While her footballer husband, Harry Kewell, is away playing for the Australian team in South Africa, the Hollyoaks actress is fronting Gala Bingo’s World Cup ‘While the boys are away, it’s time to play’ campaign to offer the football-fatigued a genuine alternative during the four-week tournament.

Nine hundred people turned out to the club in Victoria Road to see Sheree call the numbers of their ‘World Cup Fever High 5’ linked game, which could be heard across all 147 of Gala Bingo clubs nationwide and offers players the chance to win £250,000 every day during June and July. If ‘house’ is called on number 5, the winner claims half the jackpot, while the other half is shared by all the other players at the club.

While no-one was lucky enough to call on number 5 last night, a player in Gala Washington called on number 35, winning 10 per cent of the jackpot in addition to the £10,000 full house prize, taking their winnings up to a massive £35,000!

In between bingo games, Sheree chatted to players, signed autographs and had her photo taken with the seemingly endless queue of people who were eager to meet her.

Sheree said: “I had a fantastic time at Gala Fenton. It was a really fun night and it was lovely to meet so many of the players. I’ve always loved the excitement of playing bingo and you still have a great time even if you don’t win!”

Gala Bingo Fenton’s general manager, Scott Nerjup, said: “The atmosphere last night was absolutely fantastic. It was great to see so many people come along to meet and play bingo with Sheree and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Sheree was a natural at calling the numbers – I’ve offered her a job, if she ever fancies a change of career!”

Gala Bingo’s ‘World Cup Fever High 5’ game will take place in Gala Bingo clubs nationwide every day throughout the World Cup at 14.30 and 20.30hrs. In addition to the World Cup Fever games, Sheree also has a series of online games in the dedicated ‘Sheree Murphy’ club at www.galabingo.com, which has weekly jackpots of £20,000. Popular interactive bingo channel, Gala TV, which is streamed and broadcast on Sky and Freesat channel 861, is also running a number of World Cup themed games.

India’s number one entertainment channel, Colors recently announced the launch of its latest new show “National Bingo Night”. The series will run for 13 episodes and the host will have a celebrity guests each week, the first one being the hosts father! The presence of Amitabh Bachchan participating will undoubtedly enhance the shows profile and lead to it being a very popular weekend programme in India.

Viewers have the chance to participate and win prizes all from the comfort of their own home while being entertained by some of India’s biggest superstars.

Ashvini Yardi, Head of Programming at Colors said “National Bingo Night is a fun filled show with great success in other parts of the world. The most unique aspect is that even the television audience can play in real time. Also, having Abhishek Bachchan hosting the show makes National Bingo Night the perfect show for a fun filled Saturday night.”

The host of the show, known as “Junior” Bachchan has said that “The sheer simplicity of the show and the fact that it is highy interactive is what attracted me to it. The idea is simple, leave behind your worries, relax and enjoy!”

Anyone interested in playing bingo in the comfort of their own home can get tickets by checking the newspapers or simply sending a text message to purchase them.

In future episodes stars like Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan will be seen playing bingo in the coming thirteen Saturdays on Colors.

You can also take the opportunity to see the sights of the most romantic city in the world on your trip, including the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre, and enjoy a leisurely cruise along the Seine – as well as getting the chance to indulge in some fabulous Christmas shopping!

To be in with a chance of winning this great prize all you need to do is play Bet365 Bingo during October. Every £100 staked on Bingo tickets earns you one entry into the prize draw, where we have two fantastic prize packages to give away.

Don’t tell the boss I’ve posted this but in the next week we will be launching Alison Hammond Celebrity Bingo Caller, exclusively to Crown Bingo!!!!

Keep your eyes on the blog over the next week or so to see exclusive behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot Kirsty and I attended in Birmingham and the videos of Alison winning over £100 on Crown during her photoshoot.

Oh I can’t wait for October it’s going to be one long party at Crown Bingo especially now we have Alison entertaining us all!

Here’s a sneek preview for all of you blog watchers of what will be happening next week!