Archive for March 2009

New Improvements at BingoVega.com – Part 1

Bad News and GREAT news! The Bad news – there will be no April fools at BingoVega this year … why? Well, we’re in the midst of some important improvements, that will further enable us to deliver on our promise to you: “big bonuses, big prizes and big winners”.

So we’ve decided to hold off on any quirky April fools joke this year and instead share with you some of the positive changes coming to BingoVega.com.

This is part I of the improvements, and will announce Part II on a separate blog post for you.

This is where the GREAT news begins:

Extended Live Support Hours

To serve and assist you better, as of April 1st, we’ll be providing support throughout the day. This means, now you’ll have access to immediate support even during the 3pm to 6pm EST time. The new extended hours can be found on the contact us page.

New & Improved BingoVega.com Site

We’ve given BingoVega.com a slight make-over. It’s not a major change but an improvement of some key areas of the site, which we think will improve your experience. We’ll be pulling the curtain back on April 2nd. [UPDATE: New Launch date has been set to Monday, April 6] We could go on April 1st, but don’t want anyone to think it’s an April Fools Joke : )


Bigger Progressives and More Ways to Win PJPs

We thought it was about time that we give our well deserved PJPs the make over and injection you truly deserve. As of April 2nd: the following improvements will be seen with regards the Progressive Bingo Jackpots:

Milky Way Room (our main bingo hall)

  • The progressive will be active on all games from 8am to 2am EST daily. That’s right EVERY game now!
  • The minimum starting Progressive in the Milky Way will be set at $750 … this means, we start your progressive with $750 and let it grow till it’s won. Don’t be fall of your chair when you see $2,000+, $3,000+, … $5,000+ …. $10,000+ progressive in the Milky Room.

Asteroid Room (high roller hall)

  • The progressive will be active on all games from 6pm to 12am and 2am EST on Fridays and Saturdays.
  • The PJP in Asteroid room will start at $1,000 and will grow and grow. We hope to crown many big winners in the Asteroid room in the months to come.

Little Dipper (Nickel and Dime Hall)

  • We couldn’t let the fan favorite Little Dipper take a backseat, so Little Dipper will also have PJP active on all games from 8am to 12am EST.
  • The minimum starting PJP will be $500.

Update: We got trigger happy on the PJP announcement. We should have highlighted clearly that the only room right now that has PJP active on all games is Milky Way. The Asteroid and Nickel room PJPs are being setup now. Just the amount of work involved to manual update each game is very time consuming. But we’re working around the clock to have all the PJPs setup for you.
[UPDATE 2 Sat. April 4]: because of not delivering on our promise of April 1st, we’ve decided to make it up to you with several extra guaranteed free bingo cash games the day the Asteroid and Little Dipper PJPs go live]

That’s just the improvements with regards the Progressives, ready for more?

More chat games and prizes!

Starting April 1st, all rooms will have extended chat hosts:

Asteroids Room:

  • Sunday – Thursday: 6pm to 12am
  • Fridays & Saturdays: 6pm to 2am

Little Dipper Room

Extended Chat Hours:

  • Mondays to Thursdays: 4pm to 12am
  • Fridays: 4pm to 2am
  • Saturdays: 8am to 2am
  • Sundays: 8am to 12am

Milky Way Room

  • will continue as 24 hours hosted

That’s just part I of the improvements. We’ll announce the 2nd part of the improvements with you tomorrow.




Treasure Hunt Newsletter Game

[UPDATE] – WTG guys, thanks for participating in the newsletter treasure hunt. The correct answer was “Bingo Vegans” which is our name for our members : )
The top 5 with the correct answer and spelling
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coconutj1
twobits4
mckeemom
cuinbingorehab

5 correcta answers chose at random
wymyj
moncamoncha
kardaa
riley624
14mary48

Ahoy Matey’s!

There’s another chests of bb’s to be won in this week’s Vega Newsletter Treasure Hunt Contest.

Once again there will be 10 x $50 prizes for the lucky BingoVegans that opened and read the weekly newsletter and found the missing clues to this week’s game.

  1. Simply look for the Bingovega mailer that was sent on Friday, March 27th at 6pm EST
  2. Gather the hidden clues!
  3. When you think you have the answer reply your answers here on the blog!
  4. We will then approve all comments on “Tuesday, March 31st” and we’ll reward the first 10 members; or we might select the first 5 correct answers then randomly select 5 other members who’ve answered correctly … so there’s no short cuts :)

If you’re currently not receiving the Vega newsletter please email cindy@bingovega.com and if you are and want to ensure you continue to receive the mailer, please follow these steps … How To add email to Safe list! Happy Hunting!




Thank you. Your 200% Bonus Gift for the rest of the month.

Thank you BingoVegans for making bingo vega a great community to be a part of. Just the other day, we announced week #3 nominees for the Player of the Month award and given we pamper each week’s nominee with 200% bonus on all deposits for the week, we wanted to do something special to extend our appreciation to everyone!

Well, today, we’re happy to share with you a piece of great news – we’re awarding the 200% bonus to all, as an appreciation for the support you’ve shown to make BingoVega a fun-filled community to be a part of.

So this means, everyone at BingoVega will receive 200% bonuses on all deposits made from Wednesday March 25th, 12:00pm to Tuesday, March 31st, 11:59pm EST.

Hope you enjoy the extended bonus till end of March.




Bingo Vega Member of the Month Nominees – Week 3

Sorry about the delay with this week’s Bingo Vega member of the nominees announcement, but we’re working hard on some exciting improvements and that has been taking up most of my time (more on the upcoming improvements on a later post). Right now, it’s time to announce week #3 nominees for the bingo player of the month award.

As you know, every week in March, our staff, nominate ten (10) BingoVega members that represent what it means to be a hardcore BingoVegan, based on the following criteria:

  • Number of games played
  • time spent at BingoVega
  • Friends referred to Vega
  • Active on the community blog
  • Active in chat

And so far we’ve nominated twenty (20) BingoVegan’s and in week 3, we have ten new nominees. Without a further ado, here are this week’s lucky nominees – WTG!

  • 14mary48
  • Ariesewe412
  • bewitched6567
  • cat007
  • cuinbingorehab
  • darcy211
  • elfinmagic
  • newklear
  • purplelover
  • tuscany48

Please join me in congratulating our week #3 nominees who have earned an entry into the end of the month live draw for a brand new laptop and 200% bonus on all deposits from Tuesday, March 24th to Monday, March 30th. WTG!

View week #1 & week #2 nominees.




Update on the $5,000 Guaranteed Bingo Game of the Month

Hi All, wanted to quickly give you the heads up about a couple of small, but important changes, which we think will improve your experience at Bingo Vega when it comes to playing the big weekly bingo games.

Moving Friday and Saturday Bingo Events Back into Milky Way Room

We’re moving the weekly Friday and Saturday bingo specials from Umbrae room back into the Milky Way room which is our main bingo hall. This will help you pre-purchase your cards in advanced, in case you can’t be there live to play the games.

Because of this change, you can now pre-purchase for the $5,000 guaranteed bingo game on Saturday, March 28th as of today.

  1. Login to BingoVega.com
  2. From the Game lobby select Your Account >> pre-order cards or scroll down to the Milky Way room and click on “pre-order”
  3. Select date Saturday, March 28th and look for the $5,000 Guaranteed Bingo Game
  4. Rub your lucky charm for good luck and pre-order your cards for the game :)

Friendly reminder: pre-purchase is available to members that have funded.

What about the Free Bingo Games?

We will continue to host the 1hr free bingo games on Fridays and Saturdays in the Umbrae room which are reserved for our funded members.

If you have any questions on this change, please leave a comment below and will be happy to assist you.

Good luck.




The Weekly $500 Newsletter Treasure Hunt Contest

[UPDATE #2: Hi All, the ten (10) lucky winners for the $500 Newsletter Treasure Hunt are here ... are you ready? ...

The correct answer, which majority got right was "B(11) I(22) N(45) G(60) O(75)".

Here's how we picked the 10 winners. We selected the first 5 correct answers and then randomly picked 5 other randomly correct answers. Without a further ado, here are the winners:

First 5 Correct Answers

  1. VegasHoCat
  2. Elspeth
  3. Kellyann1975
  4. LisaMcdnl
  5. wymyj

5 Correct Answers randomly picked

  1. moncamoncha
  2. mckeemom
  3. twobits4
  4. Lupool
  5. LuckyDust

WTG and thank you for taking part in our little contest ... we'll be running a similar treasure hunt again in the upcoming Vega newsletter, so stay tuned for your chance to win again.

[UPDATE: If you've submitted your entry for the treasure hunt, we've received them; thank you. As pointed out before, to keep the contest interesting and to give everyone a fair shot at finding the clues on their own, we've decided to approve comments for this post on Wednesday, March 25th ... GL]

Ahoy Matey’s!

There’s chests of bb’s to be won in our Weekly Newsletter Treasure Hunt Contest at Bingo Vega!

We told you that ten (10) lucky BingoVegans that opened and read the weekly newsletter will win an easy $50.

You ask how do I win?

Simple, open and read your Bingo Vega newsletter each week to gather the hidden clues!

When you think you have the answer reply to us on the blog! We will then approve all comments on Wednesday, March 25th and we’ll reward the first 10 members; or we might select the first 5 correct answers then randomly select 5 other members who’ve answered correctly … so there’s no short cuts :)

If you’re currently not receiving the Vega newsletter please email cindy@bingovega.com and if you are and want to ensure you continue to receive the mailer , please follow these steps …  How To add email to Safe list!

Happy Hunting!




Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day BingoVegans!

Hope you are enjoying your St. Patricks Day specials today at Bingo Vega, from the $500 Free game to the 250% deposit bonus special!

Today is a day of traditions… are you wearing green? If not, you’re going to get pinched! Get ready for a day of kisses… Kiss me, I’m Irish! And don’t forget about the green beer! So look for your pot of gold and beware of the leprechauns! lol

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St. Patrick’s Day is a fun day, here are some facts you might not know…

  1. The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.
  2. In Chicago, on St. Patrick’s Day, the rivers are dyed green.
  3. In Seattle, there is a ceremony where a green stripe is painted down the roads.
  4. Many people wear green on this holiday to avoid being pinched.
  5. The phrase, “Drowning The Shamrock” is from the custom of floating the shamrock on the top of whiskey before drinking it. The Irish believe that if you keep the custom, then you will have a prosperous year.
  6. Many bars in the United States, and abroad, serve green beer to celebrate St. Patty’s Day.
  7. In 1996 the Irish government finally decided to celebrate the holiday like we do in the U.S.A., with beer, fun, and frolic, by hosting the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. Today, Ireland is home to some of the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Better late than never.
  8. The luck of the Irish was with George Washington in 1776 when the British evacuated Boston on St. Patrick’s Day leaving the Americans to take over the city.
  9. The Shamrock Shake was introduced in Ireland’s McDonalds in the 1980s. These green-colored milkshakes quickly made their way to United States and are a seasonal favorite around St. Patrick’s Day.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day and good luck with all the goodies at bingo vega today.




Bingo Vega Member of the Month Nominees – Week 2

I’m sure you’ve been waiting patiently for the 2nd week nominees of the month long BingoVega Member of the month award. Well, the nail-biting should come to an end now (at least for today), as we unveil the ten (10) lucky nominees.

Drum roll please …. in alphabetical order:

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  • Angelpebs
  • bluekitten
  • Clowns_Teapots
  • ladylumps
  • Larkspur
  • Moejoe25
  • nascar29
  • needynotgreedy
  • Sixtieschild
  • twobits4

Congratulations and WTG everyone … this week’s lucky nominees join last week’s members for a chance to win the end of the month Grand Prize, which will be a  live draw for a spanking new Apple macbook or Dell laptop. And this week’s nominees qualify for 200% matching bonus on all deposits made from Monday, March 16 to Sunday, March 22, 11:59pm EST.

Again, only nominating ten BingoVega members was a tough process; thought it would get easier in week 2, but with so many deserving members, it’s been super difficult. Thank you for your continued support and for making BingoVega a fun-filled community to be a part of.

Best of luck to all our nominees and to you in week 3.




A Little Surprise for Our Member: $5 Free Gift

As you’ve probably come to realize, from time-to-time, here at Bingo Vega we like to surprise you with unexpected gifts – like, credit your account with a surprise $5 free bonus as a way to say thank you for being part of the community : )

Earlier today, at approximately 8pm EST, we credited your account $5…that’s if you had made one or more deposit life-time at Vega before Thursday, March 11, 7:59pm EST.

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If you’re reading this and haven’t yet deposited or made a deposit after 8pm on Thursday, you will certainly qualify for future surprise bonuses.

Thank you again for being part of the Bingo Vega community, we really appreciate your support and loyalty!




Bingo Vega Member of the Month Nominees – Week 1

Wow, this was harder than we thought; I can speak for the rest of the Vega team, we all must have pulled our hair out in the process of selecting the first week of the Bingo Vega Member of the contest. Phew … what a tough process; everyone of our members deserve to be a nominee but since we promised to select 10 nominees per week, we’ll do our best to keep to that.

Here we go, drum roll please …. in alphabetical order:

Bingo Vega Member of the Month Nominees week 1

  • BlkMajik
  • Catdidit
  • Knickknack
  • Iansmomm
  • Mckeemom
  • Mysticpassions
  • Princesspoo18
  • Screamb
  • Turkeygoose
  • Wymyj

Congratulations to our ten nominees this week. Although the grand prize is the new laptop which we’ll randomly “live draw” at the end of the month, we though all nominees should enjoy a little perk as a nominee.

We’re happy to share, all weekly nominees will receive a generous 200% bonus on all their deposits for the week. This means, the above ten (10) members will receive  200% bonus on all their deposits from Monday, March 9, 12:01am EST to Sunday, March 15, 11:59pm EST.

Congratulations and thank you to all of our members for making Bingo Vega a fun-filled community to be a part of. All the best to each one of our members on the next draw date set for Monday, March 16th.