How does gambling go from hobby to addiction? It’s simple really. Most casinos are only out to part the average player from his or her money. These casinos don’t care if you become addicted to gambling, they only care that you keep playing. A casino is a business after all and business are all about profit.

So they create atmospheres that take you out of your usual frame of mind, they put you in luxurious rooms where the games all seem so glamorous and distract you from the time by having no windows and keep you distracted by offering free alcoholic beverages so that gambling seems like a great idea. The biggest cash crop of casinos is the slot machines, players get so caught up in pulling the lever and hopefully cashing in that they can’t drag themselves away. It’s this dogged determination that pushes marathon runners that last fifty yards. In other situations it’s humanity’s saving grace, in this case it can lead to damnation as in the heat of the moment a player may spend much more than he or she intended to. Or borrow money and get in over their head because the atmosphere of the casino clouds their better judgment.

This is why you must always gamble smart. Always go in with a plan of how much you’re willing to spend, how much you’re willing to lose, even how much you want to win, how long you intend to spend gambling and most importantly you have to stick to your plan. Gambling online can go a long way to keeping you safe, after all you’re in charge of your surroundings, you can have lights and windows and clocks to remind you of the time and of course you’re not going to drink nearly as much at home by yourself than you would in a casino. Gambling can be a fun and exciting way to spend Saturday afternoons but you don’t want it to become a problem in your life.

888day is here again! Chinese legend says number 8 is the luckiest number of them all, so imagine just how lucky you could be if you play at 888.com on the 8 of August.

Following the success of last year’s 888day on August 8, we’ll be making it bigger and better this year by offering ALL 888.com members the chance to win a year’s salary – $38,000, £24,000 or €27,000!

And in times like these, a GUARANTEED CASH prize to cash out right away and paid at the end of every month for 12 months, just like a real salary, is literally money in the bank.

Join today….

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It couldn’t be easier to enter – you simply keep doing what you’re doing now by playing at Casino-on-Net.

• For every $88, £55 or €60 you bet in Casino-on-Net from August 1 (00:00 GMT) – August 8 (23:59 GMT), you will get 1 prize draw ticket.
• On August 11 we’ll host the big prize draw where one lucky winner from ALL 888.com brands will walk away with a year’s salary – that’s $38,000, £24,000 or €27,000 completely FREE!

The more you play, the more tickets you’ll have in the draw so don’t miss out… you’ve earned it, you deserve it – so give yourself that pay rise NOW!

Of course, that’s not all… Casino-on-Net is celebrating 888day with lots MORE great cash and prizes up for grabs. Check out the tabs below for details!

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Let 888ladies give you the pay rise you deserve!…

Imagine getting paid twice every month for a whole year and all the extra stuff you’d be able to buy, all the extra fun you could have! Yup, that’s exactly what’s on offer for 888day…

Following the success of last year’s 888day on August 8, we’ve made it bigger and better this year by offering ALL 888ladies roomies the chance to win a year’s salary – £24,000!

For every £55 you spend on bingo and instant games from August 1-8, you’ll get 1 raffle ticket for the £24,000 Salary draw!

And that’s not all, check these other fab offers too and make it an 888day to remember!

Free Bingo – every single Sunday!

We all love Free Bingo, and that’s exactly what you’ll get at Bingo at bet365 every single Sunday in the Island Hopper room. With each and every game worth £50 you’d be mad to miss out!

Promotion runs from 09:00 UK Time until 23:59 UK Time every Sunday, with the games starting on the hour every hour in the Hopper Room.

So what are you waiting for, logon tody and get playing for FREE, and win a FREE £50!

Get your sombrero, ponchos and maracas ready – Mexico here we come!

You and a loved one could be basking in the Mexican sun on a fabulous luxury cruise this November. Not one but 2 VIP cabins are up for grabs this year with the winners bunking next door to CM Chica, TommyGntlmn and the Happy Hour Fairy!

And this isn’t just any cruise… it’s the 21^st annual World Championship Bingo Tournament & Gaming Cruise where you can win up to $100,000 + free ticket for next year’s cruise!

So what lavish treats lie in store for each cruise winner?

• A VIP cabin aboard cruiser ‘Carnival Splendor’ for the 8 day cruise
• Return flights from London to the US
• Sunny Mexican cruise stops including Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán and Cabo San Lucas
• And of course lots of fun bingo games with big cash prizes!

Already feeling the La Bamba vibe? Then here’s how to win:

Winning VIP cabin #1:

Play at least 50 bingo games between June 18 and August 17 to qualify for the competition and start accumulating as many Sombrero Points as possible:

1. Every 5p you wager on a 75-ball game will earn you 15 Sombrero Points
2. Every 5p you wager on a 90-ball game will earn you 15 Sombrero Points
3. Every £20 you wager on any of the instant games will earn you 15 Sombrero Points.
4. For every friend you refer to 888ladies, you’ll earn 50 Sombrero Points
5. Email us any photo of yourself and get 100 Sombrero Points.
6. Every 1,000 LPs you earn during the promotion period are equal to 15 Sombrero Points.

The top 75 players with the most Sombrero Points will get 6 free bingo cards and enter a 75-bingo game taking place Sunday August 23. The winner of this game will say hola to the first VIP cruise cabin!

Winning VIP cabin #2:

We have another VIP cabin waiting for you but we’re not going to tell you just yet how you can win it – just stay tuned to find out!

Once the first cabin is won, don’t stop playing to rake in those Sombrero Points – you’ll need them to win cabin #2 on August 30!

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888ladies bingo is the best ball in town! Brought to you by trusted online gaming giant 888.com, 888ladies bingo is all about ladies getting together and having some real fun.

No pesky downloads and no complicated software. Learn everything you need to know about our 75-ball and 90-ball Bingo at 888ladies from our specially designed online bingo textbook.  Then register and get ₤20 FREE to play bingo and win with! Our popular Chat Hosts help spice up the bingo fun by hosting special Chat Games with unexpected prizes!

You’ll love the mouth-watering daily and weekly bingo jackpots, including the famous ₤888,888 Coverall Jackpot and the Money Ball jackpot doubler. With ₤100 jackpots guaranteed twice a day besides, you’re bound to run into some money!

As if all that isn’t enough, you can get together with a couple of your best bingo mates and compete for your share of ₤3000 in our monthly Team Bingo tournament. Not to mention a cool ₤50 first prize offered every week to the lucky 888ladies Solo Tournament winner.

Did we mention the special weekend events? ₤1500 in special prizes are up for grabs every weekend, including everything from cash value Loyalty Points to a full-blown holiday abroad!   And if we’re already on the subject, our fabulous loyalty program offers plenty of opportunities to earn millions of points that can be redeemed for real money to play bingo with!

We’ve already mentioned the ₤20 FREE that you get as soon as you register. Well, there’s a lot more pampering where that came from. As soon as you decide to make your first deposit, we’ll match it with an unheard of 150% Welcome Bonus up to ₤150! And we’ll continue to match every single deposit you make from then on with a 50% Deposit Bonus up to ₤100.

Nobody could possibly offer you more. Join 888ladies today and discover the pampering fun that thousands are already enjoying on a daily basis!

90 Ball Bingo is the most popular version of bingo the world over. Players purchase numbered bingo tickets and then mark off the numbers that are called out at random. The first winner is the first player to complete any 1 line pattern, second winner any 2 lines pattern, full house winner to complete all three lines.

Tickets

90-ball Bingo is played on a 3×9 grid of numbers called a ticket. Each row of 9 squares contains 5 numbers and 4 blanks.

Strips

90-ball Bingo game is almost always played on strips of 6 tickets each. One strip contains all the numbers 1-90 distributed throughout the 6 tickets, so that a number is crossed off at each bingo call.

Winning Patterns

There are three consecutive winning patterns in 90-ball Bingo with three corresponding payouts.
Mark off all the numbers on one row to claim the any 1 line pattern.
Mark off all the numbers on any two rows to claim the any 2 lines pattern.
Mark off all 15 numbers on a ticket to claim the full house pattern.
Each game might offer just one winning pattern, or two or all three in sequence. Sometimes it’s possible to win 3 payouts in a single game by being the first to mark off any 1 line, then any 2 lines, and then a full house!

Payouts and Jackpots

In general, the more a ticket costs and the more people participate in a particular game, the bigger the payouts for that game. Sometimes 888ladies guarantee a minimum payout no matter how few the players or inexpensive the tickets. We also offer additional jackpots on some games. All payout and jackpot information is displayed in the information bar above the ticket strips, before and during the game.

Its as simple as that. Why not log on today and have a go on some of the low limit tables.