<s>
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Club	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
online	B-Application
word	O
games	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
lasted	O
from	O
April	O
2007	O
to	O
May	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
credited	O
with	O
a	O
significant	O
increase	O
in	O
market	O
share	O
for	O
the	O
search	O
engine	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
had	O
also	O
opened	O
up	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
percentage	O
of	O
tickets	O
earned	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
to	O
a	O
charity	O
or	O
school	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
would	O
close	O
on	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
playing	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
players	O
may	O
request	O
"	O
hints	O
"	O
which	O
consist	O
of	O
searches	O
on	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
had	O
succeeded	O
in	O
helping	O
increase	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
from	O
8.4	O
%	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
to	O
13.2	O
%	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
for	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
were	O
built	O
by	O
Blockdot	O
,	O
a	O
defunct	O
branded	O
entertainment	O
and	O
game	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Dallas	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chicktionary	B-Application
—	O
Players	O
are	O
given	O
seven	O
letters	O
from	O
which	O
to	O
form	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coffee	O
Break	O
—	O
Game	O
sampler	O
consisting	O
of	O
short	O
versions	O
of	O
Chicktionary	B-Application
,	O
Crosswire	O
,	O
and	O
Clink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spelling	O
Bee	O
—	O
Players	O
are	O
given	O
seven	O
letters	O
from	O
which	O
to	O
form	O
words	O
;	O
similar	O
to	O
Chicktionary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
score	O
points	O
by	O
inputting	O
answers	O
that	O
rank	O
the	O
highest	O
on	O
a	O
Bing	B-Application
search	I-Application
query	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
Slugger	O
—	O
Players	O
are	O
given	O
seven	O
letters	O
from	O
which	O
to	O
form	O
words	O
;	O
similar	O
to	O
Chicktionary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tickets	O
earned	O
in	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
games	O
could	O
be	O
exchanged	O
for	O
prizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Search	O
and	O
Give	O
program	O
,	O
tickets	O
earned	O
in	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
donated	O
to	O
schools	O
,	O
libraries	O
,	O
wildlife	O
preserves	O
,	O
conservation	O
initiatives	O
,	O
hospitals	O
,	O
museums	O
,	O
and	O
charities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
many	O
online	B-Application
based	O
promotions	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
ways	O
to	O
exploit	O
the	O
puzzles	O
because	O
the	O
answers	O
were	O
easily	O
solvable	O
anagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
programmers	O
quickly	O
began	O
making	O
bots	O
for	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
that	O
automatically	O
entered	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
anagrams	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Club	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
set	O
daily	O
limits	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
programmers	O
would	O
create	O
numerous	O
accounts	O
and	O
max	O
each	O
of	O
them	O
out	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
