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A WILD DECEMBER!!
December is half over, and the Snow is starting to Fall!! Santa is tuning up his Sleigh and the Elves are starting to pack it up with Toys!

Hang onto that Sleigh because our INCREDIBLE December is off to a GREAT start, just loaded with Specials, fun-filled chat games and some awesome prizes... all ending with a GUARANTEED $10,000 WOWZER on New Year's Day!!

So put on a full pot of coffee, this will be one really FUN Newsletter. Get ready to mark all the important dates on your December calendar…AND remember ALL our Game Prizes and Jackpots are pure, hard CASH!!!! So this really is the best place to play!!!! Here we gooooo!!

THIS WEEK'S NOT-TO-BE-MISSED EVENTS

Fruit Mania Slots Tourney Santa's Sleigh Accelerator Awesome Advent Adventure Xmas Liberty Loot $1000 Choose Your Own Adventure Jumbo J Game 1 Day Scratch Card Tourney Rainbow Game $10,000 Guaranteed 2005 Game Mystery PYOP Games

AWESOME ADVENT ADVENTURE!!
Beginning December 1st and running thru to Christmas Day, we'll be playing a series of special Advent games. Watch for the "Xmas Present" pattern to play, once a day in each hall. All you have to do is Bingo on this pattern IN Chat - then you win the $50 minimum prize AND we'll give you a Christmas Present too!!

Click on the banners or the Schedule button in the game and take a sneaky look at Santa's Advent Calendar - the prize for each day is hidden behind each door! So check out our fantastic giveaway grotto! Keep an eye out for these special games and load up on cards to win a special Christmas treat… GL2ALL!! You'd be mad to mistletoe it!!! LOL! If any of the prizes are not won during Advent, we'll be running special games on Christmas Day to ensure all prizes are awarded!!

Hot Hot Advent News!! If there are any prizes left over from Advent, we'll be having a special "Winner Takes All" Game on Friday Dec 31st at 3PM in the Cabaña Café!! Wow!! Multiple game winners will split the prizes evenly.

$10,000 GUARANTEED WELCOME TO 2005 GAME!!!
Our Thanksgiving Day game was such a HUGE success we couldn't think of a better way to ring in the New Year. You guessed it… another Whopping GUARANTEED $10,000 coverall will be played at 11PM (Atlantic Time) in the Cabaña Café on New Year's Day. Watch for this special game in the pre-buy section and start loading up on cards. Please join us in Chat and watch the countdown as we give away a GUARANTEED $10,000 prize!!! So, so, so much more!! Watch future newsletters for more specials as we end 2004!!
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XMAS CABAÑA CASH!!
Mark your calendars for Sunday 12/19, when we continue our Crazy Cabaña Cash games in the Cabaña Café!!! We'll be having five Special games with a Guaranteed $500 Prize each, plus a fixed, $1000 Jackpot. Watch for the Dollar Sign pattern to play at 6-7-8-9 and 10PM. Load up on cards to win BIG!!!!

XMAS LIBERTY LOOT
On Sunday 12/26 in the Liberty Lounge we'll be having five Special games with a Guaranteed $250 Prize each plus a fixed $1000 Jackpot. Watch for the Dollar Sign pattern to play at 6-7-8-9 and 10PM. Load up on cards and check those pre-buys, you won't want to miss out on these games!!!

DECEMBER IS CM MONTH!!
One of our great Chat Masters will be featured with their own game pattern all this month. Watch for their special patterns CM Roxy, CM Sassy, etc. Bingo IN chat and our CM will credit you with an amazing 50 BBs!!!

DECEMBER PLAYERS OF THE MONTH!!
During the month of December we'll be keeping track of most cards bought, most games won and most games played. At the end of the month, if you are one of the top three in each of these categories, you will win.

• 1st place 150 BBs
• 2nd place 100 BBs
• 3rd place 50 BBs

Top 3 winners in each
category only!!

Leaders are:
Most Cards Bought: Elvis69, Bjdealers, Rich7771, HAPPYNANNY, nightowl2
Most Games Won: Bjdealers, EvilAngelGots, nightowl2, Rich7771, HAPPYNANNY
Most Games Played: ladyjane44, Bjdealers, wolfeyes67, Blondie04, BluDolfin

$1000 CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TRIP!!!
Beginning December 20th and running till Christmas Day, watch for our special LETTER Patterns to play with a set game prize amount of $10. This prize amount will signal that you're playing for one of the special Letter Patterns. Bingo on all six of them, then email carol@rubybingo.com and tell me what WORD those letters spell out (one letter needs to be duplicated to spell out the word we are looking for). The first person to Bingo on ALL six letters, and correctly identify the seven letter word we are seeking, wins $1000 in cold hard cash.

Then we want you to choose your own adventure. Take a trip on us. Vegas maybe? or is there a family member you have been wanting to go visit for ages? Well now you can!! Note: None of our special CM patterns playing this month are included in these six patterns… these are totally separate Letter Patterns. GLA… The race is on!!!
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SANTA'S SLEIGH ACCELERATOR GAMES
Santa hasn't quite put his sleigh away yet… on Dec 26th, be sure to join us in the Cabaña Café, for some exciting Specials. We'll be playing another of our exciting Accelerator Jackpot Games! Here's how it works: Five Red Hot Special games at the TOP of the hour at 4PM, 6PM, 8PM, 10PM, 11PM. Bingo on the "Xmas Tree" Pattern for a Guaranteed Prize of $150 AND a Special Accelerator Jackpot starting at $2000 and increasing by $500 each game!! Awesome! So make sure you load up on cards NOW to be in with a chance!

As soon as the Jackpot is won, watch for it to reset to $2000 and start over again. You'll want to make sure your pre-buys are all set thru Midnight for these exciting games!! Keep an eye on the "Buy-Ahead" feature, as you'll be able to use that to make sure you don't miss out. Ride the Sleigh and Grab the Cash!!

Note: If the Jackpot is hit in the first game, the Accelerator Jackpot resets so the next game will start at $2000 again and so on.
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MYSTERY PYOP BBs GAMES
On December 24th, 25th and 26th and again on Dec 30th, 31st and Jan 1st 2005, join us when we play our Mystery PYOP games for BBs prizes. Our CMs will be awarding 100 BBs, 75 BBs, 50 BBs and 25 BBs prizes credited immediately to our IN chat winners on our PYOP Patterns. No pushing or shoving, there are plenty of BBs to go around but you'll want to load up on cards in both the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge halls for these special games.
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SPECIAL PENNY GAMES!!
Watch for some special Penny games to pop up in both the Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge through the Christmas and New Year's Weekends… Here's your chance to MAX out on cards!!

2ND ANNUAL $2000 CHRISTMAS CANDY CANE CONTEST!!!
The Final Stats are in… a HUGE WTG! To all our winners!!

• $1000 First Place Winner is… BJdealers
• $500 Second Place Winner is… EvilAngelGots
• $250 Third Place Winner is… nightowl2
• $50 Runner-Up Winners are… HAPPYNANNY, gretch, Rich7771, huggapug and dtan

Congrats to all our winners… see you next year for our 3rd Annual Christmas Candy Cane Contest!!

ADOPT A FAMILY WINNER!
Thanks to all our players who wrote in. This was a really hard decision to make, so many wonderful and heartwarming stories were sent in, but… congratulations to lucky9s, who nominated our winners, the Richards Family of Garland, Tx. A festive Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings and a wonderful Gift Certificate to Wal-Mart are winging their way to the Richards family and their four children Now!!

GAME SCHEDULE NEWS!!!
Just a reminder, ALL the games are now running on Atlantic Time (Server time) and no longer to EST, this means that the game clock runs one hour ahead of EST. So please check you are playing at the correct times for your favorite games! ALL our games will now be run and reported on Atlantic Time. Check out the NEW games and have some fun! They're GREAT!!

BULLSEYE!!!
Our next two winners are… lucky9s and Pontiac. Give one of our CMs a number from 1-75 Beginning December 20th thru December 26th, that will be your lucky number for the week. Each time you see your number called yell out "BULLSEYE" in chat and our CMs will award you 1 BBs. You must be playing IN the game when your number is called. Bullseye will not be played during Speed/Bullet Bingo. Good Luck!!

SPECIAL ONE-DAY SCRATCHIE TOURNAMENT!!
On Wednesday December 22nd we'll be having a special ONE-day (24 hour) Scratch Card tournament. No entry is required, just play the in-house Scratchies that are right on your Bingo game page and you are entered automatically. Remember, your Bonus Bucks can be used to play this game, so now is the time to unload all those extra BBs. Most Wins Special payouts for this event are:

• 1st Place - 100 BBs
• 2nd Place - 50 BBs
• 3rd Place - 30 BBs
• 4th Place thru 10th Place - 20 BBs
• 11th Place thru 15th Place - 10 BBs
• 16th Place thru 20th Place - 5 BBs

Congrats to last weeks winners:

Most Wins:
100 BBs - byron
50 BBs - 2QT2BSTR8
30 BBs - avl383
20 BBs - fixes, broden, JanAnLo, graceland, gretch, wolfeyes67, owen11
10 BBs - Rich7771, dacey, ladyfarmer, Lindapr, boingo
5 BBs - Sophiagrl, Anut, angelwing4, aqua, alexasnana
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PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS - MORE CHANCES TO WIN!

• 12/12 - Paulecas - $4335

Remember we have SIX Jackpots running all the time, THREE in each hall!

SPEED BLACKOUTS ARE BACK!!!
You asked, we listened, we deliver. Back by popular demand… ONE HOUR of Speed Blackouts per day in each hall!! Check out the Cabaña Café at 9PM and the Liberty Lounge at 10AM for the much-loved Blackouts! Awesome!

CHAT ETIQUETTE
A special request. Let's help keep our chat lively and on a positive note. We suggest a visit to the website to review our Chat Etiquette rules. Our Chat Masters work hard to keep our chat rooms the best on the net, and with your help we'll stay on top!!!

TEAM BINGO RETURNS IN JANUARY!!
After a long and much needed vacation, Team Bingo returns in January. Email promotions@rubybingo.com to secure your spot on a January Team - that begins on 1/5/05. Hurry, teams are now being assigned, email today!! Click here to read all Team Bingo details and rules.

SPECIAL OOPS GAMES!
Watch for some special OOPS patterns to play on December 27, 28, 29 and 30. Be our Bingo winner on the special pattern and our CMs will instantly credit your account with 25 BBs… load up on cards!!

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!
Join us in Cabaña Café and Liberty Lounge for some Monday night Football Fun and BBs!! As you enter chat pick a number from 0-9. At the end of each quarter if the score adds up to your number, you're a winner!! First Quarter, 2 BBs, 2nd Quarter 5 BBs, 3rd Quarter 7 BBs, End of Game total score 10 BBs. Oodles of BBs to be won and all the "Madden" Jokes you can tell LOL!! Our last Monday Night Football will be played on 12/27.

Beginning in January watch for Trivia Hall Wars to take over!!

LET IT SNOW!!!
Beginning on December 1st and running thru December 31st we welcome in ole Man Winter. Watch for our monthly pattern "Snowflake" to play. Load up on cards and when you Bingo on it IN Chat, in either bingo hall and email carol@rubybingo.com and we'll credit your account with an extra 25 BBs. Remember, your player name must be in the email to receive this bonus!!

TGIF!!!
The Dogs are racing on Fridays. Join us every Friday night for our TGIF at Caliente (Cabaña Café) from 10 till Midnight and TGIF at Sarasota from 9 till 11 (Liberty Lounge) Dog Races. These races will be run for two hours and we've some fantastic payouts!!! Come on in and join the fun!!

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Week ending December 12th
The votes from our CMs are in… drum roll please… And our POW (LOL Player of the Week) is: geranium who wins 10 BBs. WTG!

SLOTS TOURNAMENT - FRUIT MANIA SLOTS!!
Beginning at Midnight on 12/17/04 (00.01 server time on 12/17) and running thru Midnight 12/18/04 we're having our next Slots Tourney with BIG CASH prizes!!

Here's how it works: No entry or sign-ups required. Simply play the Fruit Mania Slots during this 48-hour period and the Top 20 players with the MOST WINS win!! You'll find Fruit Mania under the "More games" tab. Winners will receive the following prizes for each part of the tourney:

• 1st Place - $250 Cash
• 2nd Place - 100 BBs
• 3rd Place - 50 BBs
• 4th Place thru 10th Place - 20 BBs
• 11th Place thru 15th Place - 10 BBs
• 16th Place thru 20th Place - 5 BBs

Congrats to last weeks winners:

Most wins:
$250 - sweetnsassiy33
100 BBs - linbypit
50 BBs - vixster
20 BBs - wolfeyes67, dania, SPANKY42, grannyd55, boatracer1, perch, gretch
10 BBs - raz1250, magnolia36, margran, nizle, Ambrori2
5 BBs - speedyplay, bojo1, Canadianchick, deb937, nicole1974
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SINKERS/ROCK THE BOAT RETURN IN JANUARY
After a month long vacation, Sinkers/Rock the Boat is back!!
We play SINKERS and ROCK THE BOAT every Friday and Saturday night from 7-9 PM in both the Cabaña Café and the Liberty Lounge. Each time a player bingos they select a Number from 1-75. The object is to sink one of our CMs' Yachts. Their Yachts can be anywhere on the called number board: across, down or even diagonally. If you "Hit" one of the Yachts you will receive a $2 bonus. Sink her, and you and your nabors will each receive:

HALL WARS!!!
Join us each Wednesday night from 7PM-9PM AT for Hall Wars. Our CMs are really gearing up for battle LOL!!

Here's how it works: Your MUST be IN chat no later than 7:15PM to be eligible for bonuses. Hall Wars will be played for 2 hours. Each time a Roomie Bingos IN chat, they will be awarded 2 BBs and 2 Points for their "Hall". Multiple game winners on the same game will each receive the above. At the end of the session, the Roomies in the winning Hall will each receive 15 BBs. Loosing Hall roomies will get 5 BBs. CMs will announce point standings for each Hall after each game is played!

Please make sure your pre-buys are up to date in both Halls. If you leave for any reason other than a disconnect or boot, you will be removed from your Hall's eligibility for BBs at the end of the session. NO exceptions. Pick a Hall and GL2ALL!!

GUEST CHAT GAME HOSTS!!
Always wanted to try your hand at being a CM?? Now's your chance to give it a try. In January we'll be having "Guest CMs" for one hour sessions. Email carol@rubybingo.com and tell me which hour/game you would like to host. You must actively fund your account in order to qualify. Only a limited amount of Guest spots are available, so hurry and secure yours and let the hair pulling begin LOL!!!

AOL ANNOUNCEMENT
If you are an AOL user, hardtimes, or you have your mail routed thru AOL, it has now become almost impossible to contact you. AOL is returning all email as undeliverable. If you have sent email that requires a response and you haven't received one, its not because we aren't trying. Please contact your Internet Service Provider and request that our mail be unblocked. This is especially important when emailing support or Carol on any matters.

BINGO LOTTERY CONTINUES!
Each time you bingo this week, your name, will go into a hat for our weekly Bingo Lottery. There's a 1st Prize of $25 bonus, 2nd Prize of $15 and 3rd Prize of $10. So make sure you've bought into as many games as you can , for a chance of winning!

Just check out last week's winners!

• 1st Place for $25: KitKat1154
• 2nd Place for $15: fixes
• 3rd Place for $10: Kbec980915

POWER LOTTO and PICK 6!
Please read how these games are played under the Chat Games Page on the website, then submit your Pick 6 numbers to sassy@rubybingo.com (any 6 numbers). Submit Power Lotto numbers to roxy@rubybingo.com (6 numbers + 1 number designated as your Power Ball Number). Your name/numbers MUST be on the Master List by Midnight prior to game time. NO sign ups will be taken in chat for these 2 special games.

TELL ME YOUR NEW YEAR'S STORIES!!
Reach into those deep dark places in your mind that shut out those most embarrassing New Years stories you haven't told a soul in ages. How about the WORST Frog you had to kiss at the stroke of Midnight. How about those of you who were SCREAMING at the top of your lungs on New Year's Eve that this better be the FIRST Baby born on New Years day in your town LMAO!! Send me your stories, and the top 10 winners in each category will win 25 BBs. Hurry we might be telling your story In chat (if it's funny). So email your entries to carol@rubybingo.com!!

JUMBO 'J' GAME!!!
Our Jumbo "J" Game played at Midnight each Sunday in the Cabaña Café has a Guaranteed Prize of $1000 plus it's own Progressive Jackpot!! For this game ONLY, for every two cards you buy you get two FREE!! For every $1 you spend we'll DOUBLE your chances for this spectacular guaranteed prize!!
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RAINBOW GAME!!
Join us at 11PM (just before Speed) for our colorful new "Rainbow" Game, played in the Liberty Lounge, is NOW a Quarters game and has a Guaranteed Prize of $500 and its own Progressive Jackpot!! So all you have to do is spend $1 and we'll give you two FREE cards for a chance at winning this fantastic prize!!! WOW!! The Rainbow Games will be played in the Liberty Lounge - so keep a look out for them!!
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YIPPIE FOR OUR CMs - EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!
Congrats to our CMs who have made it to the top 10 list and in the running for CM TEAM of the Year for 2004. Now they need YOU the player's help. Please click here http://www.cmoftheyear.com and VOTE FOR BINGOLAND!! …let's rocket our CM Team to #1, a well deserved honor for all the hard work they have done this year!!

CHAT GAME BONUSES
If you are not familiar with our bonus policy, we recommend a trip to our Bonus Facts Page.

Please note - to play any of our chat games or newsletter games, you must actively fund your account.

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