Clubs are being given the chance to raise significant funds by getting involved in televised bingo and lottery games where they get to keep a fifth of the sales.

BingoLotto has developed the BingoLotto Buddy Programme to allow members of the ASA – as well as other members of CCPR, the national alliance of governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation  – to sell BingoLotto Gamecards, which cost £2 each, direct to friends, fellow members, work colleagues, family and the general public. 

A total of 20% of the proceeds of any gamecards sold through the BingoLotto Buddy Programme (£0.40 per ticket) can go direct to the club that has sold them. The club can keep this money, so there is no waiting around for the funds to be distributed.

This system allows clubs to set their own financial targets and work out how many gamecards they will need to sell to achieve that target over several weeks. 

BingoLotto is a live one-hour TV Game, hosted by Joe Pasquale and Suzanne Shaw.  Its unique format allows people who have purchased a BingoLotto Gamecard to watch and play a mix of bingo and lottery games live from their living rooms.  There are up to 100,000 prizes up for grabs every week (including cars, holidays, wide-screen TVs, cash jackpots and much, much more) and with 1 in 10 gamecards a winner – the odds of winning are good!

BingoLotto will be returning to the screens in Autumn 2008 with a large, national grocery chain on board to ensure buying BingoLotto Gamecards will be much easier for the public for Series 2.

BingoLotto Buddies, once signed up to the programme, will decide how many gamecards they wish to receive every week from the start of Series 2.  These weekly gamecards can then be sold from 6am Saturday morning to Friday noon each week.

A spokesperson for the company said: “We want to make the BingoLotto Buddy Programme work to maximise fundraising potential and minimise the effort involved.  This concept is a proven success in Sweden, where BingoLotto ticket sales generated £900 million for Swedish sports clubs, and we want to help make it a success in the UK!”

Any clubs who are interested in finding out more about how the BingoLotto Buddy Programme should contact FIONA HORTOPP on 07747 835 030 or simply send an email: fiona.hortopp@bingolotto.tv by Friday 27 June 2008 to register their interest in the Programme. 

The BingoLotto Buddy Programme for Series 2 starts in the Autumn of this year, but the company would like clubs and members to sign up as soon as possible to assist with planning over the Spring and Summer.