April 2006 Bingo Newsletter

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April 28th 2006

We bid April a fond farewell, but OoOoO what an exciting month it was!! Our Bingo Cruise contest is off to a tremendous start, and we have some exciting new happenings coming up in May in our 90 Ball Hall…add in a FABULOUS Mother's Day Weekend and you have a recipe for an incredible May coming your way on the BESTEST Bingo on the net...so grab your favorite drinkie and here we go...!!!!

PLUS don't forget ALL our Game Prizes and Jackpots are pure, hard CASH!!!! So this really is the best place to play!!!

KEY EVENTS

3RD ANNUAL CRUISE CONTEST - WIN A BINGO CRUISE!!!
This year's Cruise will depart Ft. Lauderdale on October 31st and cruise the exotic Western Caribbean, returning on November 8th aboard the Carnival Legend. And YOU AND A FRIEND could be aboard!!! Yes, we are giving away an all-inclusive BINGO CRUISE for 2 people… a prize worth a massive $5000!!!

Contest Dates: April 17th thru August 15th
Watch for our special "Cruise Ship" Pattern to play randomly throughout the day and night. Each time the cruise ship pattern plays the game winner will receive 10 cruise miles. If they are IN chat when they win, they receive an extra 10 Cruise miles. Then ONCE an hour our CMs will give away 10 Cruise miles to a lucky game winner!!! The player with the MOST Cruise Points at Midnight on August 15th WINS 2 fabulous tickets on this exciting Bingo Cruise. Look out for those Special Cruise Points to be given away to our IN CHAT winners by our CMs during the contest!!

This fabulous prize includes 2 tickets for a Deluxe Verandah Outside Category "B" Cabin aboard the "all-inclusive" Bingo Cruise, worth up to $5000!!! The Deluxe Verandah Outside Stateroom features floor-to-ceiling glass doors that open to a private balcony so you never miss the fantastic views!! The room includes two twin beds convertible to a king-size bed, private bathroom with shower and hairdryer, color TV with first-run movies, wall safe, separate vanity area, sofa and sitting area and telephone. Plus entry into ALL the Bingo events played on the Cruise playing for $80,000 in Prize Money and one lucky winner will receive a FREE Cruise!!

• 1st Place - 2 tickets for the Bingo Cruise
• 2nd Place - $500
• 3rd Place - $250
• 5 runner-up prizes of $50 each

Embark on this amazing Bingo Cruise Contest - You really won't want to miss a single day of this exciting contest! Click here to find out more about exciting itinerary and ports of call. The Leaders are now posted...check them out, either in the game from the Winners Page or on our website.
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MINI MONEY MOUNTAIN!
We thought we'd give you a treat and bring back the little brother of the Mega Money Mountain!! Join us in the Liberty Lounge at 8PM on Saturday 4/29 for one full hour of guaranteed $50 game prizes makky13 and a Jackpot starting at $50 and climbing each game until it is won! Scoop up these special dime cards for loads of Big Bucks!!
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MEGA MONEY MOUNTAIN!!
Join us in the Cabaña Café at 10PM every Saturday for the Wildest Speed ride ever!! $4000 in Prize Money MUST be WON!! 40 Speed Games, each with a $100 minimum prize. Our Progressive Jackpot will start at $100 and grow by $100 each game it is not won!! PLUS, each new game we will add one MORE ball to the Ball to Jackpot total until the Progressive Jackpot is won. Then it resets and the race starts all over again. WOW!! Watch this Jackpot climb and as you scale the dizzy heights to the top, we'll make it easier to win each game!!! Plus $4000 Jackpot up for grabs each week!! Wow!! Join us for this fantastic bonanza and win BIG!!!

*Note - the Jackpot resets to $100 when hit and the race starts all over again! At the end of the hour, the Jackpot total rolls over till the next week - so make sure you never a miss a game!!!
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LOONY LIBERTY LOOT!!
Mark your calendars for Sunday 4/30/06 in the Liberty Lounge, as we'll be having five Special games with a Guaranteed $250 Prize each, plus a fixed $1000 Jackpot. Watch for the Dollar Sign pattern to play at 6-7-8-9 and 10PM. Load up on cards and check those pre-buys, you won't want to miss out on these games! BIG money up for grabs!!!
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CRAZY CABAÑA CASH!!
We continue our Crazy Cabaña Cash games on Sunday 5/7/06 in the Cabaña Café!!! Five Special games with a Guaranteed $500 Prize each, plus a fixed $1000 Jackpot. Watch for the Dollar Sign pattern to play at 6-7-8-9 and 10PM. Load up on cards to win BIG!!!
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ADIEU APRIL PYOP BBs GAMES
Join us on Saturday & Sunday 4/29 and 4/30, when we play our Mystery PYOP games for BBs prizes in both Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge. Our CMs will be awarding $100 BBs, $75 BBs, $50 BBs and $25 BBs prizes. Multiple IN CHAT Game winners will SPLIT the BBs for their wins and have them credited immediately to their accounts, on our PYOP Patterns. No pushing or shoving, there are plenty of BBs to go around but you'll want to load up on cards in both the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge halls, for these special games.
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BEER BUDGET BLACKOUTS!!
These exciting new games are now playing randomly in both the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge. You buy 3 and we'll give you 3 free…a 6 Pack of Cards LOL!! Watch for the special Beer Budget Blackout patterns to play - In Cabaña Café for $.50 a card and a guaranteed $75.00 game Prize/$100 Jackpot!! In Liberty Lounge the Beer Budget Blackout pattern will be $.25 cards with a guaranteed $50.00 game prize/$50 Jackpot. Now tap your nabor on the shoulder and ask how many cards they bought and you'll get the same answer over and over… Everyone plays with 6 Cards for the price of 3 - No more, No less!!! Now there's a 6 Pack of Beer everyone can afford… GLA, and pop a top for me!!
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SPECIAL OOPS GAMES!
On April 28th & 29th and again on May 5th & 6th, watch for some special OOPS patterns in the Cabaña Café and the Liberty Lounge! Be our Bingo winner, on the special pattern, and our CMs will instantly credit your account, with a whopping $25 BBs. BBs are now split with all in chat game winners!!!
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SPECIAL WEDNESDAY DAISY GAMES!
Be sure to join us on Wednesday May 3rd when we will be playing some special Daisy Game patterns in the Cabaña Café and the Liberty Lounge. Be our single IN CHAT Bingo winner on the special pattern and our CMS will instantly credit your account with $25 BBs! So load up on cards NOW!!

THE 90 BALL CORNER!!!
Each week we will devote this special section to our 90 Ball hall and all its exciting happenings. First off….there's some exciting changes coming on May 1st…let's get started!!!

• Each Wednesday AND Saturday at 10PM ET We will play our Crazy Cash Countdown Games!
• Speed Bingo will now be played Daily during the 10PM Hour!
• NEW!!! Daily Special: WATERLOO WONGA!! Played at 9PM ET, scoop up these $.60 cards, Buy 2 Get 2 Free for a chance at our special prizes of $20/$30/$50.
• NEW!! Our Weekly MANCHESTER MEGA Played Each Sunday at 9PM. This high roller 90 Ball game will have a massive payout of $20/$30/$150, so grab those cards and for each 2 you purchase we will throw in 2 for Free!!
• MOVING: Wanna Trade moves to Sunday - 8-10PM ET!!
  

90 BALL OOPS GAMES!!
Watch for our OOPS $5/$10/$20 games to play at the top of EVERY hour from Noon to Midnight AND at the BOTTOM of every hour, come join us for MINI OOPS payouts of $2.50/$5/$10!! AND to spice up these SPECIAL TOH Games, we will be awarding BBs on EACH Level to our IN chat game winners! So pop into our 90 Ball Hall and scoop up some big game prizes and BBs Galore!! NOW playing six minute Games 24 hours a day in our 90 Ball Hall, WooHoo!!!
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90 BALL CRAZY CASH COUNTDOWN!! NEW!!
Nothing short of a FAST, FUN-FILLED hour of Speed Bingo in our 90 ball hall, and what an exciting twist! Join us every Wednesday and Saturday at 10PM, when we play these fantastic Cash Countdown Specials! Here's how it works: We'll start the game with a 39 Balls to Jackpot count and a $200 Jackpot. Each game the Jackpot is not won we will add 2 Balls to the Jackpot count but watch out as the Jackpot count will go DOWN by $10 each game until it is won. Once won, it will be reset to 39 BTJ/$200 JP!! Load up on these $.60/6-on Strips and get that JP early and often!!! It's a race!! Win fast for BIG cash Jackpots!! *TOH/BOH will not be played during this special hour.
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FUNKY NEW FEATURES - 90 BALL HALL!!
Look out for some new and exciting game feature changes this week in our 90 Ball Hall. We're introducing multi-colored cards with tabs indicating when you are close to Bingo like in 75 Ball Bingo!! Fantastic! So when you are getting close to bingo - each ticket within your card will change color - turning blue with a 3 to go tab, green with a 2 to go tab and red with a 1 to go tab at the side! This is a great visual aid so you can see at a glance how close you are to winning! Woohoo!

Plus look out for the new Specials Tab within the Pre-Buy screen - we've made it even easier for you to find all your favorite specials and pre-buy for them!! Fantastic!!

TAKE A TRIP DOWN PENNY LANE!!!
Penny Lane is here to stay!! We've decided to give you more of the games you LOVE!! Woohoo! Join us in our Special Penny Lane Hall for PENNY Games. You got it…PENNIES!! Six minute games played 24 hours a day. Minimum game prizes of $5 with a Progressive Jackpot starting at $100. Wowzer…get in there fast and max out those pre-buys!!

PENNY SPEED HOUR!!
Check out Penny Lane at 9PM everyday when we will be playing some fast and furious Bullet Blackout games. And here's the deal of a lifetime...You buy 100 cards and we will throw in the rest for FREE…so you can MAX out on every game. Buckle up for these 2 Minute Bullet Blackouts as it will prove to be one fast hour of exciting Penny Speed Games. And don't forget to pre-buy the entire hour!!!
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RAINBOW GAME!!
Join us every Sunday at 11PM for our colorful "Rainbow" Game. Played in the Liberty Lounge, it is NOW a Quarters game and has a Guaranteed Prize of $500 and plays for the Rainbow Progressive Jackpot starting a $1000!! So all you have to do, is spend $1 and we'll give you two FREE cards for a chance at winning this fantastic prize.
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JUMBO 'J' GAME!!!
Our Jumbo "J" Game played at Midnight each Sunday in the Cabaña Café has a Guaranteed Prize of $1000 plus its own Progressive Jackpot (The DOW JP)!! For this game ONLY, every two cards you buy you get two FREE!! Every $1 you spend we'll DOUBLE your chances for this spectacular prize!!
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ONE-DAY MINI SLOTS TOURNAMENT!!
On Monday May 1st, we will be having a special ONE day (24 hour) Slots tournament. No entry required, just play the in-house Slots that are right on your Bingo game page and you will be entered. And remember, your BBs can be used to play this game, so now is the time to use up those extra BBs. 20 MOST WINS players win from $5-$100 BBs

Congrats to last weeks Scratchie Winners:
Most Wins:
$100 BBs - byron
$50 BBs - debbie2001
$30 BBs - LULULULU4
$20 BBs - shortkatie, boingo, lisa4560, kia1971, skippy58, Bompy, vernie
$10 BBs - pipper, shellbo, tobbie1, XCLMX, fair1
$5 BBs - extar, davebingo, bingowubbr, dblstuffed, bmt
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FRUITMANIA SLOTS TOURNEY!!
Beginning at Midnight on 4/28/06 (00.01 server time on 4/28) and running thru Midnight 4/29/06 we're having our next Slots Tourney with a BIG CASH prize and LOADS of BBs up for grabs!!

Here's how it works: No entry or signups required. Simply play the Fruitmania Slots during this 48-hour period and the Top 20 players with the MOST WINS win!! You'll find the Fruits under the "More games" tab. Winners will receive the following prizes for each part of the tourney:

• 1st Place - $250 Cash
• 2nd Place - $100 BBs
• 3rd Place - $50 BBs
• 4th Place thru 10th Place - $20 BBs
• 11th Place thru 15th Place - $10 BBs
• 16th Place thru 20th Place - $5 BBs
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MAMMOTH MOTHER'S DAY SPECIALS!!
THE place to be during Mother's Day Weekend. We start off with our Special "M-O-T-H-E-R" Patterns. Be the first to collect a win on all 6 patterns and email carol@tikibingo.com and you'll be the proud winner of a new Dell 32" HDTV Flat Panel TV, a $1500 Value!!! Special BBs prizes of $100-25 BBs to our next 5 Winners.

Watch for next week's Newsletter to bring info on special PYOP BBs games, and our 3 day Highway Kings Slots Tourney!! You won't want to be anyplace else this Mother's Day Weekend!!

AWESOME APRIL MOST GAMES PLAYED CONTEST
With just a little twist, April's contest will be based on MOST GAMES PLAYED. If you are in our top 10 players you could win: 1st place $150 BBs, 2nd place $100 BBs, 3rd Place $50 BBs, 4th thru 10th Place $25 BBs. Set those pre-buys in all 4 halls, and get into those top 10 spots!!! Leaders as of midnight 4/23: Liesele, luganav, cbyras, CaptainMel, bree53, kmamill98, charms1241, Canuckluck, Missynjay and commanderp. Just a few days left in the month…Let's get going!!

MAY MADNESS MOST GAMES WON CONTEST
This month our contest takes another turn. Be in the top 5 players who WIN the Most Games and you could be awarded $100/75/50/25/10 BB's. Begins May 1st and continues through midnight on May 31st. GL All!!

APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS!!
The rain is here FINALLY, and the flowers are beginning to pop-up!! Starting May 1st and running thru Midnight May 31st, Bingo IN Chat on our Special "May Flowers" pattern in the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge, and our wonderful CMs will credit your account with an extra $25 in BBs. Remember, you must be a single IN CHAT game winner to win!!
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PLAYER PIX PROMO!!
Yippie - we finally got the oodles and oodles of pix that have been sent in over the months posted up on profiles. Now for all of you who have not sent in your pix, jet it off to me carol@tikibingo.com or pix@tikibingo.com and I'll bonus you $5 and get it up on your profile for all the roomies to see!!! Please remember to check if your pic is up before you send it in again as we will only issue your bonus once.

PLAYER OF THE DAY!
As you may have noticed we have started a "Player of the Day" in our Cabaña/Liberty and 90 Ball Halls. If you are the FIRST single game winner on our 6PM game, you become our Player of the Day for the following day. Each time you bingo in Cabaña/Liberty Halls, your roomies get $1 BBs. If you are the 90 Ball POD, then each of your roomies gets $.50. Get those Cards/win those games POD, your roomies are counting on you!!

DID YOU KNOW??
You can earn Comp Points? You will earn 1 comp point for every $10 you spend in any game. To view your current Comp points, click the Cashier button and click the Comps icon. An up-to-date total of your points is displayed. You will also see the number of points you need to move to the next level. To convert Comp points to real money, just click the "Convert to Real Money" button. The money is deposited to your bingo account immediately. The conversion ratio is also displayed. Read more about Comp points at www.tikibingo.com and click on the members tab.

PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS - MORE CHANCES TO WIN!!

• 4/19 - $3086 - kaybird - Liberty Lounge
• 4//20 - $1035 - amigo4061 - Liberty Lounge
• 4/21 - $3225 - Trudymak - Cabaña Café
• 4/21 - $2933 - uncd8ted - Liberty Lounge
• 4/21 - $1356 - rebas - Liberty Lounge
• 4/22 - $1486 - dawnnic - Cabaña Café
  
• 4/22 - $1657 - bab353 - 90 Ball Hall
• 4/22 - $1300 - Novaa67 - Liberty Lounge
• 422 - $1000 - skippy58 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 4/22 - $1300 - happy2win - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 4/22 - $1100 - GAbingoNUT - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 4/22 - $1300 - photoqueen - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 4/24 - $9265 - charlene14 - Cabaña Café
• 4/25 - $1678 - deblea - Liberty Lounge
• 4/25 - $2067 - grambarb - Liberty Lounge
• 4/25 - $1074 - squirl3 - Liberty Lounge
• 4/26 - $3296 - silkworm - Liberty Lounge
  

KRAZY KENO TOURNEYS!!
Our NEXT Keno tourney will begin on Tuesday 5/2 run thru Midnight Thursday 5/4. Watch each week's newsletter for winners to be announced. Play Keno and if you are one of our top 20 MOST WINS players you could win from $5-$100 BBs.
Congrats to last week's winners:

Most Wins
$100 BBs - davebingo
$50 BBs - perkymom2
$30 BBs - minnesotal
$20 BBs - lisa4560, vernie, hitemup, UncleBobby, Missynjay, deerose1, ohballs
$10 BBs - SandiW, freckles21, montanajo, native01, cdlbny
$5 BBs - lindz0509, Sgthooksu, terrihurt, na555, missyk
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APRIL TEAM BINGO!!
April teams are on a roll....Leaders after 6 team dates played as of press time are:

• 1st Place - Team #6
• 2nd Place - Team #7
• 3rd Place - Team #8
  
  MAY TEAM BINGO!!
  Don't get left out of May Team Bingo, lots of BBs up for grabs! Email carol@tikibingo.com to secure your spot on a May Team. It begins on 5/3/05. Hurry, teams are now being assigned, email today!! Click here to read all Team Bingo details and rules.
  

CHAT ETIQUETTE
A special request - let's help keep our chat lively and on a positive note. We suggest a visit to the website to review our Chat Etiquette rules. Our Chat Masters work hard to keep our chat rooms the best on the net, and with your help we will stay on top!!!

WHO AM I?
Each week I will give you five clues to help identify our mystery person. This can be anyone from Actors/Politicians/Sports Figures/History Makers. Deadline for guesses each week is the following Tuesday by midnight, no exceptions. Email one guess per player/email address to carol@tikibingo.com and I'll credit you with $10 BBs. Please Note: Due to the high volume of entries, if you forget to include your player name, or misspell it, your entry will be discarded. Congrats to last week's winners who correctly identified Al Capone (or anything close lol). OK here we go again…

• Born June 18, 1903 Philadelphia, Pa
• At 16, watched older sister Blossom Rock perform on Broadway
  
• Irving Thalberg lured her to Metro Golden Mayer in 1934
• Married Gene Raymond 1937 - No Children (Raymond reported Bisexual)
• Biggest Hits: Naughty Marietta, The Merry Widow, Rose-Marie, Maytime
  

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Week ending April 23rd:
The votes from our CMs are in… drum roll please… and our POW (LOL Player of the Week) is: wtpbear who wins $10 BBs! WTG!!

BULLSEYE!!
WTG to our latest winners. Cabaña/Liberty Halls: mlissa34 & MizDori. 90 Ball Hall: squirl3. Congrats! Now each time you see your number called during the week of 5/1 thru 5/7 in YOUR DESIGNATED HALL(s), yell out "BULLSEYE" in chat and our CMs will award you $1 BB in Cabaña/Liberty and $.50 in 90 Ball. You must be playing IN the game when your number is called. Bullseye will not be played during Speed/Bullet Bingo. Good Luck!!!

BINGO LOTTERY CONTINUES!
Each time you bingo this week, your name, will go into a hat for our weekly Bingo Lottery. There's a 1st Prize of $25 bonus, 2nd Prize of $15 and 3rd Prize of $10. So make sure you've bought into as many games as you can for a chance of winning!
Just check out last week's winners!

• 1st Place for $25: winky123
• 2nd Place for $15 kaybird
• 3rd Place for $10: teardrop

PICK 6, KENO & LOTTO 7 MASTER!!
Pick 6, Keno and Lotto 7 are played in the Cabaña Café from 7PM - 9PM Server Time. Pick 6 Tuesdays, Keno Wednesdays and Lotto 7 Thursdays. These games are SIGN UP games and names/numbers are kept on a Master List. If you do not have numbers on our Master List, you must send in 6 numbers for Pick 6, 10 numbers for Keno and 7 numbers for Lotto 7 to signups@tikibingo.com, and please remember your player nickname in your email.
CHANGE IN SIGN UPS BEGIN MAY 1ST, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!! Beginning May 1st you can only change your player name or your numbers during the LAST week of the month for NEXT Months games. You must keep the names/numbers you have on the existing Master Lists for an entire month. If you have not played in the last 30 days your name/numbers will be removed from the master list and can only be added to the NEXT Month's Master. EXCEPTION: New players who have never submitted numbers may do so at anytime during the month!! We will no longer keep multiple player nicknames/numbers on the Master Sign up List. It is the player's responsibility to email in the ONE name and set of numbers you will be playing with by the end of the month for next months play. Players who are found to have multiple names/numbers will have all their names removed from the list. You must be playing on the name that is on our Master List and only that name will be eligible for BBs.

AOL ANNOUNCEMENT
If you are an AOL user, or you have your mail routed thru AOL, it has now become almost impossible to contact you. AOL is returning all email as undeliverable. If you have sent email that requires a response and you haven't received one, its not because we aren't trying. Please contact your Internet Service Provider and request that our mail be unblocked or try adding carol@tikibingo.com and support@tikibingo.com to your White List. This is especially important when emailing support or Carol on any matters.

CHAT GAME SCHEDULE
Schedule for the Cabaña Café, Liberty Lounge and 90 Ball Hall (where noted), starts at Midnight on Sunday/Monday May 1st thru May 7th:

• HOURLY DRAWING - Once again this week our CMs will be keeping track of chatters who stay IN chat and IN the games, and will be awarding a $5 bonus to one lucky winner every hour in Cabaña/Liberty Halls and $1 in 90 Ball Hall.
• PLAYER OF THE WEEK CONTINUES - Each week our CMs are going to pow-wow and Vote one lucky player our "Player of the Week" who will be awarded $10 BBs. Each of our CMs will have a different criteria for their nominations, so let's be nice to our CMs :-)
• WEEKLY HOTBALL - Bingo on B6 In Liberty/Cabaña Halls, Number 7 in 90 Ball Hall. Be IN chat and win - All Week!!!
• NITE OWL DOUBLE BBs - All week from Midnight-1AM Cabaña & Liberty!!
• DOUBLE BBs on Alphabet Bingo Mon/Wed/Fri in Cabaña Café!
• DOUBLE BBs on Mini Sliders Tue/Thurs/Sat in Liberty Lounge!
• NEW!! DOUBLE BBs Wed/Fri/Sun - 1 Spot Keno - 90 Ball Hall!
• DOUBLE TEAM BBs/Points Sun April 30th & Sun May 7th!!
  
• SPECIAL GAMES - Keep an eye out for our Day of the Week Specials in the Cabaña Café and the Colors of the Rainbow in the Liberty Lounge. Each game has a guaranteed prize of $50 minimum and its own progressive Jackpot!!
• NEWSLETTER NAME HUNT - One lucky player will have their name hidden somewhere in our newsletter. This does not include any players who have been mentioned as a game or bonus winner. Your name will be spelled exactly as you use it on our site, find your name and email carol@tikibingo.com to claim your $5 Bonus! Get those magnifying glasses out!!!
• THERE SHE IS - and I'll be popping in with some special BBs all week - yeeehhaaww!!

GAME SCHEDULE NEWS!!!
Just a reminder, ALL the games are now running BACK on ET. So please check you are playing at the correct times for your favorite games! Yippie it's finally here!!!

Please note - to play any of our chat games or newsletter games, you must actively fund your account. ALL our games will now be run and reported on ET.

WEEKLY HOROSCOPE:
Just as the weekend ends so a rather positive aspect making you feel more sociable and bubbly moves in. Don't worry about the bad timing though, because this will have a knock on effect on all aspects of your life: from work or school to romance you can't lose today!
Lucky Numbers: 2, 15, 22, 28, 31, 49

VOTE: FOR CM OF THE MONTH
Our Wonderful CMs love serving and helping you in chat. What better way to say thank you by casting your votes for them at Which Bingos CM of the Month Contest - just click here to vote: http://www.cmoftheyear.com/votes.asp

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