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Directory

How do I search using the search filter?

Use the checkboxes to restrict the search to sites that provide your preferred features. For example to view sites that offer 90 ball free play games, just select the boxes next to 90 ball and free play. Then hit the search button. This will discount sites that offer only 75 ball or Pay-to-play sites.

Webmasters: Suggesting a site

How do I add a site to your directory?

If you find a website that matches our criteria for inclusion in the directory that isn't listed you can use the suggest a site form to alert us to it's existence

How long will it take for my site to be listed?

We endevour to add sites to our directory in a timely manner. However, depending on the activity level of the editors, it may take up to 1 week or more for your site to be reviewed. Our goal is to make the directory as useful as possible for our users and we pride ourselves upon the relevence of our directory. Having your site suggested to us does not guarantee that it will be chosen for inclusion.

Can I improve the speed at which my submission is considered for inclusion?

No. All site suggestions are checked and edited by our editorial team to ensure relevance and quality. We endevour to add sites to our directory in a timely manner. Please be patient and do not try to resubmit your site. Multiple submissions will not improve the speed at which you are considered or your placement in our directory. In some cases multiple submissions may actually be considered as spam and barred from inclusion in our directory.

How do you assess sites for inclusion?

All site suggestions are checked and edited by our editorial team to ensure relevance and quality. They must match the criteria set out on the site suggestion page.

If my site has been refused a listing can I appeal?

At present we have no appeal procedure. The editors decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Consider why your site may have not have met our inclusion criteria. You can then resubmit your site if the content has significantly changed from previous submissions.

My website is listed, but I want to enhance my entry with a featured logo (eg. Featured Site, Video Picks, etc).

To enhance your site entry with one of our featured logos, please contact us for details.

RSS

What is RSS?

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". Websites publish content called "feeds" or "channels". Our RSS feeds allow you to keep up to date with the latest bingo news. To use feeds you need special program called an "RSS Reader" or "RSS Aggregator" which reads our headlines as they are published. The RSS Reader periodically checks our site for new news stories. Whenever a new story is published on our site your RSS Reader tells you, showing you the headlines, a brief summary of the story and a link to the full story. The main benefit of RSS is that you can use your RSS Reader to bring together news from various websites into one manageable place.

How do I get started with RSS?

Firstly choose and download an RSS reader. There are various readers available for you to choose from. A quick internet search for "rss reader" will throw up a multitude of applications available for download. Some readers are available to buy but there are also may free readers available for download.

How do I subscribe to Which Bingo RSS feeds?

The exact method for subscribing depends upon the RSS reader you have chosen. Check the documentation for your application. With many readers you can subscribe simply by clicking on the orange RSS logo on our news pages or here (). Some applications may ask you to manually type the location of the feed.

Our RSS news feed is located at: http://www.whichbingo.co.uk/rss/news.xml

Our RSS bingo offers feed is located at: http://www.whichbingo.co.uk/rss/email-offers.xml

Can I use your Bingo News RSS feeds on my own website?

If you own your own website you can request to use our RSS feeds to display bingo news on your website. Contact us to request permission. Use of our feeds are subject to usage guidelines, and our standard terms and conditions. Specifically, proper credit must be given to WhichBingo.co.uk and feeds must always be marked and attributed as "Content from WhichBingo.co.uk".

Competition

I am on the competition winners' page. How do I claim my prize?

Competition winners will be notified by email with information about how and when to claim their prize. If you have not yet received your notification email, please contact us.

Privacy

Are my details safe?

We respect your privacy. We only use information collected about you to help us (a) develop the design and layout of the Website to ensure that it is as useful and enjoyable as possible and (b) provide the products and services which interest you. Sometimes this information may also be used by us and our associated companies to inform you about changes to the Website, new services and products or offers that you might find interesting. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send an email to support@whichbingo.co.uk.

Miscellaneous

What is 90 ball bingo?

90 ball bingo is the true British game of bingo. It is the same game of bingo that you will recognise from your local bingo club. 90 Ball bingo is played on a ticket nine boxes wide and three boxes deep. Each ticket contains 15 numbers randomly selected from 1 – 90. A game of 90 ball bingo is played in three stages; one line, two lines then full house.

What is 75 ball bingo?

75 ball bingo is widely regarded as the North American version of bingo. Here, bingo is played on a 5x5 card with the centre square usually marked 'free'. Players have to complete a specific pattern before claiming bingo.

What is the difference between "Download" and "No download" bingo games?

Online Bingo can be played in one of two different formats. "Download" bingo games involve the player downloading and installing the game to their own computer. The game is then run from the player's machine. "No-download" bingo games are played online and are accessed via the operator's website. "No download" bingo games are usually in Java or Flash format

How to download our bingo podcasts

It's easy to download the podcast to your computer to listen to it whenever you want, or to copy it onto your favorite MP3 player.

Just click the right-click on the link in the Bingo Podcast you want to download and select "Save As ...", "Save Link As," "save link" or a similar option. (These options depend on whichever browser you're using).

After clicking the button you will see a new window where you can choose where you want to save the podcast on your computer.

Note: All WhichBingo podcasts are in mp3 format.

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