With the strong possibility of the US going ahead and regulating online gambling, one important thing to consider is the age at which legal gambling should be allowed. Many states already allow bingo and poker gambling at 18, whilst in others 21 is the standard age. It is believed that if regulated internet gambling does come into force, Congress will probably set a national age.

Many online bingo players think that winning an online bingo game is a matter of luck and, who knows, they might be right. Believe it or not, some online bingo players will walk around their chair 3 times before sitting down to play bingo or will wear some kind of clothing that they consider lucky. Some even have their lucky charms to hand, like a rabbit’s foot or teddy bear. Who are we to say it doesn’t work?

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According to the UK’s Conservative Party there are so many people addicted to gambling because of the relaxed rules on internet gambling and advertising. They say that figures show an increase of almost of a quarter of a million more people gambling online in 2008, compared to 2007 when advertising was first permitted.

US President Barack Obama’s stepmother, Kezia Obama, raised £10,000 through her online bingo game on Gala Bingo during her stepson’s inauguration. Gala Bingo matched that amount pound-for-pound and a cheque for £20,000 was presented to Sue Ryder Care. Bridget Auger at Sue Ryder Care gave their thanks to all concerned.

As the name implies, Think Bingo Cosy is a fairly small online bingo site. However, the prizes are not necessarily so. There are some great prizes to be won, ranging from Ipods to hampers, as well as an LCD TV. There are also lots of jackpot bingo games to take part in and competitions to enjoy. Sometimes less is more.

William Hill Bingo has been spring cleaning and have recently launched two new rooms to move around in on their online bingo site.  The Lunch Club offering 5p games every day from 12-2pm as well as the Bargain Basement with games from 1p are keeping everyone on their toes.  That’s not all!  Lots of other features are now available.

Under pressure from the EU it has been reported that France will allow private online gambling companies to operate in France from next year.  An online gambling bill will be submitted to the cabinet at the end of March.

Carol Hedley was lucky enough to win the star prize during the Christmas promotion on the 888ladies online.  The prize, a Mazda 2 car, has a retail price of £8,000 so we can see why she is delighted.  Carol was made redundant last year and she wasn’t able to replace her car when it had engine troubles.   Now she’s happily driving her new car everywhere.

The winner of one million Nectar points from Gala Bingo has now been announced and school dinner lady, Joan Scales, from Dartmouth in Devon is the lucky lady.  She is now a Nectar Card Millionaire having won the online bingo competition played from 24th November to 24th December last year.  She can use her Nectar points at many outlets, including Argos, Sainsbury’s, Beefeater, to name just a few, or even take herself and 19 friends on a first class trip to Paris on the Euro star!