Besides bingo, one of my favourite things to do is shop!

Shop for new handbags, new clothes, new sunglasses and of course new shoes.

New is always best, and we LOVE wardrobe makeovers.

Giggle Bingo has also gone through a bit of a makeover and reinvented ourselves a little.

We didn’t go out and buy fab new shoes and show off to all our friends but we did revamp our website into this stunning, sophisticated butterfly that is, ready to spread its wings and bring you even more LOL moments!

WOOHOO!

It’s fresh, it’s clean and oh so simple to navigate through and we are just LOVING all the bright summery colours too.

To celebrate our new look website; come celebrate with us this weekend, all weekend long baby, LOL! Make a deposit this weekend and receive an extra 50% bonus.  This applies to only one deposit, check out your emails for codes and details.

We are also launching a fab host of new promotions to take part in this month.

Here are some of the highlights to look forward to:

• £3,120 BBz Medieval Giveaway
• £4,950 BBz Football Giveaway
• £4,375 BBz Super Dad Giveaway
• £6,767 BBz Tennis Week Giveaway

We can also let you in on the chance to win more than £20,000 at the end of the month in guaranteed pots in our linked games.

That’s huge!

Watch this space for more information on all the amazing chances to win big.

We hope you enjoy the new look site as much as we do!

The beginning of the year did not start off well for many people across the globe, having to deal with the after effects of devastating earthquakes and other natural disasters.

When horrific earthquakes hit the regions of New Zealand and Japan in a short span of time, causing wide spread destruction. However, with it came international relief efforts aplenty by kind-hearted folk all wanting to lend a helping hand.

Giggle Bingo pledged its support to the relief efforts by raising money for the Earthquake and Tsunami Relief funds.

Every day in April, the bingo room held an hour of normal bingo games in both the Snickers Room and Ice Breaker Room at normal prices. During this time, all pot contributions were matched and now, those combined amounts have been donated to relief funds in the areas (with a 50/50 split of proceeds between the two countries).

Here is what we raised:

1. £1,166.70 in the Snickers Rooms
2. $1,055.38 in the Ice Breaker Room

All funds raised for Japan will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

All Funds raised for relief efforts in New Zealand will be donated to the UC Student Volunteer Army as well as the SPCA Canterbury.

Thank you to all the players who took part and for their kind generosity.

*A small gesture from one person can make a huge different in the lives of others.

One of the best parts about Easter is that it is the perfect way to gather all your loved ones together for a feast and a festival of fun. Easter Sunday can be the day where you hone your cooking skills and try out some new recipes to delight your guests.

Try out this Bun and Butter Pudding recipe; it’s a simple twist on delicious classic dish.

• It serves eight
• Preparation time: 20 minutes
• Cooking time: 50 minutes

Ingredients needed:

• 300ml pot double cream
• 600ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 100g golden caster sugar
• 1½ tsp vanilla essence
• 8 hot cross buns
• 40g soft butter
• 100g marzipan, cubed
• 3 tbsp chunky marmalade
• Icing sugar, for dusting

Directions to follow:

1. Heat oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas 3. Warm the cream and milk in a pan over a gentle heat. Whisk the eggs; sugar and vanilla together with a fork in a large bowl, and then gradually add the warm cream mixture.
2. Halve the buns and spread with the butter. Arrange in a large shallow ovenproof dish (approx 25 x 32cm), dot with the marzipan and brush the marmalade on top.
3. Pour over the cream mixture and set aside to soak for 15 minutes. Press the buns down into the custard mixture as they soften.
4. Bake for 50 minutes until set, then remove and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve while still warm.

There is probably going to be no leftovers from this fab dish but you know what you can do if there are leftovers? Enjoy it while you play a game of bingo with us of couse, LOL!

Happy Easter!

Hot cross buns are synonymous with Easter and Easter traditions. I think they are divine, and if I don’t watch out, I’ll eat a whole packet all on my own.

Naughty I know, LOL!

Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday and are meant to be a sign of cementing friendships.

We wouldn’t want you to spend too much time in the kitchen preparing a batch if it’s going to hamper any time spent in the bingo rooms, so to make things simpler, we have this recipe for you to follow. It will take you just 30 minutes to prepare and less than 10 minutes to cook. It serves four.

After you’re done, we’ll catch up with you in one of the bingo rooms to find out how your yummie treats taste!

What you need:

• 2 hot cross buns or brioche
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 250ml/8¾fl oz milk
• Knob of butter

For the crushed blueberries:

• 300g/10½oz blueberries or strawberries
• 3 tbsp sugar
• Splash of port or orange juice

To serve:

• Honeyed cream, crème fraîche, clotted cream or ice cream

What to do:

1. Firstly, put the milk and sugar into a bowl and using a whisk, mix in the eggs and leave to one side.
2. Prepare the fruit sauce by mixing together all the ingredients and crushing the fruit lightly to allow the juices to run.
3. Heat the butter in a pan, slice hot crossed buns in half, dip into the eggy mix and cook for about 2 minutes on each side. Remove the buns from the pan and place on the serving plate with the crushed blueberries piled on top. Top with two spoonfuls of cream, crème fraiche or ice cream. Serve immediately.

Happy Easter everyone!

It’s the Easter weekend and all across the globe people will be celebrating in their own unique and interesting ways.

Here is a list of ten Easter traditions that will take place:

1. Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia: The tradition in these countries is seriously strange. They spank and whip the women on Easter Monday. HUH? Men throw water at women, and spank them with handmade willow whips, decorated with ribbons. This is supposed to be symbolic and legend has it that women who are spanked, will keep their health and beauty intact for the upcoming year. That certainly isn’t one tradition I would like to try out!
2. Finland: Children cover their faces with soot, carry broomsticks and dress up to go begging in the streets. Areas of Western Finland even hold bonfires on Easter Sunday. This tradition is said to ward off witches that may be flying around the area on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
3. Verges, Spain: On Maundy Thursday, a performance of a traditional ‘death dance’ is done. This includes a parade through the medieval town streets. Participants in the parade are all dressed in costume. The parade ends with scary looking skeletons carrying boxes filled with ashes! The death dance starts at 00:00 and goes on for three hours. Spooky!
4. Poland: If the man of the house helps prepare traditional Easter bread, it is said that his moustache will turn grey and the dough will not rise. So it’s probably lucky for the men that they are banned from helping out with the preparation.
5. Haux, France: A giant omelette is cooked using 4,500 eggs! Up to 1,000 people will feast on this meal. The main dish is prepared in the main square ready in time for lunch. Mmmm….
6. Switzerland: Fountains in the villages are decorated using flowers, streamers and painted eggs. The Easter Wells celebrate the symbol of water, which is important for the dry regions of the Alps.
7. Germany: Easter fire is created using old Christmas trees leftover from winter. The fire is symbolic of victory spring has had over winter.
8. Latvia: A traditional game, similar to conkers is played by children using coloured, hard-boiled eggs that have been joined by a string. Competitors bang the edges of the eggs together until such time as one of the eggs break. The person with the strongest egg wins.
9. Australia: The Aussies prefer to use their native marsupial, the Bilby instead of the traditional Easter bunny. The reason for this is that the rabbit has destroyed a great deal of land, vegetation and crops in the country. Gee, no wonder they aren’t such big fans of the bunny rabbit!
10. Hungerfold, Britain: Not shying away from the unusual, the Hocktide festival sees the towns police constable blowing a horn that signals all the men to meet at the Hocktide Court in the town hall. From there, two men are then elected and parade through the town’s streets handing out oranges to women in return for kisses. I think we should help choose the men for this year’s event, LOL!

Whatever traditions you celebrate over this time, may they be filled with many laughs, excitement, creating lasting memories for all and of course, loads of bingo at Giggle Bingo, LOL!

May your stockings be filled with yummie chocolate eggs, and hot cross buns are devoured.

Happy Easter Roomies!

The battle between Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams in on!

Don’t panic Take That fans, we are not talking about a new beef brewing between the newly reformed band mates that could see a catastrophic parting of the members…

…But a battle of the bulge!

LOL!

Ok, so now that you have calmed down a little…

Both hotties have decided that they need to lose a couple of pounds before their Progress Tour kicks of next month.

The friendly rivalry saw Robbie taking up the challenge of the bulge after getting word that Gary would be tackling this task.

Robbie was quoted as saying, “if you’re eating a lettuce, I’m eating half a lettuce”.

If you have bought your tickets to see them live in concert, you can be our upfront and personal reporters to see if they stuck to their guns and kept the weight off.

I’m sure they are both looking yummie either way, LOL!

There is still time to take the bugle on head first in the Fitness Frenzy promotion currently on the go at Giggle Bingo. You could win a Treadmill in a lucky draw taking place at the end of the month. Make a deposit of just £50 to be entered into the draw.

We are all gearing up for what’s been dubbed the biggest wedding of the decade. In honour of the upcoming nuptials between Prince William and Catherine Middleton, we thought we’d give you a slice of the action in the 4,375 BBz Royal Wedding Giveaway!

Join us in counting down the royal wedding between 24 and 30 April in a bingo promotion fit for royalty.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Become a registered player at Giggle Bingo.
• Play the Royal Wedding game.
• Keep an eye on the Game Schedule for details on when the games are being played.
• One Line win = an extra £1 BBz prize
• Two Lines win = an extra £1 BBz prize
• Full house win = an extra £1 BBz prize
• BBz prizes won will be automatically credited to your account.

What dreams of made of

So Kate has nabbed herself a prince and will have the fairytale wedding little girls all over the world dream of.

Ah, I can’t wait to see all the guests arrive, the outfits, the ceremony, the look on William’s face when he sees Kate walk down the aisle, and most impotently, her dress!

29 April is going to be a day to remember, so make sure you have the record button on the telly set so you don’t miss out on any of the day’s proceedings.

Know more:

• Close friends of the Prince have given him the nickname ‘P-Willy’.
• The Prince would have had to ask his Grandmother, Queen Elisabeth II for her consent had he chose to marry before his 25^th birthday.
• After saying her “I do’s”, Kate will officially become the oldest royal bride to get married.
• In a royal press conference following her engagement, Kate requested that she now be referred to by her given name, Catherine instead of Kate, moving forward.
• Pubs across the country will be allowed to keep their doors open to patrons from an additional two hours on 30 April in honour of the celebrations.

With just over a week to go until the big day, I’m counting down the sleeps, I’m just so excited, LOL!

This pumpkin fritter recipe certainly makes veggies appealing to children and adults – especially to those who never liked it when their mum’s told them to eat their veggies. LOL!

The recipe serves four and is so simple to make, and is for the whole family to enjoy.

Here’s what you need:

• 600g pumpkin chopped
• 250ml water
• Pinch of salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 100g cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of cinnamon
• Oil for frying
• 60ml sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

How to make it:

• Place your pumpkin cubes and water with the pinch of salt into a pot onto the stove, bring to a boil and then turn down to medium and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes or so until the pumpkin is nice and soft. Drain off the water, allow it to cool for a few minutes and then mash it well.
• Put a pot with about 6cm of oil in the bottom onto a medium to high heat before you continue.
• Once the oil is on and the pumpkin well mashed transfer it to a mixing bowl and add the egg, flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Give it a good mix to distribute all of the ingredients.
• Now take a small amount of batter and test to see that the oil is hot but not too hot. The batter should bubble gently and not bubble over.
• Take tablespoon sizes and drop them into the oil, doing about 6 at a time until they are golden brown and crisp all over.
• Place the cooked pumpkin fritters onto some kitchen paper to remove some of the oil and then cover in the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Serve warm…

Delicious!

The Easter weekend may be fast approaches, but another event that is also being marked on our calendar is Saint George’s Day on 23 April.

On this day we honour Saint George, the patron saint of England. We will all proudly be wearing our red roses in our button holes on our shirts in honour of Saint George.

Celebrate the memory of this time-honoured British patron with us between 16 and 23 April in the 4,995 BBz Saint George’s Day Giveaway.

The game played in this bingo promotion is the Saint George’s Game. Keep an eye on the Game Schedule for more details on when this game will be played.

Additional prizes include:

• A Full House win = an extra £2 BBz prize.
• Your Nabors will each win an extra £1 BBz prize.

All the BBz prizes you win will be automatically credited to your bingo account. So, register a bingo account at Giggle Bingo and start scheduling today to win!

Who is Saint George?

• His emblem, a red cross on a white background is also the flag of England.
• The emblem was adopted and brought to England in the 12^th century by Richard the Lionheart.
• Saint George is depicted as a knight carrying a shield with a red cross on it. He sits on a horse as he slays a dragon.
• The fable of him slaying the dragon is just a myth.

Congratulations to Stacey Solomon on being named Celebrity Mum of the Year 2011!

Stacey’s 2009 X Factor mentor, Dannii Minogue was hot on her heels in terms of vote’s right up until the very end.

2010 winner, Holly Willoughby managed to hang in there for third spot.

The comeback kid, Kerry Katona, finished in eighth position. She has previously won the award twice.

Her defeat to Stacey came just days after it was announced that Stacey had been chosen as the new face of the frozen food chain, Iceland – the role Kerry had previously held until 2009.

Stacey stole the hearts of the nation after she was crowned the Queen of the Jungle in the reality show; I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, earlier on in the year. She has proven herself by juggling bother her career and being a mum to her son Zac (3).

Stacey has also now been signed on to star alongside Vernon Kay in her own quiz show. How exciting!

The list of the top ten celebrity mums for 2011:

1. Stacey Solomon
2. Dannii Minogue
3. Holly Willoughby
4. Amanda Holden
5. Katie Price
6. Coleen Nolan
7. Victoria Beckham
8. Kerry Katona
9. Kym Marsh
10. Billie Piper

Well done ladies!

There has been a rapid decline of bingo halls across the country in recent years, and as a result of this, online bingo could soon be tipping the scale as the more popular option for playing bingo.

In a recent study conducted by Ernst & Young, the results found that an average of two bingo halls are closing their doors every month in Britain due to the lack of people using them.

In the last five years, the number of operating bingo halls has decreased from 678 to 526. 25 of these have shut down business in the last 12 months alone.

It has been thought that the smoking ban has played a big part in the decline in numbers as many players who would attend games would play games such as slots in between bingo games are now choosing to go smoke outside instead.

If numbers continuously drop with fewer and fewer people attending bingo halls, they will be forced to shut their doors indefinitely.

A great deal of research has in the past been conducted as to who has the best luck at online bingo. It has been found that people named Susan who reside in Birmingham are the most frequent winners.

Hmmm, interesting, any Susan’s out there? Come join us for a bingo game and test that luck out!

Stress is a bad thing, lack of sleep is awful and the pressures of day-to-day life can really get a person down.

That’s why pampering yourself is something all of us should do. It doesn’t have to be every week, but at least once a month, take a trip to a local Spa and indulge in a facial, a mani and a pedi, and anything else that will let your mind, soul and body completely relax. Of course, we all know that a good game of bingo can also do wonders for ones relaxation levels, LOL!

This month, Giggle Bingo is bringing the Spa treatment to you in the Pamper Hamper promotion.

All you have to do is make a deposit this month (1 to 30 April) of just £10 and you will be given a ticket into a lucky draw to win one of three luxury spa hampers.  The more you deposit the more tickets you get.

Each hamper is valued at £50.

Spoil yourself with your very own spa hamper, you know you deserve it!

I love this time of year! Children are delighted by Easter stories, fun and games. But that doesn’t mean we can’t also get a taste of all the sweet delights on offer.

And oh, no one will think badly of you if just for this week you put that diet plan aside and indulge in yummy chocolate goodies and more. Mmmm!

Join us between 5 and 15 April in the 6,830 BBz Easter Giveaway and have a bit of fun with us in some Easter games.

These Easter games will be played daily, so keep an eye on the Game Schedule for more details on when you can take part.

• A one line win will give you an extra £1 BBz prize.
• A two line win will give you an extra £1 BBz prize
• A Full House win will give you an extra £1 BBz prize.

All BBz won in this giveaway will be automatically credited to you account after you have won.

NOTE: only depositing players at Giggle Bingo with no active duplicate accounts will be eligible to claim a prize in this giveaway.

Easter traditions around the world

• America: Easter carnivals and Easter egg rolling contests take place.
• Germany: people take part in Easter egg hunts and feast on a special lunch with Easter eggs and lamb-shaped cake a part of the menu.
• England: special parades take place and ham is included on the Easter lunch menu.
• Australia: The annual Royal Easter Show takes place and children all play Egg Knocking, a fun game.

Happy Easter Roomies!

Across the globe, people have been picking up the pieces and salvaging what they can from devastating earthquakes and tsunamis that have hit their regions. Two horror earthquakes that have ravaged New Zealand and Japan recently have left its people in great hardship, and leaving the rest of the world overwhelmed by haunting images.

This suffering is something we would not wish upon any man and it is with this in mind that Giggle Bingo has decided to lend a helping hand and do our bit for the relief funds in these grief-stricken areas.

Every day this month we will be holding an hour of normal bingo at normal prices. Simply by taking part in these games, you will be donating to the Earthquake and Tsunami Relief funds. Giggle Bingo will match all the winnings from these hours of play and donate it to the relief efforts in the countries.

Look at for these games in Advanced Buy under the name, Earthquake Relief. They will be available one week in advance.

Games will be played daily at 19:00 in the Snickers Room and 07:00 in the Ice Breaker Room.

Your generosity will help in assisting these nations rise up and pick up the pieces.

So thank you in advance for you participation.

You can never have too many giggles, gaggles, chuckles and laughs in life. If anyone argues this point, well, they haven’t played at Giggle Bingo yet, have they? LOL!

Join the giggles this month between 1 and 30 April as we celebrate the month of laughter in the Giggles Galore promotion.

We pay homage to a timeless British TV show, Only Fools and Horses in this promotion. The highly acclaimed show transcended generations and left us in hysterics with their sarcastic one-liners!

Take part by making a deposit of £10 this month (only one deposit is required but more is advised, LOL!) and you will be given one entry into a lucky draw to win the entire box set of this classic British funny!

A randomly selected draw will take place at the end of the month, and one lucky Roomie will win the prize!

Please note that the only breaks from the giggles that will occur will be to catch your breath. Giggles will commence directly thereafter!

As much as I love my winter woollies, my wellies and big chunky scarves, it is that time of the year again where we must bid soon farewell to them and say hello to glorious summer days, tank tops, sandals and bathing suits.

The dreaded bathing suit may have sent a shudder down your spine, as the thought of showing off that bod might not sound too appealing to some.

But have no fear when Giggle Bingo is near!

LOL!

We are going fitness crazy this month in the Fitness Frenzy April Draw.

The bingo promotion kicked off on 1 April and will continue until 30 April.

Make just £50 worth of deposits during the month and get an entry into a lucky draw to win your very own Treadmill!

After your initial £50 and entry into the draw, you will be given added chances to win with every £10 extra that you deposit. Each £10 you deposit means an additional entry into the draw.

You could be walking off (literally, LOL!) with a treadmill simply for having a bit of bingo fun, WOOHOO!

Come the end of the month, one lucky winner will be chosen at random and notified that they have won the prize.

May summer be a sizzling season for you all as we get into shape, feel fit and remain healthy.

It’s April Fools’ Day today and oh boy have we been having a fab day!

April Fools’ Day is marked by many funny jokes, lots of good-humoured fun, foolishness and tons of giggles.

Giggling is something we know all too well here at Giggle Bingo!

LOL!

You see, I just can’t stop myself!

There is sure to be many funny pranks played on people today.

Here is the Top 10 April Fools’ Day Hoaxes 2011 that The Telegraph listed this morning:

1. The Guardian Royal Wedding Live Blog
2. Groupon “buy” April Fool’s Day
3. YouTube’s “centenary”
4. Gmail Motion
5. Virgin buys Pluto
6. IGN reveal Harry Potter spin-off
7. Highchair for dogs
8. Zimmer skateboard
9. Butterfly Attacks
10. BMW Royal Wedding M3

Don’t be no fool this April Fools’ Day, join us for a bingo game or two for more giggles and gaggles!

It has now been made official; BINGO IS GOOD FOR YOU!

Like that’s something we didn’t already know, LOL! But now it’s been made official by the results of recent medical research.

According to research recently conducted in Britain, playing bingo and other such games has been a positive way for NHS patients to remain active and motivated – it also helped reduce lengths of hospital visits.

New research in the USA has also now indicated that bingo has the potential to be a preventative measure against certain forms of disability amongst the elderly.

Bingo is one of the many social activates that have said to contribute to this research. Other activities include attending church services, dinning out, travel and more. This all benefits the elderly in keeping their bodies and minds active for longer periods of time.

The study centred around elderly folk in their eighties, and the activities they do such as eating, bathing and dressing, as well as walking up and down a flight of stairs and doing household chores.

Participants who took part in activities including bingo were said to remain mobile and independent for a lot longer.

The popularity of online bingo has increased over the years and with research like this, players may want to try a game or two online for even more convenient ways to play this fab game.

Again, we never needed an excuse to play bingo, but now we have solid proof that playing the game will keep us fit as a fiddle for much longer, LOL! WOOHOO!

Who’s up for a bingo game now? Hmmmm…

Spice up your regular chicken casserole with this green peppercorn chicken casserole recipe. The flavours are incredible and it’s oh so simple to make.

Serves 4

Ingredients

1. 12 chicken drumsticks or small thighs
2. 1 medium onion finely chopped (grate if you can)
3. 1 bay leaf
4. 2 Tablespoons drained green peppercorns
5. 1 cup hot water
6. 2 Chicken stock cubes
7. 2 Tablespoons Cornflour
8. 200ml plain yoghurt
9. Black pepper

Directions

• Heat your oven to 180 Celsius.
• Take a large casserole dish with a lid and place the chicken pieces in the bottom. Add the onion, green peppercorns and crumble the two stock cubes over the top.
• Now toss in the bay leaf and pour over the hot water, then cover and into the oven for 45 minutes.
• Mix together the yoghurt and the Maizena, give it a good season with black pepper and then pour over the mixture. Stir it about a bit to combine, cover and then back into the oven for another 15 minutes.
• It’s as simple as that, done and delicious. Serve with rice.

Hmmm, I’m starting to feel a bit hungry just thinking about food, LOL!

The Ashvale Fish Restaurant in Aberdeen has been using bingo as a fundraising initiative and has been given much praise for their efforts by the National Fish and Chips Awards. The restaurant has won the Contribution to the Local Community award.

Bingo is a highly popular game in the north-east, and has helped the restaurant establish itself as one of the biggest fundraising establishments, raising substantial amounts of cash over the years.

The level at which the fundraising has been conducted and the awareness the fundraising has raised was motivating factors in the success of the restaurants achievements.

In its 26 years since it first opened its doors to the public, the restaurant has help many organisations through its fundraising efforts. One recipient of their good work is the National Lifeboat Institution.

As the American Idol competition heats up now that the top 13 have been picked and the eliminations are set to ensue, this is finally the time where the audience at home really have their say on who stays and who goes.

There is another way to get in on all the action, if you like me, are not in the country and cant cast a vote on your favourite then change the channel to BuddyTV who are holding their very own American Idol Audition BINGO!

How exciting!

Get out those bingo daubers or even some Starbursts or your pennies as anything goes in American Idol Bingo. You’ll be marking off the bingo ticket in order to win. The winning in this bingo game will not produce a cash jackpot but will give you increase satisfaction when you get to shout out BINGO after marking on Clay Aiken’s face! What could also be fun is creating your own bingo tickets, with unique categories on them, getting everyone involved and having a giggle together.

Want to play? Click here.

Enjoy the game while I go work on my singing…

Do re mi fa so la te do so do…

LOL!

I’m a huge fan of chicken, there is just so much that can be done to make a chicken dish even more scrumptious and mouth watering.

Finding a simple chicken recipe to follow can also sometimes be tricky but with this Lemony Chicken Escalope’s with Capers recipe, your meal will not only leave you with more time to spare in terms of preparation but it is also a low fat option too. Perfect for my diet, LOL!

Here’s what you need to make this yummy dish:

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 4-8 Chicken breasts
• Fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons worth)
• Black pepper
• Salt to taste
• 3-4 tbsn capers

Directions:

1. Place the chicken breasts between two sheets of cling wrap and flatten them out. (I use a rolling pin)
2. I try to keep it quite low-fat so I spray my frying pan with spray and cook and then just add 1tbsn canola oil. Place the pan over medium heat and allow to heat up.
3. Fry the chicken for 2 minutes a side, season each side with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
4. Remove the chicken and just check whether it’s cooked by cutting into one. They need to be JUST cooked, completely white but still very moist and juicy.
5. Serve at room temperature topped with the capers.

We have collected some incredible recipes from all of you Giggle Bingo Roomies for some time now, but we could never get enough of learning new recipes and trying them on our loved ones, so keep sending them through to us at newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk. If we share it with the rest of our Roomies, you will receive a £10 bonus in BBz!

One of our lovely chat host recently stumbled across these 10 commandments of bingo, and giggled all the way to the chat rooms, where she just has to share it with all the Roomies playing that night.

We couldn’t just let them have all the laughs, that’s totally not fair!

Here they are, the 10 COMMANDMENTS OF BINGO:

1. Thou shall not sit in thy neighbours lucky seat.
2. Thou shall not stare at thy neighbours card.
3. Thou shall not take the Callers name in vain.
4. Thou shall not call false “Bingo”.
5. Thou shall not wish bad luck on thy neighbor.
6. Thou shall not threaten to kill the “Caller”.
7. Thou shall not steal thy husband’s money for Bingo.
8. Thou shall not brag about how much thou hast won.
9. Thou shall not whine about how much thou hast lost.
10. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s winnings.

With these bingo commandments, you’ll go far. Join use for a bingo game and see how well you stick to some of these; you never know, you could be in for a good giggle!

The Edinburgh Comedy Festival always brings out the best laughs.

Last year’s event proved no exception and gave us many highlights to continue laughing at till we get new laughs out of this year’s fest.

Here are the top 10 festival funnies from 2010:

1. Tim Vine: I’ve just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I’ll tell you what, never again.
2. David Gibson: I’m currently dating a couple of anorexics. Two birds, one stone.
3. Emo Philips: I picked up a hitch hiker. You’ve got to when you hit them.
4. Jack Whitehall: I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say “bought”, I actually stole it off a short, fat ginger kid.
5. Gary Delaney: As a kid I was made to walk the plank. We couldn’t afford a dog.
6. John Bishop: Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.
7. Bo Burnham: What do you call a kid with no arms and an eye patch? Names.
8. Gary Delaney: Dave drowned. So at the funeral we got him a wreath in the shape of a lifebelt. Well, it’s what he would have wanted.
9. Robert White: For Vanessa Feltz, life is like a box of chocolates: Empty.
10. Gareth Richards: Wooden spoons are great. You can either use them to prepare food. Or, if you can’t be bothered with that, just write a number on one and walk into a pub…

I say bring on more giggles!

A good laugh is always the best medicine, so keep sending me all your favourite jokes, there is a £10 BBz bonus in it for you if its published in our Giggle Bingo newsletter and here on the online bingo blog. Email me at newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk.

This is still the perfect weather for some hearty homemade soup to warm you up this winter.

Try out this tasty bubble and squeak soup, pour yourself a glass of wine and enjoy a scrumptious meal with us.

Ingredients

• A medium-sized onion
• 2 tablespoons of dripping or butter
• 750g/1lb 10oz leftover roasted or boiled potatoes and parsnips
• 1 teaspoon of chopped thyme leaves
• 1.5 litres turkey, chicken or vegetable stock
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 350g/12oz lightly cooked leftover greens (such as cabbage or Brussels sprouts)
• 150ml/5fl oz single cream
• A fine grating of fresh nutmeg

Preparation method

1. Peel and slice the onion. Melt the dripping or butter in a large, deep saucepan and add the sliced onions. Let them cook for 15 minutes or so with a regular stir, until they are soft and sweet.
2. Chop the cooked potatoes into small pieces and add to the onions with the chopped thyme leaves. As soon as the potatoes are warmed through, pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Season, lower the heat to an enthusiastic simmer and leave, partially covered with a lid, for 25 minutes or so.
3. Chop the cooked greens and stir them into the soup. Don’t worry if they still have some butter clinging to them. Continue to simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Ladle two-thirds of the soup into a food processor and blend until smooth. Return the blended soup to the pan containing the remaining unblended soup. Add the cream and a grating of nutmeg and bring to the boil, then stir and pour into warm bowls. Bread isn’t necessary here but might be welcome if you aren’t having it with a sandwich.

Good luck! If you have any recipes that you would like to share with us and your fellow Giggle Bingo Romies, then why not drop us an email (mailto:newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk)? If your recipe is published in the newsletter and here on the blog, then you will receive £10 bonus in BBz.

We have two LOL jokes to share with all of you today!

Go on, we know you want to giggle.

gingercrisp sent us this joke about retirement:

An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.
The doctor gave the man a jar and said, “Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.” The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor’s office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.
The doctor asked, what happened and the man explained.
“Well, doc, it’s like this–first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing. We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezing it between her knees, but still nothing.”
The doctor was shocked! “You asked your neighbour?”
The old man replied, “Yep, none of us could get the jar open.”

Here are some ROFL beer jokes sent to us by richierich:

After the Great Britain Beer Festival in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.

The guy from Corona sits down and says, “Hey Senor, I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona.” The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

The guy from Budweiser says, “I’d like the best beer in the world, give me ‘The King of Beers’, a Budweiser.” The bartender gives him one.

The guy from Coors says, “I’d like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors.” He gets it.

The guy from Guinness sits down and says, “Give me a Coke.” The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.

The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask “Why aren’t you drinking a Guinness?” and the Guinness president replies, “Well, I figured if you guys aren’t drinking beer, neither would I.”

Thanks for the jokes guys, they certainly had me in stitches!

Join us in one of the bingo rooms for more giggles.

Martha Giblin has celebrated her 107th birthday with a trip down to her local bingo club in Clough Road, Hull.

Her special day was marked with a reserved table and a bunch of flowers at the club she frequents on a weekly basis. She also celebrated the big day with her favourite brandy and lemonade at her family celebration at home.

Martha’s daughter, Doreen Joyce (85) was quoted as saying that her and her mother had been frequenting bingo halls together for more than 15 years and that her mother loves going.

She also mentioned that her mother quite likes that caller, Gary and even calls him her boyfriend. He tends to make a fuss over her.

Martha who is also affectionately known as Annie to her friends has a massive 222 members of her extended family; seven children, 34 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren, 89 great-great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-great-grandchildren.

Happy birthday Martha!

If it means I get to live a long and illustrious life like Martha then, bring on more bingo I say!

We found this article here:

http://www.bingosupermarket.com/bingo-news-articles/1294-bingo-mad-martha-hits-107.html/

A good meal can be complemented with a good drink.

Here is our winter warmer drink recipe, Hot Chocolate biscuits that you can make yourself.

Ingredients

• 175 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) caster sugar
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla
• 2 cups (250 ml) flour
• 3 tablespoons (45 ml) cocoa
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) salt
• 1/8 teaspoon (1/2 ml) chilli powder or cayenne pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon (1/2 ml) ground black pepper, sieved
• 125 gram bittersweet chocolate, grated or finely chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 150C.
2. Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add spices and mix thoroughly
4. Combine flour into mixture. Mix to a dough.
5. Lastly add chocolate and mix through the dough; at this point it will become a bit crumbly but keep mixing gently as it should become a ball of dough.
6. Break dough in half and roll each into a log with a diameter of about 30 mm. Wrap separately in wax paper or foil and refrigerate for three hours.
7. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
8. Take one log out of fridge, unwrap and cut into 7 mm thick slices. Place on tray, spaced at least a 30 mm apart. Repeat with second log on to second tray.
9. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until firm.
10. Transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool – or eat them warm!

Come enjoy a cuppa with us as we chat away in the Chat Rooms!

Some have often knocked bingo for having no skill involved in order to play, meaning that anybody can play the game.

Is this true?

Nope!

Surprised?

Well, research was conducted a couple of years ago by the University of Southhampton’s Centre for Visual Cognition at the Department of Psychology was conducted on a group of about 112 people ranging in ages from 18 to 40 as well as people aged between 60 and 82; with half of these groups containing people who regularly frequented live bingo games, while the other half were not bingo fans.

The test results revealed that bingo players were faster and more accurate than the people tested who did not play bingo. In certain tasks the younger players were actually outperformed by their older counterparts.

The leading researcher on the study, Ms Winstone stated that the findings were in line with an increased amount of research that has suggested that continuous participation in activities requiring high levels of mental stimulation helps to maintain cognitive functioning as we get older.

Ms Winstone concluded that long-term mental stimulation, such in the case of a game of bingo, could indeed help prevent the decline of cognitive abilities; abilities such as speed, accuracy and recognition of certain patterns.

Putting the research to test, a 25 year old was pitted against a 67 year old who has been playing bingo for more than 40 years of her life. Both ladies were given eight cards as the game began. It became evident that the elder player was light years ahead of her younger counterpart; She even cheekily marked the younger lass’s cards for some the numbers she had missed!

The speed at which the 67 year old female played at was astonishing to the younger female.

We always knew us bingo players were smarties, now there is proof! LOL!

Boost your brain power and have a game of bingo with us.

This winter has certainly been a chilli one, bringing with it lots of snow and making us put on our warm wellies and thermos. Not always the most attractive outfits, but I make it work, LOL!

When I don’t have to venture outdoors, I choose to stay indoors, cuddled up with my blankie and warm fire burning in the background as I play in my favourite bingo room at Giggle Bingo.

Make this winter magical with the £5620 Wonderful Winter Giveaway.

It takes place between 15 and 23 January; which means its already started, so join us in the Chat Room NOW!

Keep your eye on the Winter Game and the game schedule to find out when all the hot action is taking place.

Get a FULL House and win an extra £2 BBz prize. Your Nabors will also take home an extra £1 BBz each.

You BBz prizes will be automatically credited to your account after you have won.

I actually feel like going outside to make snow angels now after talking about all things winter, but of course, after that, I will come back inside and join all of you while we take part in this giveaway.

We have just gotten word that we have placed in the top 5 of the WhichBingo UK online bingo ‘Site of the Year’ awards for 2010!

Click here to check it out.

WOOHOO!

How exciting.

This is all thanks to your votes, so thank you Roomies; we couldn’t have done it without you.

The WhichBingo UK ‘Site of the Year’ voting process took place during December last year. This was a great way for you, the bingo players to make your voice heard and vote for your favourite online bingo site.

The list of online bingo sites to choose from was extensive and out of tons of online UK sites, we finished in the top 5!

We promise you more giggling action, excitement and fun in the year to come.

Here’s to making sure our name shine brightly in the years to come and all you special Roomies keep on enjoying the laughter with us!

Mmmmm, it’s time for another tasty treat to serve up at your next dinner party, this time we are serving up Mini Cheddar and Green Onion Quiches.

Ingredients

• Pie pastry for 2-crust pie
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 cup thinly sliced green onions, divided
• 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Freshly ground black pepper, about 1/8 teaspoon
• 1 teaspoon Dijon or other spicy mustard
• 1 cup half-and-half or half heavy cream and half whole milk

Preparation

• Grease and flour mini muffin pans and heat oven to 400°F.

• Roll pie crust out to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out 2 1/2-inch rounds; fit into the mini muffin cups. Brush pastry with butter.

• Sprinkle about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of green onion into each cup; top with a small amount of shredded cheese.

• Whisk together the remaining ingredients; spoon 1 scant tablespoon into each cup, just short of the top of the pastry. Sprinkle each with a little more green onion.

• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until set.

• Makes about 36 mini quiches.

Spice things up a bit and replace the green onions with cooked chopped broccoli if you prefer, it tastes just as good!

Keep those delicious recipes coming in, there is £10 bonus BBz waiting for you if your recipe is published. Email newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk today!

Happy cooking with Giggle Bingo!

With the introduction of gaming on the internet, a new level of online activity began to submerge. The first online bingo room was launched in 1996, and from there the trend in playing online increased into a global activity, with many countries seeing the onset of online bingo being one of the favourite leisure activities for its people. Its simplicity is captivating and the more one plays, the more enthralling the action becomes.

Online bingo is a fun, simple to follow game that offers fast-paced action for the modern player looking for comfort in playing from home.

Bingo is played in different ways by different countries across the globe, yet the basic premise of the game remains – completing wins from one or two lines, or a Full House. Either way, it is always exciting being the one that shouts out the infamous, B.I.N.G.O!

The Chat rooms in the online bingo rooms provide a great way for communication and interaction between fellow bingo fans to occur, many a friendship has been created from these chat rooms conversations.

The charm of playing bingo online is still not quite understood, yet it continues to be a draw card for many bingo enthusiasts the world over, with the trend not looking to slow down any time soon.

Click here to try a game out for yourself at Giggle Bingo!

Happy New Year Roomies!

As we rang in 2011, we realised that 2010 passed us by quicker than we can shout BINGO, LOL!

Hopefully the New Year brings with it a change in the temperature, because we have been getting a bit chilly around here.

There is so much to look forward to this year at Giggle Bingo and we are so excited to share all the fun and games with you special Roomies, creating new friendships along the way and rewarding all of you with huge Jackpots and more!

To get the New Year off with a bang, we have our giggling game schedule ready to reward you with daily, weekly and monthly games that you can play. Today’s game is Wednesday Madness, which is a £200 guaranteed game played. Buy 6 tickets and get 6 FREE! It’s taking place in the Friendship Room at 8pm (BST).

Voting in the Annual Which Bingo “Site of the Year” awards is closed. Did you cast your vote for us?

Promotions

We have definitely kicked the New Year off with a bang of weekly and monthly promotions for you to enjoy.

Some of the promotion highlights you can look forward to this month include:

• £7,000 Sunshine PJP Game – 30 January
• £1,500 MegaPot Game – 28 January
• Jolly Jingles Giveaway – win 1 of 4 £50 HMV vouchers
• Pamper Party Giveaway – win 1 of 2 £100 SpaFinder gift vouchers

Click here to find out all the information you need to know about the weekly promotions on offer.

Click here to find out about all our monthly promotions this January.

Progressive Jackpot update

The Progressive Jackpots are definitely something bingo fans are loving at the moment. They are large and in charge, and can take you from regular bingo fan to winning bingo player in no time.

Here is what has been happening with our Progressive Jackpots at the moment:

• Snickers Room is over £690 and can be won in 41 calls.
• Ice Breaker Room is over $720 and can be won in 40 calls.
• Friendship room is over £1 970 and can be won in 37 calls.
• Speed Bingo Room is over £600 and can be won in 46 calls.
• Harmony Room is over €510 and can be won in 38 calls.

Play in any of these scheduled PJP games and you could receive a major jackpot boost to welcome in the New Year in style!

Hey roomies, remember you have to be a depositing player at Giggle Bingo in order to take part in all the hot promotions and PJP’s. If you haven’t made a deposit yet, what are you waiting for! Deposit today and if it’s your first time, you will receive a 200% match up to £100 bonus offer.

Winners

31 Roomies hit their chosen Bingo Ball for Life numbers 45 times last week. Each of these lucky winners too home their share of the weekly £1,000 jackpot.

Giggle Gives Back Lottery winners included:

kencal, gilvaris, jtlove, mike10, riemod, zocon, shaver, mogsza, mags60july, super44, mammy637, waggles, gezaatje, raejae69, katiebaby2, shalibali, blublu, donnaos and xxMo1944xx.

Special jackpot winners included:

Xmas advent: shaver, gilvaris, xxmo1944xx, xxwiseyxx, suet1959, wackiejackieof4 and jockyboy.
Ball buster: abrad and angelic1.
Tease Me: shaver, didddyglo, booful, kencal and jockyboy.
Mega Ball Buster: booful, jockyboy, purple and chrisnamy1.
Mega Tease Me: durkanbingo, savannah01, picknflick, shrek777 and imrc5.
Money Mountain: gilvaris, didddyglo, booful and savannah01.
Bingo Ball: happyj48, mogsza, abrad, savannah01, lampowl2, didddyglo, xxwisey, wackiejackieof4, chrisnamy1, angelic1 and funonly.

TEAMS

Snickers Teams

**Team Nawty £17.30 each ** xcazziex, happyj48, didddyglo, wackiejackieof4 and baracudda.
** Team Nice £11.06 each ** fiftyfifty, abrad, mogsza, shaver, gilvaris, bigass, xxmo1944xx and jackie500.

Ice Teams

** Team Nawty $16.10 each ** happyj48, wackiehackieof4, purple and picknflick.
** Team Nice $13.40 each ** mogsza, chrisnamy1, jackie500, jockyboy, imrc5 and funonly.

Well done to xxwiseyxx on winning the Free Cash Promotion. There is £50 in CASH waiting to be spent in her account.

Well done to shaver on winning the CM Player of the Week for last week. He took home £25 in BBz just by participating in the rooms. WD!

That’s all the news we have for you at the moment, until next week, enjoy the bingo, enjoy life and may 2011 be the best year yet!

We hope you all had a fab Christmas!

The festivities here at Giggle Bingo continue and here is another recipe for you to try out.

Christmas wouldn’t have have been Christmas without some oh so delicious homemade mulled wine.

It’s terribly simple to make and tastes so much better than what you could by down at the local store.

This James Martine recipe combines citrus with some spice and sweetness to give our favourite tipple delicious flavour.

• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Cook time: 15 minutes
• Serves: 6 – 8

Ingredients:

• 2 oranges
• 2 lemons
• 3 x 750 ml bottles red wine
• 2 vanilla pods, split
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 litres water
• 900 g caster sugar
• 3 cloves
• 4 juniper berries
• 1 bay leaf

Method:

1. Peel the rind from the oranges and lemons and squeeze the juice from the fruit.
2. Combine the rind and juice in a large pot and add the remaining ingredients. Gently bring the mixture to the boil, and then leave for 10 minutes to infuse. Serve warm.

Remember to email us more of your favourite recipes to newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk. If selected, it will not only appear here on the blog and also in the weekly newsletter but also present you with a £10 bonus in BBz.

Watch this space for more delectable recipes as we continue the joy of the festive season! WOOHOO!

Of course Santa must get tired travelling on his sleigh delivering all those presents to all the good children across the globe, the man must also get a bit hungry. So when he would come down the chimney to deliver all my gifts, (yes, I was always a good little girl, LOL!) as a child, I would always leave a glass of milk and a plate of cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Here is a great Chocolate pecan cookies recipe for you to try this year and give Santa a welcome surprise or even just as a treat for yourself this festive season, don’t worry, us Giggle Bingo Roomies aren’t counting the calories in this one, they are way too delicious, sneaky, sneaky!

Here’s how to make them:

Ingredients:

• 180g soft butter
• 3/4 cup soft brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs beaten
• 5ml vanilla essence (1 teaspoon)
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 350g chocolate bits
• 1 cup chopped pecan nuts

Directions:

Put the oven on to 190 Celsius and line 2 baking trays with grease proof paper.
Add the 2 sugars to a mixing bowl with the soft butter and cream together until light and fluffy, you can use an electric beater.
Add the egg and beat well.
If you are using a beater, put it aside now, get a metal spoon and add the vanilla essence, stir gently to distribute evenly.
Now sift in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and stir to combine. You don’t want to be vigorous, just mix it in gently until just combined.
Now add the pecans and chocolate bits and stir gently to distribute evenly.
Drop large tablespoons of the mixture onto the baking trays, leaving about 4cm for spreading.
Pop them in the oven for 10 minutes until they are golden brown and the smell is driving you crazy.
Remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Keep all your recipes coming Roomies, they are divine to look at and oh so heavenly to devour, LOL!

According to one of Nigella Lawson’s festive dinner guests this upcoming Saturday, Richard E Grant, bingo games will form part of their festivities for the eve.

Grant told The Daily Telegraph that after a 20-year friendship with Nigella, he has come to know Christmas as being on a “large scale” at the Lawson household. Of course one of the main highlights of the eve will be some delicious food to be eaten probably made by Nigella herself. But after the scrumptious meal, the fun then begins as the dinner party will sing a bit of karaoke and then play some BINGO!

Apparently things get pretty competitive amongst the guest as to who gets the honours of being the bingo caller on the night. It wasn’t revealed there were any prizes up for grabs or if they could play any free bingo games but we are sure that any dinner where bingo is brought into the nights activities is a night worth remembering.

On the Eve of Christmas we would just like to wish all our special Roomies a very Merry Christmas.

May it be filled with good tidings, lasting memories and special moments shared between you and all your loved ones.

Thank you for making this such a special year for all of us and we hope that you receive great joy this festive season.

We have some fab Christmas bingo promotions currently underway at the moment, so to get you into the festive spirit even more, take a look at the site and see how you could be walking away with a special giggling jackpot just in time to great Santa’s arrival.

Whatever your plans are for this Christmas period, be safe, keep warm and remember to capture every memory on camera to remember the good times forever.

I’m off to go eat some more mince pies, they are just so delicious, so chat soon!

The hottest trend hitting this scene this season is BINGO!

Say what?

Yip, that’s right, hands up for the return of bingo as not just a game associated with retirement villages and your granny.

All the cool kids are also getting in on all the bingo action too these days!

I recently came across a story about how a young married man was taken to a bingo night out at the local church by his wife and was very confused on arrival for his first bingo night as to why the parking lot was so full and what the excitement was about.

After being asked by the cashier selling the bingo tickets if it was his first time, the young man was mystified by the wads of cash floating around through not only standard games, but also in bonus games, raffle tickets, lottery scratchers and so much more.

He handed the cashier his week’s pay and proceeded to ask her how much the jackpots were. The cashier’s response of $250 shocked the young man; he then learnt what a dauber was.

After looking around at all the faces (who did not seem to make eye contact with him for their focus was on their tickets) he noticed on the programme that the rules of bingo that he knew as a child were very different to what was being played there on the night.

The screech of a woman shouting BINGO ten minutes after their first game started, the young man was given a bit of a fright.

The excitement of the game was soon all over the young man’s face as a winning call came from his wife; winning the $250 prize!

By the impressive turnout at the local church, you can only imagine how big the bingo community is online. It’s a growing pastime for people all over the world, both young and old.

Want a taste of the action for yourself?

Click here

With Christmas just 3 sleeps away (yes, I’m marking the days off on my advent calendar, LOL!), I really have been a jolly mood.

To spread the cheer with all of you, here is a joke one of our special Roomies, mondilou emailed to us:

It was Christmas and the judge was in a merry mood as he asked the prisoner, “What are you charged with?”
“Doing my Christmas shopping early,” replied the defendant.
“That’s no offense,” said the judge. “How early were you doing this shopping?”
“Before the store opened,” countered the prisoner.

LOL!

Another festive funny we received came from Roomie, nanagoosey:

Shopping For a Turkey

It was Christmas Eve in a supermarket and a woman was anxiously picking over the last few remaining turkeys in the hope of finding a large one.
In desperation she called over a shop assistant and said “Excuse me. Do these turkeys get any bigger?”
“No” he replied, “They’re all dead”.

We are always up for a good laugh; giggling is something we love to do, so keep those jokes coming in.

If yours is the one chosen the really got our funny bones tickling for the week, we publish it here on the blog and in our weekly newsletter. You will also receive a cool £10 bonus in BBz!

Giggle Bingo is an online bingo room for the fans, we cater to an international audience, all with individual needs and wants from their gaming experience.

That’s why we have made awesome improvements to our game schedules to give you a better online bingo experience and greater potential to win big games.

You now have daily, weekly and monthly chances of walking away a winner and having your name featured in bright lights on a fab Winners Wall!

Here’s what you can now look forward to:

Daily games:

Daily Nifty Fifty

•£50 Guaranteed games
•Buy 6 get 6 FREE.
•Where: Friendship Room
•When: Daily
•Time: Various times

Daily Nifty Fifty

•£50 Guaranteed games
•Buy 6 get 6 FREE.
•Where: Harmony Room
•When: Daily
•Time : Various times

Monday Double

• 2 X £100 guaranteed games played
• Buy 6 get 6 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 6 and 8 PM BST

Tuesday Fever

• £150 guaranteed game played
• Buy 6 get 6 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 8 PM BST

Wednesday Madness

• £200 guaranteed game played.
• Buy 6 get 12 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 8 PM BST

Thursday Tango

• £150 guaranteed game played
• Buy 6 get 6 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 8 PM BST

Friday Frenzy

• 2 X £100 guaranteed games played
• Buy 6 get 6 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 6 and 8 PM BST

Saturday Bonanza

• £250 guaranteed game played.
• Buy 6 get 12 FREE!
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 7 PM BST

Sunday Cashfest

• €250 guaranteed game played
• Where: Harmony Room
• Time: 7 PM BST

Sunday Feast

• £250 guaranteed game played
• Where: Friendship Room
• Time: 7 PM BST

Weekly game:

Dash for Cash

• Win up to £5 000
• 16 games played daily
• Where: Friendship Room
• When:  every day
• Time: Various times

Monthly game:

The Monthly Whopper

•£2 500 guaranteed game
•Buy 6 get 12 FREE!
•Where: Friendship Room
•When: last Sunday of the month
•Time: 7 PM BST

I’m sure you are all eagerly waiting a big feast on Christmas day with loved ones.

If you are still deciding on a menu for the day, why not add oh so scrumptious roast pumpkin wedges to the menu?

If your mouth is watering already, here is the recipe for you to make them yourself. It’s simple to make and can be laid out flat on a serving dish to serve directly to your guests.

Roasted pumpkin wedges with chestnut, cinnamon & fresh bay leaves

Serves: 4 – 6.

Ingredients

• 1 medium pumpkin, about 1.3kg
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 4 tbsp maple syrup
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 20 fresh sage leaves
• 10 fresh bay leaves
• Salt and black pepper
• 150g cooked chestnuts

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/ gas mark 6. Cut the unpeeled pumpkin into wedges (1-2cm at the thick end) and discard the seeds; leave the skin on. In a large bowl, toss the pumpkin pieces with four tablespoons of olive oil, the cinnamon, three tablespoons of maple syrup, the garlic, sage, half the bay leaves, and salt and pepper. Lay out in a single layer in a large roasting tray and roast for 20-25 minutes, until the pumpkin is soft and golden. Add the chestnuts five minutes before the end.

Arrange the tray’s contents on a serving platter and scatter the remaining bay leaves over the top. Stir together the remaining syrup and oil, and drizzle on top. Serve warm.

Happy cooking!

Send us more of your favourite recipes and we will share them all of our Giggle Bingo Roomies to try out for themselves. There are some extra BBz to be won if the recipes are published.

I hope you have all hung the Christmas decorations on your tree, made or bought those special people in your life a gift and thought about where you will be enjoying a Christmas feast this festive season.

There isn’t much time left till Santa comes down your chimney and spreads good cheer to all; so to get you in the spirit of things before the big day, play in our £7000 Christmas Giveaway.

The weekly promotion kicks off on Wednesday (22 December) and will continue up till 31 December.

What an apt way to ring in the New Year!

Play our Christmas game and you could win big:

• Win with one line in this game and you’ll receive £1 BBz extra!
• Win with two lines here and you’ll receive £2 BBz extra!
• Full House to win that extra £3 BBz prize!

Keep an eye on the Games Schedule for more information and get into the Christmas spirit with this fab Giveaway!

For now I’m taking my mistletoe with me and I’m going to find me someone to share a smooch with under it, LOL!

Q: What do you call the fear of getting stuck in a chimney?

A: Santaclaustrophobia.

LOL!

Here is another joke one of our special Roomies, yogi49 sent us:

The police came to my front door last night holding a picture of my missus.
They asked me ”Is this your wife?”
Shocked I replied, ”Yes”
They said ”I’m afraid it looks like she’s been in a car accident”
I said ”I know but she’s got a great personality”.

Here’s one for the Scots!

One day a Scotsman, who had been stranded on a deserted island for over 10 years, saw a speck on the horizon. He thought to himself, “It’s certainly not a ship.” And, as the speck got closer and closer, he began to rule out the possibilities of a small boat or even a raft.

Suddenly there emerged from the surf a wet-suited black clad figure. Putting aside the scuba gear and the top of the wet suit, there stood a drop-dead gorgeous blonde! The glamorous blonde strode up to the stunned Scotsman and said to him, “Tell me, how long has it been since you’ve had a cigarette?”

“Ten years,” replied the amazed Scotsman. With that, she reached over and unzipped a waterproofed pocket on the left sleeve of her wet suit, and pulled out a fresh pack of cigarettes. He takes one, lights it, and takes a long drag. “Aye,” said the man, “that is so good I’d almost forgotten how great a smoke can be!”

“And how long has it been since you’ve had a drop of good Scotch whisky” asked the blonde.

Trembling, the castaway replied, “Ten years.” Hearing that, the blonde reaches over to her right sleeve unzips a pocket there and removes a flask and hands it to him. He opened the flask and took a long drink. “Tis nectar of the gods!” stated the Scotsman. “Tis truly fantastic!!!”

At this point the gorgeous blonde started to slowly unzip the long front of her wet suit, right down the middle. She looked at the trembling man and asked, “And how long has it been since you played around?”

With tears in his eyes, the Scotsman fell to his knees and sobbed; “Don’t tell me you’ve got golf clubs in there too!”

Remember to send us your jokes, we could not only publish them here on the blog and in our weekly newsletter, but you will also receive an added £10 bonus in BBz for the laughs.

Email newsletter@gigglebingo.co.uk with all your giggles, let’s keep the laughter coming peeps, its what we love best here at Giggle Bingo!

There has never been a better time to win some cold hard cash this festive season than by playing in any of our bingo rooms.

Here is how our Progressive Jackpots are looking at the moment:

• Snickers Room is over £760 + and can be won in 44 calls.
• Ice Breaker Room is over $930 + and can be won in 42 calls.
• Friendship Room is over £1 720 + and can be won in 37 calls.
• Speed Bingo Room is over £520 + and can be won in just 41 calls.
• Harmony Room is over €550 + and can be won in 41 calls.

Go on, check the Game Schedule out and play in any one of our oh so delectable Rooms for you chance to win your very own Progressive Jackpot, making this December even more jolly!

2010 has been a great year for us, and we are so looking forward to ringing in the New Year. But before we focus all our attention on 2011 and all the gaggles we will have with all of you, there is still so much to look forward to this festive season.

For starters, there are stacks of promotions on the go this month that offer incredible jackpot opportunities.

Another exciting thing currently on the go is that Which Bingo, a highly respected online bingo portal has just opened the voting in their coveted annual “Site of the Year” award.

Last year saw us walk away with the second place prize in the category “New Online Bingo Site of the Year” and we’re going for top honours again this year in the “Site of the Year” award, so Roomies, vote, vote vote!

You can only vote once, so make it count! Vote for us!

Voting is open till 31 December.

Click here to cast your vote for Giggle Bingo!

Congratulations all ‘round to these sassy Roomies who have all recently joined the leagues of extraordinary Giggle Bingo winners.

Winner in Giggle Gives Back:
savannah01, misswinnie, blublu, xauntsallyx, jimgreen62, raejae69, funonly, shaver, chauffeur4, kencal, monkemekka, didddyglo, purplej, allgo, zocon, dolphine09, jackie500, suet1959 and bunshine2.

Special JP Winners
Xmas Advent Winners: braidy606, happyj48, locolady613 and iammo.
Ball Buster: gilvaris, wackiejackieof4, chrisnamy1 and kencal.
Tease Me: abrad, shaver, fiftyfifty, chrisnamy1, wackiejackieof4, purple and kate18.
Mega Ball Buster: abrad, happyj48 and cmackin.
Mega Tease Me: isla52, savannah01 and picknflick.
Money Mountain: didddyglo, fiftyfifty, durkanbingo, mogsza, imrc5, pttylynne and doggoneit;
Bingo Ball: tjtina, mogsza, wackiejackieof4, abrad, gilvaris, happyj48, chrisnamy1, angelic1, iammo and fiftyfifty.

Snickers Teams
Team Naughty: abrad, piapuppa, fiftyfifty, mogsza, jackie500, wackiejackieof4, happyj48, didddyglo and shaver.
Team Nice: jollyjoy21, xcazziex, bigass, gilvaris, kencal, baracudda and iammo.

Ice Breaker Teams
Team Naughty: happyj48, funonly, mogsza and wackiejackieof4.

Team Nice: jollyjoy21, jackie500, juliette, angelic1, imrc5 and fiftyfifty.

Well done to kate18 on winning the Free Cash Promotion. There is now £50 in CASH in her account waiting to be spent.

Well done to purplej on winning the CM Player of the Week. He took home £25 in BBz just by participating in the rooms. WD!

Way to go Roomies! Keep on having fun and happy playing. Winning has never been this easy.

Bingo is popular in many countries around the world. Countries such as the UK have seen bingo becoming a hobby of both young and old for years. Canada, America and also other European countries have also been known for their love of bingo.

The Caribbean is quickly picking up on bingo trends and judging from the video we recently came across, the people of Jamaica are showing their DBL (Deep Bingo Love) right in the heart of the country.

The video shows a less economically affluent community enjoying the game in a completely different way to that of developed countries, really making you appreciate the bingo halls and online bingo options you have available to you.

The Jamaican version of bingo can certainly be considered homemade; the cards are often either made of thin bamboo paper or simply drawn directly onto a table using lead.

Pebbles are often used as a substitution for chips and the bingo balls. The pebbles which act as the balls will have numbers on them. The caller will simply shake a bag of rocks and pull out one of the pebbles to make the call.

The game they play may seem low budget, but it definitely has its thrill with a bit of money thrown into the mix. The atmosphere around a game of bingo is fun, spirited and full of dancing, gambling, drinking and more on a hot Caribbean day.

According to an elderly local man, the folk meanings behind some of the various numbers in the bingo game include the number four which means blood, 19 means sliver, seven means hug and 12 means big head.

Click here to check out the video of bingo in Jamaica.

Ah, the joy that shopping brings to my life is something that only my fellow shopaholics could possibly understand. Yes, you heard me say it out loud, “I’m a shopaholic” and proud of it too! LOL!

This festive season has already been filled with fab shopping trips, but there is still more to come and you can join me in the £3900 Christmas Shopping Giveaway to fill those goodie bags even more!

All you have to do is play the Christmas Shopping game between 15 and 21 December and keep your eye on the Game Schedule for more details on how you could walk away with your very own shopping spree this Christmas! WOOHOO!

Giveaway details:

• A FULL HOUSE on the Christmas Shopping game = an extra £4 BBz prize.
• Your Nabors will also win themselves an extra £1 BBz prize.
• All BBz you win will be automatically credited to you bingo account.

Being the shopping aficionado that I am, here are some of my secret shopping tips just for you to make this festive seasons shopping even more fab:

• Try shopping online this year. You can wear your highest heels and not have to worry about your feet being in pain from walking the mall flat.
• You can pick the most amazing goodies up at small local shops that are both a bit cheaper than at big retail stores and completely unique in their designs; it’s also a great way to avoid the crowds.
• Try doing something different this year and look at gifts like a hot air balloon ride for that someone special.

Take part in the £3900 Christmas Shopping Giveaway and join the sisterhood of the sassy shoppers!

As we draw closer to ringing in the New Year, there is still some party left in us to make 2010 the best year yet.

Open up a bottle of bubbly, put on that cheesy party hat and above all, make sure you got those dancing shoes on because it’s time to party on down with us in the Party Time Giveaway!

This promotion kicked off on the 8th and will run till the 14th of December.

Here’s a breakdown of the promotion prizes:

• Get ONE LINE on the Party Time game and you win an extra £1 BBz prize!
• Get TWO LINES on the Party Time game and you win an extra £2 BBz prize!
• Get a FULL HOUSE on the Party Time game and you win an extra £3 BBz prize!

Games in this promotion are played are played daily, so all you have to do is keep your eye on the game schedule for more information.
Any BBz you win will be automatically credited to your bingo account.

Before I go, here are some giggling tips for you to make this New Years the safest and best one yet:

• Your furry friends are not big fans of the loud fireworks display that will probably light up the night sky on New Year’s Eve. So remember, as much as we enjoy their beauty, the noise is amplified tremendously for animals, especially dogs, so keep them locked up safe and sound for the night.
• Remember not to drink and drive, for your safety and the safety of others on the road. If you are going to enjoy a glass (or two, LOL) of bubbly on the night, get someone else to be on driving duties and also keep a bottle of water handy.
• Above all, enjoy the celebrations and ring in 2011 with many great moments and a gaggle of good laughs!