Online Gambling News and Promotions

Spring Clean (1st – 19th March)
20th March 2009 marks the first official day of Spring 2009, to mark this day BetFred Bingo is offering £250 to one lucky winner!

Put your mops and brooms away and hit those shops and grab a bargain on BetFred Bingo! To be in with a chance of winning the cash all you need to do is spend at least £25 real cash on Bingo tickets between the 1st and 19th March 2009! The lucky winner will be drawn at random on the 20th March 2009.

Free Money!

BetFred Bingo is giving each and every new Bingo customer £15 free to spend on Bingo cards! You must have downloaded the Bingo game and registered a Bingo nickname and payment method to qualify for this amazing offer. To claim your bonus, you will need to send an email with your new Bingo nickname to bonus@betfredbingo.com using the subject heading – £15 free. Please allow 24 hours for your bonus to be added.

150% 1st Deposit Bonus

When you make your first deposit at Betfred Bingo, you will get a massive 150% bonus up to a maximum of £100 – absolutely free. 1st Deposit bonuses are automatically awarded upon a player’s deposit with exception to deposits made via Paypal or Moneybookers. If you have deposited by one of these means please contact BetFred’s gaming support team via the ‘Online Support’ button in the ‘Cashier’ and request your deposit bonus.

50% Back on every deposit!
For each and every deposit you make into your Betfred Bingo account, your account will automatically be credited with a 50% bonus up to £100!! Deposit bonuses are automatically awarded upon a player’s deposit with exception to Betfred Shop Deposits or deposits made via Paypal or Moneybookers. If you have deposited by one of these means please contact BetFred’s gaming support team via the ‘Online Support’ button in the ‘Cashier’ and request your deposit bonus.

Betfred Bingo is giving you the chance to plan and enjoy a special treat for you and your Mum on Mother’s day this year!

All players who from 1 st – 15 th February 2009 have wagered at least £25 real cash in bingo will receive an invitation via email to enter their ‘Mum of the Year’ competition.

On Friday 25 Betfred Bingo will choose 5 entries at random and display these on the Community section of their website.

They’ll then hold a vote in chat on Friday 27 during the ‘Free for All’ hour and roomies will choose the winner!

Betfred Bingo will then contact the winning player and credit the funds to their account to make their Mother’s Day Treat happen!

Play the Special Valentines Heart pattern in their 75 ball hall in February for your chance to win a Romantic Night for 2 at a hotel of your choice throughout the UK. You will win 1 point for each card you buy and 5 points if you bingo on this heart pattern. Games will run every hour throughout the day for the month of February. At the end of the month the player to have won the most points combined (tickets bought and wins) will take away this romantic break for 2. Promotion ends 28th February at 23.59.

Starting the 1st December do Betfred Bingo have some treats in store for you guys here at Betfred Bingo.

Each day from 1st to 24th December 2008 , they are giving away a gift from their Fred & Gingers Festive Grotto to one lucky player.

This could be anything from FP’s, Gift Vouchers or even a Hamper.

To win a gift from the Grotto just be the player each day to play the most bingo games and win the most chat games combined.

Winners will be notified by email and must have deposited and wagered at least £10 cash that day to be entered into each days prize draw.

Wednesday,October,22nd – Bingo to the Western
Poker, a man’s game? Think again… Betfred Bingo have a fantastic opportunity for you to play for FREE in the London, Western regional heat of the Betfred Ladies Poker Tour on 1st November 2008.

This prize is inclusive of one night’s hotel accommodation, £100 travel expenses and a pre-tournament play slap up lunch with their Betfred Bingo Deputy Manager Lindsey, who will be on hand with stacks of moral support while you play!

Thursday,October,23d – Fred’s £1K Christmas Giveaway
Christmas is coming early at Betfred Bingo. Don’t let the Credit Crunch become the scrooge that stole Christmas! Sit back, relax and enjoy Betfred Bingo’s fun and games for your chance of a £1K cash prize right before Christmas!

All you need to do is ensure that between 20th October and 20th December 2008 you have bought at least 1,000 tickets, and your name will be entered into a grand prize draw.

Every 1,000 tickets in this period earns 1 place in our prize draw so make sure you’re in the game for your chance of scooping this amazing cash prize.

Saturday,October,25th – Sunday,26th – Weekend Payback
Betfred Bingo have another exciting new promotion for you to get your teeth into. Starting in October 2008, join them at Betfred Bingo each weekend and for every 50 tickets you buy they will give you 1 back on Monday.

Each ticket will be worth 5fps so watch your bonus balance boost on Monday afternoons!!

Betfred Bingo are going Guinness mad here and embracing all that is Irish! From August 2008, every Tuesday between the hours of 13:00 – 14:00pm, the CH on duty in 90 ball will say at one random point ‘Luck of the Irish’. At this time ALL players who have deposited that day qualify for a £1 FREE Irish Lottery Bet, (£1 stake, 3 number pick, 6 ball main draw on Wednesday’s Irish Lottery).

All you need to do when the CH types ‘Luck of the Irish’ is type your ‘Irish Lotto’ followed by your 3 chosen numbers. Your £1 free bet will then be placed in your Betfred account in time for the Main Draw on Wednesdays at 19:45.

Win a luxury Caribbean cruise for two with Betfred Bingo

How would you like to have the time of your life on a fantastic luxury cruise for two?

They are giving ALL Betfred Bingo players, old and new the chance to win a seat in the World Championship Bingo Tournament & Gaming Cruise taking place 5th – 13th November 2008. This amazing cruise with an itinerary of locations such as St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St. Kitts is inclusive of: -

* Round trip air transportation (from a UK airport only) to Ft. Lauderdale.
* Overnight accommodation at a Ft. Lauderdale Hotel.
* Ground transfers in Ft. Lauderdale.
* Port taxes and government fees.
* 8 nights (for 2) in a Large Outside cabin onboard Carnival Cruise Line’s MIRACLE..
* Professional travel escorts from Special Event Cruises and Bingo Bugle Newspapers.
* Buy-in for 60 games of Championship Bingo playing for $80,000 in cash and prizes.
* Chance to win a free cruise during the final game.
* Private cocktail party with hot and cold hors d’oeuvres.
* Official World Championship Bingo Tournament Gift.
* Daubers, “9-On” Game Packets and Custom Playing Board.
* Souvenir Tote Bag and Commemorative Program.
* Pull-Tab service.
* Private Party for Past Bingo Tournament attendees.
* All shipboard meals.
* Complimentary 24-hour in-room dining & room service.
* Membership in the ‘Repeaters Club’ entitling you to discounts on future Bingo Cruises.
* Entertainment, including nightclub shows, live bands and orchestras.
* Extensive organised shipboard activities.
* Use of shipboard facilities including full casino, pools, library, movie theatre, fitness centre and more.

So I hear you saying…How can I get my hands on all this?

All you need to do is make sure that between 00:00 22nd August and 23:59 21st September 2008 you have bought at least 100 bingo cards (in 90 ball and/or 75 ball bingo).

Every 100 card purchases will equate to 1 entry into a prize draw. The grand prize draw will be drawn on 22nd September 2008 and the lucky winner will be contacted on this date and will be announced as the winner in 90 ball and 75 ball chat.

Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity, log into Betfred Bingo and gl gl gl!!

The 2008 Olympics all kicks off on 8 th August so Betfred Bingo thought they’d put together a Betfred Bingo Marathon of their own, while your hubby commandeers the couch to watch race after race.
The race is on to find the 2 Betfred Bingo champions. To qualify simply play either bingo or their ‘more games’ on the 1 st day of the Olympics (Friday 8 th August 2008 ).
The highest staking player on both bingo (you do not need to be in-chat to qualify) and on ‘more games’ will each win a £50 prize!
So make sure you’re kitted out in your finest lycras and Get Ready, Set , Go!!!