A monkey is worth £500 and apparently no one knows the answer why! Apparently it referred to a 500 rupee note that featured a monkey on it and when converted, by soldiers returning from India to England, to sterling it became known as a “monkey”!

Anyway all this is by the by as 500 quid is 500 quid and there’s £10,000 worth of cash to be won in guaranteed jackpots in Jackpotjoy Bingo Monkey Mania!

This means that from 11th August to 17th August there are 20 bingo games offering £500 in Guaranteed Houses!

Everyday during the promotion at 8pm there’s one game. Other games take place from 3pm to 5pm on Wednesday, 8.30pm to Midnight on Friday and 9pm to 11pm on Sunday. The cost of each game is 50p a card.

As well as Monkey Madness JPJ have also launched Olympia Island. The idea is to play the 10 featured games and earn medals for doing so during The Olympics.

To earn medals you must play more than £10 on any game in any one day. You may only win 1 medal per day. If you collect 4 medals, you will win a Free £5; if you win more than 5 medals you will win a free £10. Collect all 10 medals and you’ll be able to enter a prize draw to win £1000. Bingo Gold, Full House Bingo and Price is Right Bingo all feature in the promotion.