higher!

From December 1-25th, Ladbrokes Bingo is offering daily chances for players to win a Golden Bingo Ticket to the 15 Golden Finale Bingo Games on January 1st starting at 20:11. Players can win up to 25 tickets to the finale and if they win 20 or more, Ladbrokes will offer them 11 tickets free! There will be more than £20,000 up for grabs in the finale with full-house prizes up to £2,011 so let all your players know!

Saturday nights at Ladbrokes Bingo are the place to be, so players can play in the Hall from 8-10pm for guaranteed prize pools of £50. There will be 20 FREE games each evening and players will also have the option to upgrade Free Bingo tickets to Superbooks tickets to win bigger prizes. Superbooks tickets start at just 1p and allow holders to play for up to 5 times the prize money than with the Free Bingo tickets. Additionally, a £5 spend on Superbooks tickets will gain players entry to the Super Free Bingo ‘Results Party’ to be held in the Dining Room from 8-9pm on Sundays.

This December, Ladbrokes has a couple of games promotions we are sure your will love including:

-BAR-X Factor For the X-Factor fans, while watching the show every Saturday and depositing £20 on the Bar-X mini game, playes can claim £5 free!

-24 days of Promos Running up till Christmas, Ladbrokes will offer daily turnover races, free draws, and deposit & spend offers on games like: Mega Moolah, Tomb Raider, Deal or No Deal, Premier BlackJack and many more! Tune into the advent calendar for more details on promotions.

-£100 from Wintry Wonderland Players are welcome to take a scratch at the mini game from Dec 18-24th for a chance to win £100. Every £10 deposit spent on the seasonal game will enter the player into a draw for one of ten available £100 cash prizes.

-Boxing Day Bingo Ticket Sale Following the success of the Autumn Sale, Ladbrokes Bingo are offering a 10-day sale which will take place starting on Boxing Day and ending on January 4, 2011! There will be 50% off all bingo tickets all day, every day during the promotion in the Room With A View.

-£10,000 from the Bingo Fairy! During December 31st and January 1st, the New Year’s Bingo Fairy will visit a selection of Bingo rooms and drop a total of £10,000 over the two days! Each money drop is shared between roomies who have purchased bingo tickets in the bingo game prior to the Bingo Fairy entering the bingo room.

There are 3 special Christmas Bingo Linx games taking place this month to tell all of your players about:

-Sunday, December 26th at 9:30pm
£2600 total will be awarded to Roomies with a breakdown of 1-line: £600; 2-line: £800; Full-house: £1,200

-Sunday, December 26th at 10:30pm Players can head to the Attic, Lounge or Bedroom where £26,000 will be awarded with a breakdown of 1-line: £4,000; 2-line: £7,000; Full-house: £15,000

- Saturday, January 1st at 10:30pm Players in the Attic, Lounge and Bedroom will have a chance to win £11,000 with the a breakdown of 1-line: £2,000; 2-line: £3,000; Full-house: £6,000

All Slots and All Jackpots are ready to welcome four new games this December 7th which bring something for every kind of player – slots, poker or roulette.

Plus, the casino’s Santa’s Stash holiday promotion will award double loyalty points on the new holiday-themed slot game, Santa’s Wild Ride through December 30th.
Santa’s Wild Ride
Santa’s got a need for speed this year, and this comical new slot game gives a fresh spin to a classic holiday theme. The game offers 243 ways to win and the chance to win 25 free spins with doubled payouts. By triggering the free spins feature, the player will also get to choose one of three exciting wild features to apply to his round of free spins: Stacked Wilds, Expanding Wilds, or the all-new Trailing Wilds™. During the base game, the wild symbol will award an instant, random multiplier of 2x-4x, and the Gift symbol on reels 2 and 4 award a bonus payout of up to 10x the total bet.

Royal Feast Video Slot
Join a regal feast with a unique Free Spins feature. Two or more Kings Crown symbols trigger five free spins. For every scatter symbol that appears during Free Spins, a reel is held and the free spins restart, keeping all previous wins. If all five scatter symbols appear during free spins, the max scatter win is repeated five times!

Premier Roulette
This unparalleled game allows you to create and save your own table layouts, control game speed, and includes the exclusive 3D wheel zoom feature to take your roulette play to a whole new dimension.

Caribbean Draw Poker
This new table game features two games in one: a 5-card draw game and an optional Bonus Bet that may be played simultaneously. Win a Progressive Jackpot for hitting a Royal Flush on the Bonus Bet!

With bet365’s Scheduled Tournament League, you have the chance to win a share of over $50,000 in prizes from now until the end of January.

By playing in the wide range of Scheduled tournaments on offer at bet365 Poker, you can earn points towards each monthly leaderboard. Points are awarded based on finishing position, buy-in and the number of players in each tournament.

The player who comes first each month will receive a fantastic $1,500 in cash, while all of the top 200 players will receive a cash prize. What’s more, all of the top 500 players each month will receive a Tournament Token for a $2,500 Freeroll.

All monthly leaderboard points also count towards an overall leaderboard – the top ten finishers of this will compete for a $14,000 Prize Package in a special Winner’s Choice Freeroll.

Simply opt in to secure your place in bet365’s exciting Scheduled Tournament League and put yourself in line for a share of $50,000!

About Poker at bet365

By playing as part of the world’s largest online poker network, you can always find a game against thousands of possible opponents. Both cash game and tournaments are available and you can choose from poker variations including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud and Razz. Play satellite tournaments for your chance to make it to prestigious live events in the best locations around the world.

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over five million customers worldwide. bet365 offers a poker experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 1,400 people and is the UK’s seventh largest private company.

bet365 casino is hosting an exciting new Casino promotion this Christmas during which all UK customers can win one of this year’s most sought-after gifts – an Apple iPad.

You will receive one ticket for every £500 you wager in the Casino on 9th and 23rd December. At the end of each event all tickets will be entered into a draw to win one of five stylish iPads. What’s more, there are also 100 cash prizes of £25 up for grabs during each draw.

For players outside the UK, there are five main cash prizes of £500 up for grabs during each draw, as well as the 100 cash prizes of £25 – meaning there’s £10,000 in total to be won over two exciting days.

Simply Opt In and play any of your favourite Casino games on 9th and 23rd December to take part in bet365’s Christmas Prize Draws. There’s no limit on how many tickets you can win, giving you ample opportunity to win one of these great prizes.

The Christmas Prize Draws are part of a packed calendar of offers and promotions available at bet365 during the festive period. Make sure you check out the Casino Advent Calendar for details of all the great prizes and bonuses on offer this December!

About bet365

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over five million customers worldwide. bet365 offer a casino experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 1,400 people and is the UK’s seventh largest private company.

In the 2010 eGaming Review Awards, bet365 was named Operator of the Year and Casino Operator of the Year, as well as receiving the Best Website Performance award. The company also came top in eGaming Review’s Annual Power 50.

bet365 sportsbook offers you the opportunity to bet In-Play on a vast range of sporting events from around the world.

To add to the In-Play excitement, bet365 now streams over 10,000 of the top events live to your PC every year, meaning you can watch all the action as it unfolds.

bet365’s Live Streaming service covers a huge range of Soccer matches. As well as Serie A games from Italy, you can also watch all the best Soccer action from Germany’s Bundesliga 1 and 2 and Spain’s La Liga. Selected matches will also be shown from the following leagues: Segunda Division Spain, Austrian Bundesliga 1 and 2, Columbian League, Korean League, Ecuadorian League, Portuguese Liga Orangina, Lithuanian League, and Ukrainian League.

bet365’s unbeatable Live Streaming service also allows you to watch Tennis, Basketball and Volleyball amongst others. What’s more, all this great sporting action is free for customers with a bet365 account.

With over 10,000 sporting events streamed live each year, there’s bound to be plenty of action to interest you.

About bet365

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over five million customers worldwide. bet365 offers a Sports Betting experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 1,400 people and is the UK’s seventh largest private company.

In the 2010 eGaming Review Awards, bet365 was named Operator of the Year and Casino Operator of the Year, as well as receiving the Best Website Performance award. The company also came top in eGaming Review’s Annual Power 50.

There’s an amazing £8,000 up for grabs every day in three fantastic Bingo Linx games. Excitement is guaranteed all day long with £1,500 available in the 12:00 game, £2,500 at 18:00 and a huge £4,000 during the 22:30 game.

What’s more, the prize-pool for the 22:30 game this Boxing Day increases to a very festive £26,000! It’s a very special amount of prize money worthy of this magical time of year.

Simply join any standard 90 Ball Bingo room at 22:30 on Boxing Day and you could win a share of this increased prize-pool. You won’t want to miss out when bet365’s Bingo rooms link up to offer some incredible prize money – especially at Christmas time!

About Bingo at bet365

You will find 90 Ball, 80 Ball and 75 Ball Bingo games at bet365 bingo, along with great promotional offers and a wide variety of side games to enjoy, including Slots, Roulette and Scratchcards.

bet365 is one of the world’s largest online gambling groups with over five million customers worldwide. bet365 offer games for every bankroll and a bingo experience that’s unrivalled. The Group employs over 1,400 people and is the UK’s seventh largest private company.

In the 2010 eGaming Review Awards, bet365 was named Operator of the Year and Casino Operator of the Year, as well as receiving the Best Website Performance award. The company also came top in eGaming Review’s Annual Power 50.