January 2006 Internet Bingo News

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January 27th 2006

Wow January, the first month of 2006 and its almost in the history books already. Hmmm then it must be time for us to usher in February and some incredibly Fantabulous Specials, Games, Trips and Prizes just for YOU!! Join me down the yellow brick road as I take you thru the GREAT Happenings right here at your favorite and Best Bingo on the Net!! Make sure you have a napkin when your jaw drops as you read all the wonderful specials we have in store for you. Here we gooooooo!!!

With four awesome halls, each one with it's own personality, we have loads of choice for you and some really awesome prizes, specials and jackpots up for grabs. AND remember ALL our Game Prizes and Jackpots are pure, hard CASH!!!! So this really is the best place to play!!!!

KEY EVENTS

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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CRAZY CABAÑA CASH!!
We continue our Crazy Cabaña Cash games on Sunday 1/29/06 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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LOONY LIBERTY LOOT!!
Mark your calendars for Sunday 2/5/06 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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SUPER BOWL MADNESS!!
On Super Bowl Sunday, be sure to join us in the Cabaña Café, for some exciting Specials - $2000 in prize money must be won! We'll be playing another of our exciting Accelerator Jackpot Games! Here's how it works: Five Red Hot Special games at the TOP of the hour at 4.05PM, 6.05PM, 8.05PM, 10.05PM, 11.05PM. Bingo on the "Field Goal" Pattern for a Guaranteed Prize of $400 AND a Special Accelerator Jackpot starting at $2000 and increasing by $500 each game!! Awesome! So make sure you load up on cards NOW to be in with a chance!

*Note: If the Jackpot is hit in the first game, the Accelerator Jackpot resets so the next game will start at $2000 again and so on.

Be sure to join us on Super Bowl Sunday for some exciting happenings and big games. Lookie Lookie!!

• Bingo on N40 ALL DAY and win $40 BBs if you are IN chat when you win. Your Nabors will love you as they are awarded $2 BBs each (1 up/1 down)
• When you enter chat approximately 15 minutes before the Super Bowl Game starts, our CM Will assign you to a "TEAM". When your Team scores a Field Goal each member IN CHAT and IN the GAME will win $2 BBs. If your Team scores a Touchdown and your IN CHAT and IN the GAME each member will receive $5 BBs.
• When the game is over our CMs will cast their votes for the Funniest Super Bowl Commercial. If you guess which Commercial they picked, you will be awarded 10 BBs. Email your guesses by midnight 2/6/06 to carol@tikibingo.com
• Special PYOP BBs games in both Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge, with surprise BB payouts!!

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SUPER BOWL 40 CONTEST!!
The playoffs are over!! Did you predict which 2 teams are going to the Super Bowl?? If you had the right 2 teams (Seattle Seahawks & Pittsburgh Steelers) and if you get all 4 answers correct (the score and MVP), One lucky winner will receive $250 BBs. If there is more than one player with all the correct info, a drawing will be held to determine the winner. Up to 25 additional players with all the correct info will receive $25 BBs each! Good Luck to all!!
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BINGOLYMPICS!!!
ON YOUR MARKS… GET SET… BINGO!!
We're going Italian! The Winter Olympic Games begin on February 10th and closing ceremonies are on February 26th in Torino, Italy. We will be having our own Special Olympic DAILY Team event.

Here's how it will work: Send an email to carol@tikibingo.com if you want to be assigned to a team. Requests received AFTER midnight will be eligible for NEXT day's games. All players will be assigned to teams in the order their emails are received. Initially teams will be numbered from 1 to 12.

On February 10th, a nonpartisan rep will then draw from a hat the following countries: USA, Canada, Australia, Russia, Italy, France, Norway, Germany, China, Netherlands, Finland & Switzerland. As each country is drawn out of the hat it will be assigned to Team #1, Team #2 etc. down the line. At the end of each night when the Medal count is announced for that days events you will be awarded the following BBs for each Medal your country won that day:

• GOLD - $3 BBs
• SILVER - $2 BBs
• BRONZE - $1 BBs

You must have played a minimum of 36 Bingo Games from midnight to midnight, to be eligible for BBs. Games played in ALL Halls will be counted. OODLES of BBs up for grabs so make sure your IN chat rooting for your Teams, and your pre-buys are always up to date!!!
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MORE OLYMPIC GAMES!
Starting February 10th and running thru midnight on February 26th we will be awarding the following:

• Most Bingo Wins 2/10 thru 2/26 - $100 BBs
• Most Cards Purchased 2/10 thru 2/26 - $100 BBs
• Most Games Played 2/10 thru 2/26 - $100 BBs

MINI MONEY MOUNTAIN!
We thought we'd give you a Super Bowl treat and bring back the little brother of the Mega Money Mountain!! Join us in the Liberty Lounge at 8PM on Saturday 2/4 for One full hour of guaranteed $50 game prizes 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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MICKEY MOUSE ANYONE???
Do we have a Fantabulous Trip Contest up for grabs!!! A little Surf, A little Sun and all the Mickey Mouse you can handle!! It's getaway time for the Family. This trip is for 4, yep 4!! 1 Adult/3 kids or 2 Adults/2Kids. An all inclusive 7 day vacation, a $5000 Value! Awesome! 4 Days on the Incredible Disney Wonder, visiting such ports as Nassau and Castaway Cay (Disney's private island) PLUS 3 days at Disney World. The benefits of this 'all inclusive' vacation are evident. Your resort stay includes unlimited admission to the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Disney MGM Studios. Next comes your cruise which includes all of your meals and entertainment while aboard the Disney Wonder. We will throw in Air Fare from MOST US Cities and $500 Cash Spending Money. So how do you win, your asking yourself? Starting February 16 and running to midnight April 16th, Bingo in/out of chat on the “Mouse Ears” Pattern and collect as many wins as you can during this 2 month period. Player with the Most wins is off on one terrific vacation. We will keep you updated 2 times a week on a leader board you can access right from your main Bingo page.

In case of a tie – there will be a playoff game on April 17th at 9PM in the Cabana Café. First of our tied players to Bingo – wins the trip. 2nd place $250 BBs, 3rd place $100 BBs, 4th thru 10th Place $50 BBs, 11th thru 20th Place $25 BBs. A Cash alternative of half the value of the trip is available to our players outside the US. Grab up those cards as soon as you see them in pre-buys and Good Luck to ALL!

VALENTINE’S DINNER ON US!!
On February 14th – Valentine’s Day we will be playing 3 special games in Cabana Café and 3 in Liberty Lounge. Watch for the special “Heart” pattern to play and scoop up those cards. Then go out and have a great dinner on us (Up to $100.00 US). Email or fax your receipt to carol@tikibingo.com and I’ll immediately credit your account with $100 BBs. Good luck everyone – and pop a wine cork for me!!!

SPECIAL WEDNESDAY DAISY GAMES!
Be sure to join us on Wednesday Feb 1st 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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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! For the Entire Month of February, 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!!

FAB FEBRUARY FUN - $10,000 GUARANTEED MUST GO!!
Join us in the Canaña Café on Sunday February 26th for our 4x$2500 Guaranteed $10,000 Must Be won Specials. 4 RED HOT Special games to be played at 7:10PM, 8:10PM, 10:10PM and 11:10PM Server time. Each special Coverall game will have a Guaranteed $2500 Game prize. So watch for them in your pre-buys and load up on cards…4 games you just cannot miss!!!
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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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MORE GAMES!!
Three Fantastic New Slots Games have been added!! Check them out!

• Gold Rally - 8 Line Slots with Progressive Jackpot, one of the biggest progressives in the business - recently paid out $1.96 million!
• Vacation Station -3 Reel 3-Row multi spin slot with Scatter Pay Feature.
• Highway Kings - 5 Reel Multi-line Slots with Scatter Pay Feature!!
  

The History button for the Slots Games is now under the Menu Tab! Along with other useful features such as Autoplay, Options and Help! The new multi-window feature, allows you to play bingo and carry on chatting AND open your favorite Slots game AND have the Cashier window open! You can fill your screen with all the windows so you never miss a thing!!

FIRST EVER HIGHWAY KINGS SLOTS TOURNEY
Congrats to everyone who played in our Highway Kings Slots Tourney on Jan 20th and 21st. This proved to be a very popular Slot… WTG to our winners!!

Most Wins
$250 - ladyfarmer
$100 BBs - LovinPigs
$50 BBs - mustangman
$20 BBs - rocknjtc, lily6, missouth, brend3, cryss, Kimmer40, DaWildCard
$10 BBs - ella9, elcid2, Kaylavox, iwonajp, leann166
$5 BBs - femme, JHARVEY, cherfarsee, Lindoo, MistyHur

MYSTERY PYOP BBs GAMES
On February 12th, join us when we play our Mystery PYOP games for BBs prizes. 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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ONE-DAY MINI SCRATCHIES TOURNAMENT!!
On Monday January 30th, 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:

Most Wins:
$100 BBs - luganav
$50 BBs - betty49
$30 BBs - XCLMX
$20 BBs - mustangman, maximum627, RASCAL13, Jaydubs, gba47, mare02, cyote579
$10 BBs - boingo, brend3, mazda22, Mommy96, baker130
$5 BBs - AlmadaPOR, Need4Bingo, flynnstone, shellbo, tonyantx
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SPECIAL OOPS GAMES!
On Friday and Saturday on January 27 & 28th and again on Feb 3rd & 4th, watch for some special OOPS 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 a whopping $25 BBs to a single IN chat game winner!!!
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CHOP THEM LOGS, LIGHT THEM FIRES!!
Hurry! Only a few days left to bingo on our monthly pattern "Fireplace" to play in the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge. Load up on cards and when you Bingo on it IN Chat, in either bingo hall, our Chat Masters will now immediately credit your account with an extra $25 BBs. Remember, you must be a single IN CHAT game winner to win!!

KEEP THE TORCH BURNING!!
During the month of February we will honor all our Olympic Athletes from around the world, lozsmum. Watch for our special monthly pattern "Olympic Flame" to play in the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge. Load up on cards and when you Bingo on it IN Chat, in either bingo hall, our Chat Masters will now immediately credit your account with an extra $25 BBs. Remember, you must be a single IN CHAT game winner to win!!

****NEW CHAT FEATURE****
As you may have noticed we have started a "Player of the Day" In our Canaña/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 Canaña/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!!

JANUARY MOST CARDS PLAYED CONTEST!!
During the Month of January, if you are one of our top five players who purchase the MOST CARDS during the month in all four halls, you will be awarded with the following Amazon Gift Certificates: 1st Place $150 Gift Certificate, 2nd place $100 GC, 3rd Place $75 GC, 4th Place $50 GC and 5th Place $25 GC. Leaders as of Midnight 1/22: packratt, luganav, grambarb, bigmomma77 & kaybird. Hurry, just a few days left to get into that top 5!!
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FEBRUARY MOST GAMES PLAYED CONTEST
With just a little twist, February'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!!!

PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS - MORE CHANCES TO WIN!!

• 1/18 - Going4Gold - $1809 - Liberty Lounge
• 1/18 - JAILER - $1047 - Liberty Lounge
• 1/19 - getitdone - $1257 - 90 Ball Hall
• 1/19 - das1005 - $1577 - Liberty Lounge
• 1/20 - das1005 - $2249 - Cabaña Café
• 1/21 - wsfrosty - $1300 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 1/21 - dianeb123 - $1200 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 1/21 - missdeania - $1100 - Cabaña Mega Mountain
• 1/24 - Shirlsplay - $1364 - 90 Ball Hall
• 1/24 - jolucky - $2915 - Liberty Lounge

KRAZY KENO TOURNEYS!!
Our NEXT Keno tourney will begin on Tuesday 1/31 run thru Midnight Thursday 2/2. 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 weeks winners:

Most Wins
$100 BBs - stoops
$50 BBs - terrihurt
$30 BBs - davebingo
$20 BBs - mustangman, fuzzy11, daisy6866, marcoboni, ohballs, BridgitteB, MHAHN
$10 BBs - UncleBobby, BetRepLayd, live2bingo, missouth, missyk
$5 BBs - dreamerswer, deerose1, Going4Gold, badbingokitty, freckles21
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JANUARY TEAM BINGO
January is almost history, and its still a red hot battle. After six team dates played, here are your leaders:

• 1st Place - Team #6
• 2nd Place - Team #1
• 3rd Place - Team #5

FEBRUARY TEAM BINGO
It's never too early to send in your reservation for a spot on February Teams, but it can be too LATE if you procrastinate. Get your emails in to carol@tikibingo.com for a spot on February Teams now so you don't miss out!! First February Teams Date is 2/1 (No Teams will be played on Super Bowl Sunday)

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!!!

NEW FEATURE - 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. Congrats to last week's winners who correctly identified The Silhouettes!! Here we go again….

• Born December 4,1937 Actor/Screen Writer/Producer/Director
• Son of Legendary Boxing Champion
• Wrote and produced the drama Macon County Line (1974)
• He wrote, produced, and directed the drama The Wild McCullouchs (1975)
• But y'all knew him best as Jethro!!!

BULLSEYE!! - 90 BALL HALL ADDED!!!
WTG to our latest winners. Cabaña/Liberty Halls: SophieDK & Shan7874. 90 Ball Hall: LRTR0514. Congrats! Now each time you see your number called during the week of 1/30 thru 2/5 in YOUR DESIGNATED HALL(s), yell out "BULLSEYE" in chat and our CMs will award you $1 BB in Cabaña/Liberty and $.25 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!!

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Week ending January 22nd:
The votes from our CMs are in… drum roll please… and our POW (LOL Player of the Week) is: redbird42 who wins $10 BBs! WTG!!

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: Charms1241
• 2nd Place for $15 Pumpkin01
• 3rd Place for $10: Harley1977

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.

NEW SIGN UP RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!
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 Midnight prior to game time. 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. All sign up emails must be received by Midnight before game time to be eligible for play.

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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DID YOU KNOW??
We have the very useful 'buy-ahead' facility, which means you'll never have to miss another game!! Look out for it the next time you buy your cards. All of our Special Games will be located at the BOTTOM of the Pre-Buy Feature - so keep scrolling till you hit those all important special games and LOAD up on cards!! Awesome!

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 January 30th thru February 5th:

• 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 B14 In Liberty/Cabaña Halls, Number 5 in 90 Ball Hall. Be IN chat and win - All Week!!!
• NITE OWL DOUBLE BBs - All week from 5AM- 6AM in Cabaña & Liberty!!
• DOUBLE BBs on Hopscotch Bingo Mon/Wed/Fri in Cabaña Café!
• DOUBLE BBs on Top/Middle/Bottom Bingo Tue/Thurs/Sat in Liberty Lounge!
• DOUBLE TEAM BBs/Points Sunday 29th. And Feb 1st
• 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!!

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 AT.

WEEKLY HOROSCOPE:
Do what you can for others but don't get taken for granted. A problem with someone from your past is likely. Deal with it directly and don't bring a third party into your dilemma. Keep the past and the present separate.
Lucky Numbers: 7, 19, 32, 46, 57, 75

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

PSST!! CM Roxy, CM Nikki, CM Jill, CM Dee, CM Jessi, CM Lisa, CM Cody, CM Rae, CM Kat, CM Deni, CM Jen, CM Val, CM Joy, CM Katie and CM Jackie 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!!

Your Tiki Bingo Team