Maria Bingo is one of the few bingo portal having community features. On their portal players have their own personal page including blog, photos, friends and more.
I think this is a step i the right direction. Especially since bingo really is a social game with alot of chat in it.
On Maria Bingo they also have a cool feature called Maria’s world. It is an interactive map showing all players who are online at the moment and where they are from. You can also zoom in and click on a player …

Is there a reason why the largest gaming portals today use almost the identical top navigation?
In the picture above you can see the top navigation for the gaming companies below:

Sportingbet: Promos, Sports, Casino, Poker, Games, 1v1, Backgammon, Video Games, Mobile, Financials
bwin: Sports, Poker, Casino, Games
William Hill: Sports, Casino, Poker, Games, Vegas, Live Casino, Skill, Bingo, Lotteries
paddypower: Sports, Livebetting, Poker, Casino, Financial Trader, Games, Player, Lotteries, Bingo, Mobile
Bet365: Sport, Liveodds, Casino, Poker, Games, Bingo
Betsson: Sportsbook, Exchange, Scratch, Casino, Poker, Bingo, Trader, Games
Unibet: Sportsbook, Casino, Live Casino, Poker, Bingo, Games, Skill, Scratch …

I always get annoyed when something interupts what I am doing. Recently when I was at Svenska Spel and their bingo I got a pop up while trying to buy bingo tickets for the next round.
I was selecting tickets when a pop up alert saying “It is 30 seconds until the game starts. Don’t forget to buy tickets. Good luck!”. But WHY did I get the pop up when I was already on my way to buy tickets? On top of that I had to click on the little “OK” …