August 2006 Bingo Newsletter

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August 25th 2006

Wow, who stole August? Only a few short days left and we usher in September and our Fantabulous $30,000 GUARANTEED 4 day Labor Day Weekend Party starting on Friday Sept 1st so get ready and don't miss a single minute of the fun!! We are having a GREAT Time Bingoing Around the Globe so hop aboard my magic carpet as we whisk you away this week on one of the premier weeks of Bingo on the Net!!!

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

KEY EVENTS - DON'T MISS OUT!

Bingo Around the Globe returns!	Special Labor Day Weekend
Loony Liberty Loot	Crazy Cabaña Cash
Jumbo "J" Game	Rainbow Game
1 Day Mini Scratchie Tourney	Mega Money Mountain
90 Ball Specials	Chinese Kitchen 4 Day Tourney
Special OOPS Games	Beer Budget Blackouts
Awesome August Most Games Played	Mystery PYOP Games
Monday Night Football Returns!	CM Jackpot Race
Wednesday Daisy Games	September Most Games Won

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 min 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 ball to the Jackpot total until it is hit WOW!! Watch this Jackpot climb and as you scale the dizzy heights to the top, we'll make it easier to win each game!!! 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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BINGO AROUND THE GLOBE!! NEW CONTEST!!
Passport up to date?? Beginning August 7th and running till midnight October 15th we will run our Bingo Around the Globe Contest. Join us this year on our fantastic North to South journey…we will start out the Contest with 3 "City" Patterns. Each week we will be adding NEW stops along the way. Starting in Dallas, visit such wonderful places as Chicago, Moscow, Doha, Riyadh, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Mexico City…ending in Fabulous Cancun Mexico. As you head NORTH to SOUTH it will be your mission to collect as many wins on these special patterns as you can. Awesome!!

These Special Patterns will play in both Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge 24 hours a day. And you do NOT need to be IN-CHAT to win!!! Now to spice this up a bit…there will be a MAX buy-in of 12 cards per player, with a buy 1 get 1 FREE offer. Max cards for all players will be 24 on each game…Fair and Square!!! Watch for these Special Patterns to show up in the Pre-Buy tab and load up on cards! At Midnight on October 15th, if you are our lucky winner with the MOST special pattern wins…you're off to FABULOUS Cancun for a FOUR Fantastic Nights and FIVE Days of Fun and Sun!!!

Each Monday, the leader board will be updated, so keep a close eye on where you stand in our contest. And be sure to check out our special terms and conditions for this contest here Here is a complete list of prizes:

• 1st Place: Trip to Cancun- 4 nights at a Top Hotel, with Air Fare and $1000 Spending money = total value - $3000!!
• 2nd Place - $500 Cash
• 3rd Place - $250 Cash
• 4th Place - $100BBs
• 5th thru 10th place $50BBs
• 11th thru 15th place $25BBs

Pack your bags and let's Globe Trot!!
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CRAZY CABAÑA CASH!
We continue our Crazy Cabaña Cash games on Sunday 8/27/06 in the Cabaña Café!!! $2500 MUST BE WON! Five special games, with a Guaranteed $500 Prize, plus a fixed $1000 Jackpot. Watch for the Dollar Sign pattern to play at 6-7-8-9 and 10PM. Load up on cards now!!
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LOONY LIBERTY LOOT!!
Mark your calendars for Sunday 9/3/06 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! BIG money up for grabs!!!
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LABOR DAY 4 DAY SPECTACULAR WEEKEND!! $30K MUST GO!!!
Hold onto your Daubers, do we have an incredible Labor Day weekend planned for you. Join us on Friday September 1st thru Monday September 4th. There is no other place to be during these fabulous 4 days. In fact, this is so LOADED with goodies you might want to just print it out so you don't miss a single minute of the excitement. Here is the line-up that will blow you away!!!

• Special PYOP BBs/Prize games - In Cabaña Café, Liberty Lounge AND 90 Ball Hall with a Playoff game for all PYOP game winners on Monday, 11:05 PM in Liberty Lounge for 1 HUGE prize!! A Dell 20" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor!!
• $10,000 MUST GO!! 4x$2500 Guaranteed!! One each night in Cabaña Café played at 10PM ET. Do not miss these games!! BIG MONEY to be won!
• Bingo on our special L-A-B-O-R-D-A-Y patterns, and you will be the lucky winner of a truly awesome prize! Drum roll… a fantastic Samsung 40" Wide LCD HDTV worth $1800!! It is a great space saver, super slim and ultra sexy with a fabulous, crystal clear picture quality!! Email carol@tikibingo.com with your player name and game ID #'s to claim your prize. Runners-up will receive: $150 BBs,$100BBs, $/75 BBs, $50BBs & $25BBs!!
• 4 day 90 Ball Hall Tournament with massive BB prizes of $100,$75,$50 and 25x$10BBs.
• On Labor Day, Mon 4th, we kick into high Gear with our Mini Accelerator games with a BIG Twist!!! $15,000 MUST BE WON!! Beginning at 6PM ET in the Cabaña Café, we will start with a $1000 game prize blackout pattern and 50 Balls to Jackpot. If this is not won, then at 6:15 PM ET $2000 GUARANTEED to go in 75 balls. 15 MEMORABLE games played every 15 Minutes!Wow!!
• Mini Mega Mountain to be played on Sunday Sept 3rd from 8-9PM ET in the Liberty Lounge.
• Fantastic 4 day Chinese Kitchen Slots Tournament - $250 Cash to 1st place: $100 to $5BBs to the next 19 runners up!!
• Top 6 players in each category who have: Played the Most Cards/Most Games/Won the most games will win $150BBs,$100BBs,$50BBs & 3x$25BBs.
• 1 Day Team Bingo - Cabaña Café on Saturday the 2nd from 7-9PM ET!
• Our CMs will be playing "Hot Dauber" Once per shift, winner receives 25 BBs!
• Watch for Carol to pop into chat with Newsletter Trivia for special BB prizes!

Wowwowwow…there is no better place to be Labor Day weekend!!!
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RAINBOW GAME!!
Join us every Sunday at 11PM for our colorful "Rainbow" Game. Played in the Liberty Lounge, it is a Quarters game and has a Guaranteed Prize of $500 and plays for the Rainbow Progressive! 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 it's 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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SPECIAL OOPS GAMES!
On August 25th & 26th and ALL 4 days of Labor Day Weekend, 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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BEER BUDGET BLACKOUTS!!
Now playing randomly in 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 Blackout patterns to play - $.50 a card and a guaranteed $75 game Prize/$100 Jackpot in the Cabaña Café and $.25 cards with a guaranteed $50 game prize/$50 Jackpot in the Liberty Lounge!! 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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THE 90 BALL CORNER!!!
Each week we will devote this special section to our 90 Ball Hall and all its exciting happenings.

• OOPS GAMES! TOH & BOH Specials from Noon to Midnight with BIG Prizes PLUS extra BBs given in IN Chat game winners!!
• Each Wednesday AND Saturday at 10PM ET play our Crazy Cash Countdown Games! Win fast for BIG cash Jackpots!!
• Speed Bingo 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!!
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MYSTERY PYOP BBs GAMES
Join us on Saturday & Sunday the 26th & 27th, and ALL 4 days during Labor Day Weekend, 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. During Labor Day weekend we will be adding prizes to the list with the addition of our 90 Ball Hall. Friday/Sunday Sept 1st & 3rd will be BB/prize days. Saturday and Monday will be ALL BB days. Awesome Prizes up for grabs! No pushing or shoving, there are plenty of BBs to go around but you'll want to load up on cards in the Cabaña Café/Liberty Lounge and 90 Ball halls, for these special games.
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CHINESE KITCHEN 4 DAY SLOTS TOURNEY!!!
Our Chinese Kitchen Slot Tourney will be running from Midnight 9/1 (00.01 server time on 9/1) until Midnight 9/4 Server time (ET) Here's how it works: No entry or sign-ups required. Simply play the Chinese Kitchen Slots, SillyCille, during this 96-hour period and the Top 20 players with the MOST WINS win!! You'll find the Steamy Chinese Kitchen Slots under the "More Games" tab. Winners will receive the following prizes for each part of the tourney: $250 Cold Cash to our Winner with $100-$5 Bonuses to our other 19 runners-up!!!
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TAKE A TRIP DOWN PENNY LANE!!!
Join us in our Special Penny Lane Hall for PENNY Games. You got it… PENNIES! 24/7 - 7 Days a week! Check out Penny Speed at 9PM everyday! 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 and don't forget to pre-buy the entire hour!!!

THE CM JACKPOT RACE IS ON!!
Beginning June 1st and running thru Midnight Dec 31st, our CMs have teamed up to see who can gather the MOST Jackpots on their Team during this 7 month period. Deadline for entries has passed, watch next weeks Newsletter for August Winners and your starting JP number for September guesses.
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CM JESSI'S TIMMIE ADDICTION
Everyone who has played with our CM Jessi (Now that doesn't sound quite right LOL) knows about her Timmie Coffee Addiction right? No you say!! Time to go Meet CM Jessi and pump her for info. If you can guess how many Timmie Coffee's Jessi drinks in a month on her shifts (within 5 without going over) we will pop a whopping $25BBs into your account. Deadline for entries is Sunday 27th August… Good Luck!!

SPECIAL WEDNESDAY DAISY GAMES!
Be sure to join us on Wednesday September 13th 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!!
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MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL RETURNS!!
It's that time of year again - and we are ready for Kickoff on Monday September 11th. Now seen on ESPN, this first week there are 2 games, but we will be watching the San Diego vs Oakland game at 10:15PM ET. As you enter chat pick a number from 0-9. At the end of each quarter if the score adds up to your number, you're a winner!! First Quarter, $2BBs, 2nd Quarter $5BBs, 3rd Quarter $7BBs, End of game total score $10BBs. Oodles of BBs to be won. No popping in/out of chat, you MUST be IN CHAT at least that last 7 minutes of every quarter to be eligible for end of quarter/game BBs. We will be playing in both Cabaña Café/Liberty Lounge but you are only allowed 1 entry so pick your hall carefully and good luck!!
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ONE-DAY MINI SCRATCHIES TOURNAMENT!!
On Monday August 28th, we'll be having a special ONE-day (24 hour) Scratch Card tournament. No entry is required, just play the in-house Scratchies that are right on your Bingo game page and you are entered automatically. And remember, your Bonus Bucks can be used to play this game, so now is the time to unload all those extra BBs, and if you are one of our top 20 MOST WINS players you could win from $5-$100 BBs:

Congrats to last weeks slot winners:
$100BBs - mpayton: $50BBs - Bompy: $30BBs - Rukkus: $20BBs - wrsfrosty, shortkatie, LovinPigs, MyLuck777, lookingood, TheTMan HIDINGMOM: $10BBs - chitters, vb123, Ireene, mamapooh, cnmidget: $5BBs - suneegirl, kimikimi, lilkitty81, desa58, badbingokitty.
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AWESOME AUGUST MOST GAMES PLAYED CONTEST
August contest will be decided on the MOST GAMES PLAYED during the entire month. If you are in our top 10 players you could win: 1st place $150BBs, 2nd place $100BBs, 3rd Place $50BBs, 4th thru 10th Place $25BBs. Set those pre-buys in all four halls, and get into those top 10 spots!!! Leaders as of midnight 8/20: ladydubois, nojuana, MLC1954, catsluv, mary31, RegalSierra, redhotdot, Birdie5, tessanorwa and deblea. Just a few more days to muscle your way into the top 10!!!
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SENSATIONAL SEPTEMBER CONTEST
September's contest will be decided on the MOST GAMES WON during the entire month. If you are in our top 10 players you could win: 1st place $150BBs, 2nd place $100BBs, 3rd Place $50BBs, 4th thru 10th Place $25BBs. Set those pre-buys in all four halls, and get into those top 10 spots!!!
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DID YOU KNOW??
…is on vacation this week. If you have a tip you would like to share with all the roomies, tell me about it in email carol@tikibingo.com !!

THE FLIES OF SUMMER!
Those pesky little flying critters are everywhere. A whole month of slappin and snappin those pesky flyin critters!!! Bingo IN Chat on our Special "Fly Swatter" Pattern in the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge from August 1st until August 31st, 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!!

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL BELL'S RING!!
Ding Dong, the kids are back in School. Some will be riding their sneakers and the majority will be riding the Big Yellow Limo!! Starting September 1st and running thru midnight September 30th, Bingo IN Chat on our Special "School Bus" 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!!

• 8/18 - $2007 - deelow - 90 Ball Hall
• 8/19 - $750 - RUTH1234 - 90 Ball Hall
• 8/19 - $568 - budjb - 90 Ball Hall
• 8/19 - $4591 - babe53 - Cabaña Café
• 8/19 - $1000 - iceblue - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 8/19 - $1200 - Ambrori3 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 8/19 - $1000 - sparksIn85 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 8/20 - $3078 - ucalady - Liberty Lounge
• 8/22 - $1177 - allyd - 90 Ball Hall
• 8/22 - $5879 - APipforfun - Cabaña Café

GOODBYE/FAREWELL/ARRIVERDERCI TO SINKERS!!
After a long run, it’s now time to say a fond farewell to Sinkers. Due to an overwhelming positive response, Beginning Sept 1st, watch for Barside/Poolside to take its place!

AUGUST TEAM BINGO
August team Bingo will be taking a month long holiday… oOoOo look what we have in its place: Barside/Poolside?? Each Wednesday from 2-4PM ET and Sunday 7-9PM ET in the Cabaña Café, as you enter chat our CM will assign you to the "Poolside" or the "Barside" of the room. Each time you Bingo, you will be awarded $2 BBs and everyone on YOUR SIDE of the room will receive a $1 Bonus. Lots of BBs to be made here so hurry on in!!!

SEPTEMBER TEAMS RETURN
Team Bingo returns in September, and now is the time to reserve your spot. Email carol@tikibingo.com with your player name, and you will be assigned a spot on Sept Teams. $500/$250/$100BBs up for grabs to the top 3 teams. Don't be left out!! First September Team Bingo will be on Wed 9/6!

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 $10BBs. Note: Due to the high volume of entries, if you forget to include your player name, or misspell it no credit will be issued. Entries without "Who am I" in subject line will be deleted. Absolutely NO late entries will be honored, effective immediately.

Congrats to last week's winners who correctly identified Jack Nicklaus. Here we go again…

• Born June 8th, 1955 - London
• Built a computer with a soldering iron, TTL gates, M6800 processor & and old Television.
• While at Oxford, he was caught hacking with a friend and was subsequently banned from using the university computer.
• He wrote his initial proposal in March of 1989, and in 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau.
• "I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to theTCP and DNS ideas and - ta-da! - the World Wide Web."

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: Madussa
• 2nd Place for $15 EagleT
• 3rd Place for $10: cyote579

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Week ending August 20th.
The votes from our CMs are in…drum roll please…and our POW (LOL Player of the Week) is: wtdragon who wins $10BBs! WTG!!

BULLSEYE!!
WTG to our latest winners. Cabaña/Liberty Halls: Jemnast & Rukkus. 90 Ball Hall: Ireene. Congrats! Now each time you see your number called during the week of 8/28 thru 9/3 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!!!!

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.

Please note 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
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WEEKLY HOROSCOPE:
Thanks to a certain configuration between the planets you are likely to behave a little out of character today! You're not usually one for rash or reckless decisions in romance, but someone catching your eye could make you throw caution to the wind. Be warned: a close friend or family member won't approve!
Lucky Numbers: 9, 15, 23, 34, 37, 44

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 Bingo's CM of the Month Contest - just click here to vote: http://www.cmoftheyear.com/votes.asp

PSST!! CM Roxy, CM Nikki, CM Jill, CM Dee, CM Jessi, CM Cody, CM Rae, CM Kat, CM Jen, CM Joy, CM Katie, CM Jackie, CM Missy, CM Julie, CM Vicky, CM Venus, CM Myra and CM Patty are waiting to meet and greet you. The morning coffee is hot, the afternoon drinks are free - come join us for some fun, friends and fantastic games at the bingo game everyone's talking about! See you in Tiki Bingo!!

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