Bingo Blitz is the most popular bingo games on Facebook.

In fact, it is one of the top 10 most played of ANY game on Facebook, and that is some achievement considering it is competing with the likes of FarmVille and CityVille. It has easily over a million players per day.

Now the company behind those other games mentioned, Zynga,  has this week launched a bingo game on Facebook to get a slice of the action. Nothing wrong with that, but Zynga Bingo is more than just a passing resemblance to Bingo Blitz, it is almost feature-for-feature a direct copy.

Bingo Blitz originally took the traditional game of bingo and updated it for the Facebook generation with power ups, collections and unlockable rooms and content. This unique blend of features made Bingo Blitz stand out, but now according to the makers of Bingo Blitz, Buffalo Studios, Zynga Bingo has simply copied their entire game and re-packaged it as their own.

In a cheeky broadside to Zynga, Buffalo Studios have produced this infographic highlighting the similarities between the two games.

We’re with Buffalo Studios on this one, but we’re unsure if there is anything Buffalo Studios can actually do about it. Will we see a court case coming up between the two? It would be very interesting to see what happens next with this one.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/29/buffalo-studios-blasts-zynga-for-copying-bingo-blitz-social-game/

One of the newest bingo sites to hit the net is Nutty Bingo, and they’ve decided to do something a bit different when it comes to new player offers.

Not only do you get £5 free no deposit to try the site. If you like it and make a first deposit of £20, they’ll send you 4 women’s magazines, such as Star, New and OK!

Nutty Bingo is powered by Dragonfish, so if you are a seasoned bingo player you will find the games easy to master. There are 90 ball and 75 ball bingo games, as well as a wide array of slots, instants and table games to play.

Get your £5 free no deposit at Nutty Bingo.

Leading bingo site tombola has unveiled a completely new selection of ad break indents that promote its sponsorship of well known ongoing drama Emmerdale. Players at tombola bingo were invited to apply if they wanted to take part in shooting a few months ago. The outcome was 25 normal, everyday online bingo players being selected from scores of applications to be a part of this third sequence of marketing campaign films that started just recently.

The lucky Tombola players picked to take part travelled to the Cornish Riviera for filming and took part in activities from building sandcastles to quad biking, from making Cornish Pasties to abseiling and fishing. All the activities were filmed like a fly on the wall documentary.

The films appear at the opening and end of Emmerdale and at the start and ending of each advertisement break around the soap as well. The new ads come just months after Tombola launched an exciting new game called Bingo Roulette, where players can win some amazing prizes. It’s unclear whether this will feature in the TV campaign.

Dawn-Elizabeth Howe, Head of Marketing at Tombola, says: “These ads have the same creative format as the previous ads on the Emmerdale show. We had great feedback as the warmth and fun the players had together comes across brilliantly in the final bumpers and it really reflects what tombola is all about. So when we decided to produce new ads we knew we wanted to repeat much of the existing look and feel.”

Filming the ads brought together players from all over the UK and with considerably different life-styles. There’s mum of three kids Karen Taylor of Wakefield in addition to Co. Director Christine Di Ciacca from Retford, Notts, to name just two, but by the end of shooting all were good friends and they are planning a reunion in the not too distant future.

2010 has been a bumper year for bingo as almost 50 new bingo sites have launched onto the market. The surge in new sites may be somewhat surprising given the delicate condition of the British economy.

New bingo sites in 2010 include Bingo Cove and Bingo Hollywood. Some sites have launched and then shut down, however, with Amuso being the most high-profile site to open and close.

Of course, there’s still 2 months of 2010 left so there’s plenty of time for even more new bingo sites to launch.

Which has been your favourite new bingo site in 2010 so far?

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself why the game of bingo is very enjoyable to play? There were several friends and readers asking the same question, so I figure we are going to have a look and find top reasons why people love to play bingo. After several days of research, here are why you should play bingo.

The most prominent reason for playing bingo is of course the available reward. There are a lot of rewarding cash prizes and jackpots being offered, especially at top online bingo sites, and all you have to do to win them is play bingo. With the best online bingo jackpot now exceeding £1 million, more and more people are attracted to playing the game of online bingo indeed.

Bingo is also very fun to play and can be even more fun if you have fellow bingo players, friends, and relatives tagging along. A lot of online bingo players actually make new friends and meet their real-life colleagues while playing bingo. The friendly atmosphere makes bingo even more enjoyable, and they are simply coming back for more. There is always something to talk about after a couple of hours playing bingo.

Last but certainly not least, bingo is very relaxing and at the same time is helping your brain exercises. It has been scientifically proven that people who play bingo regularly are less prone to stress and tend to have better memory and maintained brain functions as they get older; quite fascinating, isn’t it?

Before you can get started with online bingo, you must first create an account with the best bingo site available. The process of signing up for an account is relatively simple, and to help you get started we are going to review the necessary steps in this article. Let’s get started, shall we?

Once you choose the best bingo site to play on, you can go ahead and click on the Sign Up button available on the site’s front page. This will take you to a sign up page; you will see a simple form right away on the page.

Fill out the form presented. Although this is also a simple step to complete, you must be extra careful not to give invalid information. You will surely have problems in the future if you supply the bingo site with false personal information, because they will later on verify the information when you are making a withdrawal. There are cases where withdrawals are canceled just because the user didn’t provide valid and correct information from the start.

As soon as you hit the submit button, you will have your account created right away. You will also receive a notification email with instructions on how to activate your account. Simply click on the designated link – or copy it to your address bar – and you will have your bingo account activated in no time at all. You can now make a deposit for your account and start playing bingo from the comfort of your house.