Posted by Stuart at 9:05 AM

We did it – we finally have a blog! What … what’s a blog? And what is ManiaStu?

welcomeA blog is an online journal and ManiaStu is a transparent journal for the BingoMania.com community members. My hope is that the ManiaStu blog will give you a chance to look inside the BingoMania HQ and get to know us better. We will discuss everything and anything ranging from the Bingo Maniac culture to Celebrity Gossip.

This is our first shiny post – but before I dive into this thing called blogging and start writing my heart out, I’d like to hear from you: Please send any ideas and suggestions as to what you’d like me to talk about on our bingo blog.

So let me ask you this: what would you like to see discussed on the ManiaStu Blog?

Oh, the first 10 members who leave a good suggestion will be thanked with a small thank you BB : ).

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110 Responses to “Welcome! Our 1st Shiny Post”

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    Kimmers1962 Said @ 4:26 pm on September 7th, 2007

    I would like to see on the blog, info on the current GM’s. Like where they are from, how long they have been with either site, their hobbies, etc. Maybe a feature spotlight on one each week. We are all like a family and I have been here nearly 9 years. Thanks

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    @NNETTE Said @ 4:44 pm on September 7th, 2007

    congratulation with yours MANIA STU site.
    you would like us to now you better, what about pictures and a short biografi of the nice GMs
    and where in the world they are living and working from.
    best wishes

    @nnette from Denmatk

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    10LUBBER35 Said @ 4:54 pm on September 7th, 2007

    Nice to see a blog or forum where members can leave contructive thoughts.
    Would like to see suggestions for new patterns.
    Maybe news that other players would like to share.

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    TadaaCsNoRed Said @ 6:26 pm on September 7th, 2007

    Well let me be the 1st to congratulate BingoMania on having a blog,, this is gonna be great,, and for a discussion , how bout adding some new games for us chatters to play in rooms, maybe there could be a contest for us that we (the chatters) could vote on new types of games,,

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    Michele Nicholson Said @ 6:35 pm on September 7th, 2007

    Hello,
    I think it would be nice to talk about food lol share recipes with each other.
    thank you michele nicholson
    allis gabygirl

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    Ohsolovely Said @ 12:12 am on September 8th, 2007

    I love Bingomania and all the GM’s I would like to see pics and a short Bio on the GM’s. Also like a Hot News.. were all the bingomania addicts can share their news.
    Best Roomie of the Week story etc

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    tizjusme Said @ 8:10 am on September 8th, 2007

    I think we should talk about how everyone is doing
    and if there is anything new going on…

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    flower61 Said @ 8:12 am on September 8th, 2007

    hi stu i love reading the blog on mania uk think it great that u have it here ok stu let see if u can get winner board fixed on home page love to check and see if friends are winning to congrat them well gtg ty hagd hope this is as fun as the blog on mania uk

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    KYLINDA Said @ 9:01 am on September 8th, 2007

    Hello ALL and congratulations on the new blog. looks great and hopefully will be lots of fun and informative. One suggestion I do have is to revamp the schedulle page so you can see all days at one time for a particular room. Good luck to all and win,win,win!

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    Kim(MrsElmo) Said @ 8:15 pm on September 8th, 2007

    I would like to say what a great site mania is. It is a home away from home for me. I have met a lot of great people on there and its always a place that can cheer you up.
    I would like to see other pay out options for US residents if possible.
    I think coming up with surprise deposit bonus days. Contest for us players would be great.
    Like maybe top bingo winner in each room or top player who wins on a certain pattern so many times. I know you have had the slots tourney but I think you need something for us bingo players too.
    Its always great to see the changes at mania it makes it so much more enjoyable.

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    Stuart Said @ 12:04 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Thank you all for leaving a comment on ManiaStu. Your feedback means a lot and I appreciate it very much. As promised, you should find a little thank you BB in your bingomania account. Thanks again.

    Kimmers1962 & @NNETTE: Great idea. I really like this. I’ll encourage our great GM team to share their pics and a short bio with the community.

    10LUBBER35 & Ohsolovely: Yes this could work. We can announce community related news as well as provide a way for our members to share their news with the community

    TadaaCsNoRed Thanks for the suggestion, I can see us posting different promotions and giving the community a chance to vote for their preferred special. This way, you will be able to choose the type of games you’d enjoy the most.

    Michele: As a foodie, I think this will be easy to talk about. Only problem is that I love to eat, but I’m not the greatest cook. That being said, I think collectively we can all share our favorite recipies and talk about them. We could have a recipe of the week submitted by a community member. We’d share it on the blog and those interested can make the dish, take a picture of their amazing meal and share their thoughts on the recipe.

    flower61: Winners board not working on the home page? I’ll take a look. Yes, that would be great too – allowing the community to send out congratulatory shout-out to friends. On a side note, we’ve got something brewing here at the BingoMania HQ, called My Mania, which will allow members to send messages to other members, plus a whole slew of other neat futures…more on My Mania on a post topic later this week.

    KYLINDA: I too agree that our bingo schedule page needs a redesign. We’re working on a new site design and an upcoming upgrade that should make it easier for everyone to view each room’s bingo schedule along with monthly promos. More on the upgrade on an upcoming post.

    MrsElmo: Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Since the Neteller issues, our industry experienced a few months back, I’ve personally been working really hard to find our US members easy funding and payout options. During the past few months we’ve had our ups and downs but now things are looking better. For payout options, have you tried Safe Pay? I really like their services and as I’ve said before, I think they’re a much better service than Neteller was. … re: promos: stay tuned : )

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    itsallNdaballs (aka balls) Said @ 2:03 pm on September 10th, 2007

    ok not sure what how to do bloggin and sure its not associated with cloggin j/k lol but some direction as to how it goes and if i am in right place would b nice ..see i am blonde/gray, older and lost most the time..wrote one before this but got sent bak lol story of my life..did somethin wrong but great idea and sure we gonna love it thanks

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 2:07 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Greetings
    I would have liked to have seen more late night playing. I do not sleep well and used to come online to play bingo here, unfortunately a player would play the game alone and win less than you paid LOL I think promoting some sort of nightly games after 01:00 would be great!! Such as games paying no less than $15 in the quarter room, $10 in the dimes room etc etc. I think this would be a great addition to Mania and also help to keep players here after midnight. I know you already have 2 nights of all night playing but I am talking every night and it would help Mania make more $$$$ too LOL

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    Bill Collector Said @ 3:12 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi there!

    What a great idea!! I would like to see some fun tournaments where you buy in for a package price and win prizes such as merchandise or trips. I’ve seen on some other sites where they add a special room just for the tournaments and some run for the entire weekend where the person with the most accumulated wins gets the grand prize.

    I’d also like to see a return of the BBs for chat games…playing for 1 or 2 BBs is nice but really boring. There are so many chat games you can play and would like to see more creative games that would offer an opportunity to entertain us and win prizes.

    Thanks for the Blog!!

    Bill Collector :)

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    Gregg aka Ps2Mobius1 Said @ 3:22 pm on September 10th, 2007

    i agree with the other posters late night after midnight est would be nice since its only 9 pm here in california, i would also like to see more winners names posted on the main page as it is now you only publish people that have won in bingo and theres a lot more games here than just bingo. a topic like top slot winners . also i would like to see the keno come back and not all jacked up like .05 fixed bet. oh yeah 1 more thing lol post times and days your going to do maintence on the system so we dont have problems playing. now as far as your staff goes i think you have a great team everyone is very nice to deal with and their very helpful keep up the good work can i list you as a dependent on my tax’s lol thank you bingo mania…

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    nybill Said @ 3:24 pm on September 10th, 2007

    What a great idea this is. If you are looking for site suggestions my major one would be the pre-buy feature. Its tough when you are busy to keep running back and forth so certain games aren’t missed. The second suggestion would be that chat games are arranged so that someone in chat wins everytime. most do not cause winners are out of room.

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    Wendy aka ABingoWinner Said @ 3:29 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi everyone…I just wanted to leave something because well lets face it I like to talk~LMAO!!! I like the idea on the GM’s and I love the idea on the recipe thing and boy oh boy I can get alot of ya fat with my tasty recipes~hehe!! I would like to see more set pots and maybe ones in the SHR room…that would be totally cool!!!

    ~Wendy

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    TadaaCsNoRed (Robin) Said @ 3:56 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hey all,, wow,, I must say, this blog thing of yours Stu is really taking off,, I for one is really glad to see that, the only problem I have seen though is finding where the blog is on home page, so what I did was come in from the newsletter that I received ,, clicked on the info for this and when blog opened I just added it to my favorits,, lots are having problems finding this page, so you may want to do something to help other roomies out,,
    Thanks,,

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    flower61 Said @ 4:16 pm on September 10th, 2007

    hi stu glad this is taking off ok lets see if u can solve a mania mystery who are the ladies on the game pages lol hagd

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    10LUBBER35 Said @ 4:51 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Nice to see responses here. And TY Stu, tried my best.
    No No Prebuys please, I know we are busy, but do what you have to do and then play. Sorry just my opinion.
    One thing have to say, sorry for taking wins away from the rooms where you can get BBs in chat, cant be there.
    GOOD LUCK TO ALLLLLLLLL

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    7 GRANDS Said @ 5:25 pm on September 10th, 2007

    I think this is a great idea to get new ideas from everyone……

    I would like to see bigger pots late at night for us oldies but goodies who cant sleep or cant always get to play at normal times….

    I would also like to see auto buy while we are playing so we dont miss games in other rooms.

    Not pre-buy but auto-buy.

    Thanks,

    Marie

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    Tina (duch525) Said @ 6:31 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi! Luv the blog and reading the posts..great idea Mania. I would luv to see some different chat games. I am a long time player (5 yrs now)and enjoy the people and the GM’s are the best. I like the recipe idea, pre-buy idea, and more chat prizes such as a BingoMania magnet, shirt, ect. for maybe special nights. Thanks for listening and look forward to hearing everyone’s ideas.

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    Michelle Said @ 7:21 pm on September 10th, 2007

    I love this! It is great to see the players being able to interact outside the chat room! I don’t like pre-buy ideas, too many non roomie winners when you do things that way. Auto buy would be cool, that way if you step away for a few minutes you don’t miss games.

    I would love to see some new slots too, I’ve seen some really neat ones on other sites.

    Awesome! Love the board!

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    moneybunny Said @ 8:51 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi,
    Love this, great idea.
    I would like to see a little more trivia games and less nabors. Skippy doesn’t cooperate too often with roomie wins and we go for long stretches with no BBs.
    An oldie but a goodie that I like to play is races, where each player picks a B or an O and when all the numbers acroos from it are called those players win bbs if they reply in chat with a TY.
    Keno and lotto are 2 of my favs as well.
    I could go on and on with ideas for chat games but i’ll stop here LOL.

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    DOT55 Said @ 9:42 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi. i really like this idea, i would like to see GM Kari’s odd, even game brought back, i really enjoyed it and i know a lot of other roomies did also. Now if we are being real honest here i have to say i for one am not happy with the bb’s being lowered, some of us can’t afford to fund everyday but enjoyed the conpany of the roomies and winning bb’s helped us to play and chat a while longer, other than that i love mania even if skip is pretty mean at times,LOL, thanks for listening

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    Kathleen McGurty-Weiser Said @ 9:48 pm on September 10th, 2007

    When chatting and the GM posts what game is being played it goes by so fast I can’t read it and if I scroll back up and someone else posts its goes away fast again. Maybe the game that is being played can be shown in another window?

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    Jodie Said @ 9:58 pm on September 10th, 2007

    OK…OK…I am only posting cause ABingoWiener did LOLOL! Whatever ya’ll want is fine with me…ya’ll know I never pay attention and never know what is going on anyway!! GL GL to all my roomiessssssss!!

    Jodie (LuckeeeStars)

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    LuckeeeStars Said @ 10:01 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Ohhhhhhhhh poooo now ya’ll know my name! ha ha Leave it to me to not have this thing figured out yet…when something says NAME, I put my name in DUH…ok ok enough outta me! lolol And, OMG! If I cant add, I can’t post…well, thank God for small miracles!! lmao

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    Diane Said @ 11:13 pm on September 10th, 2007

    I would like to say Bingo Mania is the best site around. All the roomies are great, Gm’s are the best and staff is wonderful also. I would like to see keno come back I thought that was a good game when we did play it. Well Bingo Mania keep up the good work.

    bunnys057

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    ChooChooMagoo Said @ 11:24 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi Stu,
    Love the blog.
    ok … please NO PRE-BUY … I used to play on a site and those people who pre-buy always win … and it’s not fair to the chat roomies. Also, please put the bb’s back like they were … every since the change I’d be happy to win 1 bb … the games are not fun anymore …. especially the one’s where you have to type in when you see the double numbers … 22,33,11 … etc .. I don’t type very fast and really can’t see that well, so needless to say … I never get those ..LOL .. anyway … I Love Mania and will always play here ….

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    Darlene Said @ 11:32 pm on September 10th, 2007

    Hi , Just want to say congrats on putting up a blog , I think this is a great idea for interacting with other players and throwing ideas and suggestions at each other , I agree with a few others on the suggestions for new patters , I love playing bingo here ,but sometimes watching some of those patterns is like watching paint dry lol , I have been at this site for about 5 years and it’s the only site I play on or care to play on , I have played on others but none come close to Bingo Mania , your Gm’s are great , and I owe Nicole a few thanks , she has been awesome too! I am looking forward to many more years here , Thanks for everything

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    *POSH* Said @ 1:05 am on September 11th, 2007

    Well done Stuart, hope this blog becomes a great success, like the Uk blog, keep up the good work.

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    Rachy Ray Said @ 6:47 am on September 11th, 2007

    Hey Roomies and Mania staff. Im just sitting and checking out the blogs and i must say this was a great idea. Kudos to mania. I agree with the new designs comment and i also think bringing back one of the weekly games would be fun for example the Keno night (chat game) something like that would be great….i lived for those nights lol. Well done mania once again :)

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    Rachy Ray Said @ 7:03 am on September 11th, 2007

    Im baaaack! I thought of something i would like to see…..I checked my loyalty and i think it would be nice to know approx. how far we are from reaching our next level. I know its not that big of a deal for most but i find myself trying to figure that out often lol. If there is a way to do that i think that would be nice to know. Im off to get my bingo on!!!

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    bunnys057 Said @ 9:33 am on September 11th, 2007

    What I would like to see is an just and hour dedicated just to line games one line two line and the three line games. I think they are so much fun to play lots of roomies love them also.

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    Mooners44 Said @ 10:01 am on September 11th, 2007

    Hi Everyone,
    This is such a great Idea, I havent been here to long but a blog is a must, I agree with a few others as far as the chat games. something different would be great and a tournament would be so much fun, I played at another site for 6 years and we had a bingo tourney and slot tourney which was so much fun, a couple new patterns would be great, but let me say a hats off to our GMs for a tremendous job done each day, wish you all lots of bingos and thanks for the blog its a wonderful idea.

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    TadaaCsNoRed (Robin) Said @ 10:45 am on September 11th, 2007

    WOW, I must say that this has really taken off,, look how many have blogged,, AMAZING,, totally great, amazing and any other words I can think of,, WOW WOW WOW,, and on a more somber note, my thoughts go out today to the families and all that were lost on Sept 11, 2001,,,

    Robin

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    Wendy aka ABingoWinner Said @ 1:41 pm on September 11th, 2007

    I like Rachy Ray’s idea on the knowing how far we are away from reaching our next loyalty level…this was I can stop buggin support…LOL

    And um I wanna see a pic of Stu and a little bio on him too :D

    Wendy

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    Wendy aka ABingoWinner Said @ 1:57 pm on September 11th, 2007

    Today let us take a few moments to remember the innocent who lost their lives in the most horrendous attack in this nation’s history…911
    Let’s extend our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of those who were lost.
    Let’s honor the selfless men and women of our Armed Forces who keep this country safe and work to prevent future attacks.

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    Joanne aka alwaysone Said @ 2:12 pm on September 11th, 2007

    Great idea Bingo Mania! I would like to suggest a room that only had coveralls or another room that was only quickie games. Bingo tournamnents are always fun too.

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    nybill Said @ 2:27 pm on September 11th, 2007

    Did i mention earlier what a great idea a nakid bingo hour would be with extra BBs for cams??? (grins)

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    Wendy aka ABingoWinner Said @ 2:47 pm on September 11th, 2007

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh I totall liked alwaysone’s idea….quickie games and coveralls woohoo!!!

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    ABingoWinner Said @ 2:47 pm on September 11th, 2007

    nybill…u nasty nasty boy u LOL

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    dewdropinn810 Said @ 7:07 pm on September 11th, 2007

    Listen we know youre cute but love to know who we are talking to and pictures of the gms and PLEASE!!!!! may we change the patterns once in a while! Luv this site thank-you so much Debby, as known as dewdropinn810

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    softballma4 Said @ 7:22 pm on September 11th, 2007

    love the gms. they are all fantastic. my fave is courtney. she is a doll and we have a blast in her chats. thank God she is so patient with us “maniacs” softballma4 aka chris-tina

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    gallopinggranny Said @ 8:27 pm on September 11th, 2007

    This blogging is a wonderful idea. I have a suggestion i would like to see happen. Instead of mania giving 150% bonus on wed and sat, i think it would be great for it to be done all the time. This would save everyone from having to wait to deposit funds until that day and maybe releave the system from to many deposits at one time. Thank you for listening.

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 6:00 am on September 12th, 2007

    Back to the topic of pre-buy……players do not always come to chat, they have their reasons - me for instance can no longer read it since surgery. Many of the chat games require you to have to watch chat or the numbers closely which I cannot do. So the pre-buy is not such a bad thing. Winners are NOT always in chat so what does it really matter if pre-buy exists? Love the blog idea by the way. Mania is a good site to play bingo and the GM’s are great too (well most of em lollllllll - j/k)You know me Wheez - remember what ya used to call me hahaaaa!!! Miss you. Oh by the way, I too am a long time player here just about 7 years now so Mania must be doing something right :)

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    Alice horner aka 1 Pitts Said @ 9:40 am on September 12th, 2007

    Hi Stu, I love the idea of this blog. I Like the idea of prepaid cards and also the deposits on any day. I love bingomania it changed my life. I used to go to land bingo all the time. There is no other place i like to be but on mania playing bingo. I met alot of friends. Thanks for being there. Ali

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    ali Said @ 9:50 am on September 12th, 2007

    Hi Stu, I would like to suggest doing mania games one price deal for the special fixed pots something like the tourney’s you have. Instead paying each time you play a game or have a special room for different fixed pots.

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    KrabbyPatty Said @ 11:05 am on September 12th, 2007

    I just read one of Stu’s comments about payout options. He suggested Safe Pay for payouts but I was told my a GM that SafePay was only for funding not payouts. It would really be helpful if we could get everyone on the same page so we know if we can or cannot use SafePay for payouts….instead of just funding.

    Thanks!

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    Jackie aka KrabbyPatty Said @ 11:22 am on September 12th, 2007

    Ok I just have to voice my opinion on the PreBuy option. Please noooooooooo……!! I beg you!
    Auto buy sounds great though! That way there’s no missing games if you’re, say, at work like I am most of the time and I have to walk away to work and I miss games…..

    I think some fresh, FAST, patterns would be good too. Some of the patterns now are SO long they might as well be coveralls and they’re not very exciting either. I think a “speed” room would be a great idea. Short, fast games keeps the rush going for some of us.

    I have to agree that the chat games that require you to type in something before anyone else does kinda stink. Even with my new puter, I cant get in there fast enough lol…….I luv nabors and the LP Pick3 games…….

    I have another suggestion that I haven’t heard yet: I know you offer the “free games” for folks who hadn’t won the previous week BUT, a lot of folks miss it because of scheduling or whatever. How bout a “Day2″ of the free games only for those who didnt log in and play on the first day? That way, everyone gets to play the free games if the qualified for it.

    That’s all I can think of off the top of my head but I’m sure I’ll have more later.

    This blog is a FABULOUS idea. Kudos to you!!!

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    red4Speedy431 Said @ 12:00 pm on September 12th, 2007

    Hi Stu, today I was thinking , maybe you could add a refresh to the rooms when we are in them , so that when we run out of funds, we can just fund and refresh and not miss any games . We have to leave room and come back in to add money.

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    Stuart Said @ 12:28 pm on September 12th, 2007

    Thank you all for the great comments. I have started a recent post called “Thank you for all the Suggestions”.

    Please see my thoughts on some of the above suggestions.

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 7:31 pm on September 12th, 2007

    I just now remembered what I wanted to ask…since we are able to make the chat list font bigger, can you think about us being able to change the font on the chat area? It would sure help many of us with eyesight problems.

    Thanks!!

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    Rosie aka BingoBomber Said @ 3:52 pm on September 13th, 2007

    I would Like to see a system developed by the Game Programmers .To Highlight the Players Name if they Did Not Purchase Cards. This way the Gm,s job would be much easier ,by not having to ask a hundred times over if they were in the game and the Other players would not be cheated out of bb,s that they Rightfully earned, while some other player is just sitting in chat trying to earn bb,s and not buying cards.

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    Rosie aka BingoBomber Said @ 4:04 pm on September 13th, 2007

    How about having a Chat game like…..when a lobby person wins chat gets a bb in a fund jar and it is raffled off at the end of the gm,s shift.Sounds good to me.lol

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 6:50 pm on September 13th, 2007

    Hi - me again LOL

    I am thinking ( I know dangerous) that many many years ago, there was a special night in the quarter room where cards only cost 10 cents. There was a card limit but cannot remember what it was. It was a lot of fun and had very nice pots.

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 7:03 pm on September 13th, 2007

    Ok last thing I promise!!! This is in regards to money pot room I used to love playing that room until the game format changed. I wish there was a way to do a survey to see who likes it and who does not. I am sure there were good intentions in changing the format, but the pots are low and realistacly it is almost impossible to win the pjp in there with the format as it is. I really believe that more would play there if things were different. And like others were saying a change in patterns more often would be sooo nice. Also if the 11 game could play at night for those who cant be here during the day….Thanks for all everyone does at Mania, it is appreciated. And thanks for all the rambling on LOL - I think I may talk more than Wendy does hahhaa you know i am teasing PP !!!

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    ABingoWinner Said @ 7:33 pm on September 13th, 2007

    Hi Stu,

    Was wondering, If you would be willing to do a customer appreciation tournament for those of us who deposit and play frequently. I think that would be wayyyyy cool. Anyhow, this site rocks!! LOL

    Ang u are the original PP woman :P LOL

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 8:11 pm on September 13th, 2007

    Ummm Wendy…….PFFFFFFFTTTTTTT hehehee - miss you !!!!!!!

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    bitemeskip Said @ 10:44 pm on September 13th, 2007

    Is it possible to change the color of SHR…Many COSTLY mistakes due to SHR and HR being same color!! Thanksssssssss

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    Mooners44 Said @ 1:31 am on September 14th, 2007

    I would like to suggest that maybe look into something where we get our chatroom bbs when we win them, its very frustrating to have to wait hours and hours to receive your bbs, it would be nice to not have to write it all down each day. thanks

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    Becky Said @ 8:06 am on September 14th, 2007

    Hi everyone..
    I totally agree with KrabbyPatty on her idea with speed rooms and short games. And also: some of you may like this idea and some my not..but i often wonder if the next ball in the shoot was my winning ball. So I’m thinking after a game is won, if there could be a way to reveal all the balls in the shoot by sliding your pointer over it or just auto show them.. Just a thought. Thanks

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    KrabbyPatty Said @ 12:30 pm on September 14th, 2007

    Ooooooooh I like Becky’s idea of being able to see the next ball # in the chute after someone wins. I often think that mine was “next” and I’ve always loved knowing what the next ball was. I don’t know why. I’m a freak. lol

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    Amber Said @ 2:04 pm on September 14th, 2007

    LOL I soooo agree with bitemeskip. I have also made the mistake and bought too many cards in that room. Also loving the idea of seeing the next number, tho, im not sure why. It would just make me mad. LOL The bingo bucks right away would be just awesome!

    Thanks.

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    Stuart Said @ 3:45 pm on September 14th, 2007

    I like all of the above suggestions. As some of you know, we’re planning a new upgrade for BingoMania.com in October with some very “cool” features — bingo bets, a social community feature for all of our bingo maniacs, new promotions, new slots, etc. … I promise, next week, I’ll do a complete post on the upcoming upgrade. This way you’ll know what we’ve got brewing for you at BingoMania HQ.

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    Rosie aka BingoBomber Said @ 10:16 pm on September 14th, 2007

    I would like to see a way where a Gm can automatically add the bb,s to a persons bank as soon as she awards them ,that would be great.Instead of doing all that paperwork.Waiting for the office and then having to argue with them when they make mistakes and then you get the run around back and forth, from Gm to office to do a ticket.Well I guess it’s the thought that counts.

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    Rosie aka BingoBomber Said @ 10:19 pm on September 14th, 2007

    Hey Stu,
    What do you think about this idea.Let the players buy Blank Bingo cards and fill in their own Numbers.Then when they lose they have no one to blame but themselves.

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    ABingoWinner Said @ 10:34 pm on September 14th, 2007

    ROFLMAO @ BingoBomber’s post!!! I love you my sweet bombieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hahaha

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    chei(shannon) Said @ 5:50 pm on September 16th, 2007

    just wanted to say this blog is a cool idea and that bingomania is the best site i’ve ever played at. the gm’s are so wonderful and my best wishes and prayers are with wilbo.

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    Jackie AKA KrabbyPatty Said @ 11:59 am on September 18th, 2007

    For the life of me, I cannot see on Safepay out to withdrawl to either my bank card or my bank account. I’m with Flower61 on this one. I just don’t see how it’s possible to move funds from Safepay to your bank card/account. Anyone actually done it yet??

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    Jackie AKA KrabbyPatty Said @ 12:02 pm on September 18th, 2007

    LOL The Safepay “Help” button doesn’t take you anywhere………eeeeeek

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    GhostHunter68 Said @ 10:38 am on September 19th, 2007

    There is a way to cash out from Safepay to your bank account. I found it yesterday.

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    Stuart Said @ 4:28 pm on September 19th, 2007

    Hi Guys, I just posted this comment earlier for Flower61 regards SafePay … hope this helps you:

    With SafePay you have two (2) options for receiving payouts:

    (Recommended) To withdraw by bank wire, these are the steps:

    1. LOGIN TO THE SAFEPAY ACCOUNT
    2. CLICK PAYMENTS
    3. CLICK SEND MONEY
    4. SELECT FROM ACCOUNT TO BANK WIRE
    5. COMPLETE THE FORM AND you’re done

    Process time: overseas transfer takes 1-3 days for the funds to land in your bank account.

    The other option, is to receive funds back on to your SafePay credit card. This option has a drawback: $30 US fee for withdrawals on to your SafePay credit card.

    Hope the above info helps you. If not, please let me know.

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    HoneyofaBingo Said @ 6:46 pm on September 19th, 2007

    So how much is the bank wire as I know there is a charge for this?

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    Hope (Angie) Said @ 7:47 am on September 20th, 2007

    Hi Stu and everyone
    Stu in Loony Bin, is there a reason the 11 game does not play on Thursdays? Also is there any way to have it play in the evenings and/or later in the evenings. Some on the west coast and other places besides the US do not get to have a chance to play it and possibly win the PJP by playing it. Most of us love that pattern.
    Thanks so much!!

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    GhostHunter68 Said @ 4:02 pm on September 20th, 2007

    OMG I just LOOVEEEEEEE that 11 pattern! I don’t know why it isn’t played in the evenings. I sure wish it was. It’s the highlight of my bingo day!

    Also, how bout a 15 cent room? A 15 cent room that has the triple play options like the Money Pot room does only this room can be for us cheapies who can’t afford to play the 50 cent room…..

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    GhostHunter68 Said @ 4:03 pm on September 20th, 2007

    I would also like to know if there’s a fee for a bank wire cash out. I’m sure there is but it doesn’t list it on the site. Perhaps the only way to see the fee is to be fortunate enough to cash out? lol

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    Amber Said @ 12:26 am on September 21st, 2007

    Got this in an email and thought it was different and neat. Never seen it before and figured others might get a kick out of it.

    “Always wanted to Bingo on a Coverall Early to Win the Big Jackpot?….

    The More Calls The More Cash”

    Special Coveralls will start from
    Call 47 at $150 and go up by $20 Each Number Called thereafter Until Won!

    “Special Coverall will start from
    Call 47 at $250 and go up by $30 Each Number Called thereafter Until Won!”

    I dunno, its different. lol.
    Just to mix it up a bit…..

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    Amber Said @ 12:28 am on September 21st, 2007

    ^^ not all the time tho.

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    ABingoWinner Said @ 8:21 am on September 21st, 2007

    This is thru Safepay….”Bank Wire ( Bank Transfer) To withdraw by Bank Wire to your home bank account will take 1-3 days for the funds to arrive to your bank account. Use PAYMENTS-> Send Money link ( option from account to Bank Wire). Please consider a USD30 flat fee that applies as this is overseas transfer for us as we are located in Europe. NO LIMITS ON THIS OPTION. The funds will arrive to your bank account in 2-3 working days.”
    Hope this helps u guys.

    ABingoWinner

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    GhostHunter68 Said @ 10:36 am on September 21st, 2007

    Snickers, how do you find this stuff out??? The Safepay help thingie wouldn’t take me anywhere LOL

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    ABingoWinner Said @ 11:13 am on September 21st, 2007

    Hi Again,

    Once u sign onto your safepay account do the following:
    1) click on messages
    2) click on compose
    3) enter ur message
    4) click send

    It can take 24 hours for support to reply to your message. So just keep checking by:

    1) signing onto account
    2) click on messages
    3) click on inbox and read ur reply :)

    I hope I answered that well for ya.

    ABingoWinner

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    maid marion Said @ 4:11 pm on September 21st, 2007

    Dear Management:
    I really like Hope(Angie) #13 on blog. I understand there are fewer players at that time but how about a 15.00 prize game every half hr. all night and a 10.00 and 5.00. This would keep people up and for thouse that may go else were stay at mania were they belong lol.
    Thank you for reading this
    maid marion
    P.S. You may be sorry for this blog page I am a yappy person and do not spell woth a diggers shovel .

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    ghosthunter68 Said @ 4:56 pm on September 21st, 2007

    I’m running out of stuff to say….

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    BPNeedsLuck Said @ 5:42 pm on September 21st, 2007

    I love this site. I have a suggestion, How about giving more playr achance to win in chat games. Now only 2 player can win. slow typers never win ,so what about 3players each game. Also why not give a player who deposit and don”t win any bbs or so fews bbs, give them a few from time to time. So of us can only deposit around the 1st of the month,unless we are bless with some extra funds. Thank you so much. Really love this site.

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    BPNeedsLuck Said @ 5:47 pm on September 21st, 2007

    Dear Management, Have you ever though about giving out bbs durning the games and not after. That way a player can play longer or deposit faster. who knows it might be a lot of fun.

    BPNEEDSLUCK

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    BPNeedsLuck Said @ 5:53 pm on September 21st, 2007

    Dear Management, Have you ever though about giving the 1 cent room a supprise of maybe 1.00

    coverall

    Thank you
    BP

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    flower61 Said @ 6:02 pm on September 21st, 2007

    hey stu just to let u know bank wire at safe pay is 30.00 too ty

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    BPNeedsLuck Said @ 6:07 pm on September 21st, 2007

    If I won the $25,000 pjp I would pay for my son senior dues ,buy his cap & grown and pay some of the money for his college education. And you know I would save some just to play all the games I love at Mania. Look out Dollar games here I come.

    BPNeedsLuck

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    mshammy Said @ 2:06 am on September 22nd, 2007

    Great idea!!! I don’t talk much but this would give me an outlet for when I do feel like talking!!!

    I dont have any good suggestions cause it looks like they have all been said.

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    SnowBallsChance Said @ 7:30 pm on September 22nd, 2007

    Personally I think you should at least win one game every time you deposit. It get really flustrating (sp)to keep depositing and not winning. On the lighter side, pre-buy would be great and the late night gaming. I too don’t sleep much and work all day. Can only play early morning or late at night. Bingo Mania is great have play here for several years. GM’s are great. I don’t go into chat so much and sorry for that (for the bb players) cause game usually ends up locking up. Love the site and thank you for the blog~~

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    SnowBallsChance Said @ 7:36 pm on September 22nd, 2007

    I personally think that you should at least bingo once every time you deposit. It gets really flustrating depositing and not winning. I think pre-buys would be great too, for the people that work (sorry bb players) but for us that work it would be great. Would give us the same chance during the day to win! I dont’ like this Safe-pay stuff. I joined but wasn’t able to get the amount they drew from my account until my statement came. Now it won’t let me on to update. And yes their help button doesn’t do a thing. I’ve played at Mania for several years, and been through several changes, mostly for the good! Keep the credit card deposit!!! Had to stop playing for awhile until that came back. Love the site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    gmpoppy Said @ 12:41 pm on September 28th, 2007

    a bigggggg hiyaaaa to all maniacs from ur UK side
    i thought i d pop over and see whats happening on your blog, im nosey ya see lol, i work on the UK mania side, but couldnt resist a peep to see how u all doing.
    Do u have nawty GM’s here too ???
    And do u have nawty roomies, cos here in UK roomies are far nawtier than us angelics GM’s, i carry a stick to keep my roomies in order hhehheee
    nice sayin hi to ya all and i will pop back soon to make sure them GM’s are looking after you and giving you plenty of BBS
    gmpoppy

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    Kathy (kalola) Said @ 3:58 pm on October 1st, 2007

    Aloha,
    I love the blog. I love Bingomania. BUT, where I my KENO. I have been here so long that I believe Skippy thinks I’m part of the furniture and given me a ‘decent’ bingo win that I can brag about..lol
    I hope to be getting back into the chat rooms and getting some of those BBs and fun. Bingomania is the best and serves as the therapy I enjoy the most. You think I can use my CC statements on my taxes as medical payments??….rofl
    Thanks again for being there for us.

    Kalola

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    WICKED WENCH Said @ 1:01 pm on October 19th, 2007

    Wow..so many posts..not much else left to say…I do have to agree with the pre-buy plan..I know at times it’s tuff for every1 to play the games they would like… Due to work or other obligations..
    I would really like to see some contests, like a Halloween, Thanksgiving, Xmas..you know..major Holidays..It would be fun to feel you are playing for something other than just a monetary prize..I also feel when it comes to chat games, perhaps there could be bb’s awarded for OOC…I know I hang in the lobby alot of times because the rooms are so quiet, no one is talking, I can’t stand the silence..rooms are for chattinggggggggg!!..This is a gr8 site..I am glad I am a part of it..Good Luck to all!!

    mysticxxx
    Nanci

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    Hauntingskippy Said @ 1:56 pm on October 19th, 2007

    o.k. where do I begin? Well for starters I would love to see a room dedicated to just quickie games or just have the numbers called faster on looooooooooooooong patterns. It can get really boring just sitting there waiting for the numbers to be called slowly but surely….lol. Also I would love to have keno night!!!!! And last but not least how bout having a multi bingo room besides the 50 cent room? Thanks mania you guys are the best site EVER!!!!! BINGO MANIA ROCKS!! WOOOOOOOOOOT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

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    WICKED WENCH Said @ 11:35 pm on October 19th, 2007

    ohhhhh…..safepay?? no thank you..I haven’t had a good experience with them..I do hope you keep the CC option and ewallet..I would love to see Mania give us back our ewallet fees at some point..maybe if it is just for the big depositors..at least it’s a little something..but safepay..nooooooo way! sorry if it’s a negative post..but gotta be real here…

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    Robin1952 Said @ 5:26 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    UMMM am wondering,, what happened to the site,, all I keep getting is ,, “Page can not be displayed” I have tried getting in from here too and still no site,,

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    ChooChooMagoo Said @ 5:39 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    What Happen to the Site … Can’t find page

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    tizjusme Said @ 5:46 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    what is the number to mania… provide it and i will call

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    tizjusme Said @ 5:47 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    I rushed home to play the CA’s :(

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    Spider Pig Said @ 6:13 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    is the site down again?

    11/03/07

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    Robin1952 Said @ 6:16 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    well 7:16 now here in MD and the site is still down

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    tizjusme Said @ 6:21 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    yes it is spider

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    ChooChooMagoo Said @ 6:22 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    What is going on with Mania … Plz don’t have us go thru this agian !!!!!! What is wrg with the site ????????

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    tizjusme Said @ 6:26 pm on November 3rd, 2007

    welp guess i wont have to deposit again this week.. was going to deposit just to play the cas’s in LL.

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    Mary Grace (AntJude) ) Said @ 8:43 am on November 4th, 2007

    This is Sunday the 4th 8:41 dst…in Ohio. Is this site “down for repairs” again!!!!!!!!!!

    I swear it better come up this time with bells, whistles and all NEW AND DIFFERENT GRAPHICS, GAMES, PRIZES, AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK LIKE IT USED TO WHEN IT DIDN’T ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS!!! Been playing for over 7 years, and can’t remember when it’s been so technically CHALLENGED!!!!

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    Mary Grace (AntJude) ) Said @ 8:43 am on November 4th, 2007

    Hello? Anybody there?

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    Mary Grace (AntJude) ) (Fideles) Said @ 12:20 pm on December 22nd, 2007

    Where’s the “blog-ster?” the blog-master? the person to field and answer our heartfelt postings? When will the bingo games be up again?

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