We often get tickets or players in chat, asking why some people seem to win more often than others.
First of all, let me say that the mathematics of bingo probability is unbelievably complicated, so I’m going to keep this simple. It won’t be exact but it should be close enough for you to get the general idea.
Let’s take a look at the chances of winning:
In a game with 5 players, each holding 2 cards, there are 10 cards in play. Each player has a 20% chance of winning because he or she holds 20% of the cards that are in play. Next game, every player buys 6 cards each, so there are 30 cards in play. Each still has a 20% chance of winning (because 6 is 20% of 30).
Simple enough so far.
Now, if there are 5 players and one player has 6 cards, but the others only have 1 card each, there are only 10 cards in play. The player with 6 cards has a 60% chance of winning (6 is 60% of 10). The other players each have only a 10% chance of winning. If all 5 players buy the same number of cards for the next 10 games, statistically the player with 6 cards will win more often.
But that kind of buying pattern doesn’t happen very often, so let’s look at another, slightly more realistic, example:
Chocs, Midgey, Poppy, Snuggles and Womble decide to play 20 games of bingo.
Chocs and Midgey each buy 1 card per game, Poppy buys 5 and gets one free per game, and Snuggles and Womble each buy 10 and get two free per game. There are therefore 32 cards in play.
Chocs and Midgey have a 3.13% chance of winning each game.
Poppy has an 18.75% chance of winning each game.
Snuggles and Womble each have a 37.5% chance of winning each game.
Statistically speaking, over 20 games, Chocs and Midgey may not win at all. Poppy, Snuggles and Womble should all win. We would expect to see Snuggles and Womble winning the most games.
Because bingo isn’t as neat and tidy as that, what we actually see usually follows the pattern but it can vary slightly.
As I said earlier, the mathematics of bingo probability is unbelievably complicated and it depends on a whole stack of factors. But basically, although you can win with one card, you increase your chances of winning if you buy more than one.
Be lucky!
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We know that a number of you are experiencing problems with chat freezing, tickets not showing and getting booted and we’ve been looking into it. Our techs and the techs at Parlay (who provide the software) have given the site the thumbs up, from a technical point of view.
So, we’ve been chatting with our counterparts on other sites and they tell us that some of their players are experiencing difficulties too. The collected wisdom of our best technical staff, the techs at Parlay and reports from other sites resulted in the following info which I hope will help a lot of you out.
- AOL has been experiencing a fair amount of problems, as have other ADSL providers. If you have ADSL broadband (you use filters on your line for your phones and don’t have a cable connection) then please get in touch with your ISP. We know that AOL, for example, are giving free time to people having these problems.
- Flash Player has recently been updated. If you don’t have the latest version, try downloading it from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ and see if that improves things for you. A number of players have said that that has helped them.
- As always, please remember to frequently clear out your temporary internet files and clear your cookies. Some of the signs that you may need to do this include: certain numbers not being called by the caller even though they are out, the music not being heard and problems with the game playing slowly.
Unfortunately, we can’t find an answer for every single problem that is experienced by players, but hopefully these suggestions will help most of you.
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It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce the loss of one of our favourite Maniacs – DAME CRACKER.
Cracker, real name Carol, joined BingoMania in February 2007 and quickly became loved by all the roomies and GMs. She joined in with the community and had a great sense of fun. She was always quick with a kind word when someone needed lifted, even when she recently found out that she had cancer and that it was untreatable. In her inimitable style, instead of retreating into herself she continued to join in the fun and spirit of BingoMania.
Sadly, Carol lost the fight against cancer in the early hours of Thursday, 8th May.
The heartfelt thoughts and prayers of all at BingoMania are with the family at this difficult time.
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The Christmas Holidays are my favorite time of the year – a time for friends, family and of course some well deserved time off from work : D
But one part of the Holidays that I dread, is the creative thought process that goes into finding the right gift to show my appreciation to a loved one. And let’s not forget the overcrowded shopping centers.
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Over the years, I’ve used online shopping to alleviate the stress of retail shopping during the holidays. But each year, like many folks, I’ve struggled with the gift ideas part. So for this year, I did some poking around the World Wide Web and found several great ideas.
If you want to show your appreciation with a little creativity, then you’ll find these sources helpful.
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… but Lil Rusty has had a hiccup again.
We do appreciate that this is very frustrating for you, but please bear with us and all will be returned to normal as soon as possible. Our techies are beavering away to try and bring the bingo back as soon as they can.
Regards
TT
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Hi All,
As quite a few of you are probably already aware there is a nasty virus circulating on MSN. This virus sends out one of the following messages with a file named image.zip (image is generally followed by a number eg. image08.zip)
Wow i think i found your pic on myspace!
hah I think I found an old pic of us!
haha lets hope your parents dont see this picture of you 
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?
is it ok if I add this pic to my new slideshow?
can i up some of these pics of ya to my myspace profile?
you care if i put this pictuer of you in my new album?
sry about the messup i fixed the pic! Try it one more time pz
is this pic tooo sexy for photobucket??
wow I just dyed my hair… You will never believe the color it is now. lol And dont laugh
my crazy sister wants u to see these pics for some reason… take a look
OMFG!!!!!!!!
wow! look at this old picture i found….
wanna see this pic of my Boobs?
Can i put this pic of you into my new myspace album?
Take a look at the new pics already! :p
I cant believe they wanted me to upload this picture to facebook lol. Its terrible. Like my outfit tho?
Lmfao hey im sending my new pictures! Check em out!
I’ve been editing some pics you should def see em loL! accept 
Can you believe somone actually wears this size bra? I could use it for a Tent.
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone
dude i just got these pictures off my digital for you! Gimme a moment to find em and send
Wanna see my pics before i send em to facebook?
do you think this picture is too kinky for Myspace?
OMG just accept please its only some pics!!
Hey accept my pictures, i got a bunch from when i was like a toddler :X
I think this picture is terrible. but my friends on myspace want to see it. please dont show noone.
Hey just finished new myspace album! theres a few kinky ones in there!
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! Check it out!!!
Have you seen me Naked Yet
ok, I DO NOT like my new hair color.. but people on facebook do. what do you think? And no laughing! lol
hey you got a myspace album? anyways heres my new myspace album accept k?
do I look dumb in this picture? I want to put it on myspace.
hey man accept my pics. 
i just edited it to look maad funny..
Dude i found your picture on hotornot.com! Take a look!
If you accept the file by accident you are still safe as long as you dont unzip the file and run the file inside. If you do recieve the file please delete it immediately.
If you are unfortunate enough to have already opened and run the file then instructions of how to remove it can be found on the following website:
http://www.cisrt.org/enblog/read.php?170
Once the virus is active on your PC a bot will then procede to send out the file with a message to all of your MSN contacts.
Please note that the strain of the virus has changed several times and some of the instructions may not work depending on which form of the virus you have. If you manage to locate the image file on your PC and delete it but you are unable to locate the other files mentioned on this website then doing a system restore to one of the days before you got the virus could possibly work. Also the website I provided has a forum and the people on there will help you get rid of it if you are having problems.
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