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BINGO FOR A BEETLE?
02/05/2005888Bingo.com offers 75 and 90 ball online bingo games, as well as bingo keno, slots, video poker and online casino games in US$ (unfortunately a download is required). They have gone way beyond the usual deposit bonuses and started offering big prizes, like brand new cars and computers. Virgin Games spring to mind as another gaming site that offer prizes beyond points and cash, like Virgin wine and stays on Richard Branson's private island.
But do offers of new cars make much difference to the enthusiasm of an online bingo player? Perhaps it is a little incentive bonus that stays in the back of the bingo player's head but our hunch is that it doesn't get online bingo players running to a site. The problem with huge prizes that are awarded infrequently is that they come too infrequently and there is a winner takes all feeling. Community spirit is nurtured when many players win little and often. An occasional big win is incredibly exciting on a site but on the whole 20 players getting a few pounds is a more successful formula. The VW Beetles giveaway will turn a few heads, get a few column inches but will probably not attract many players in for the long-term.
