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Bingo in Europe
Codere begins online bingo activity in Italy
Posted by Robert Alexander on 29 November 2010
ROME, ITALY - Codere Group, through its subsidiary Codere Interactiva, has started its online bingo activity in Italy.It takes place thanks to the regulation of online bingo in Italy.
Playtech expands its Italian Bingo operation
Posted by Robert Alexander on 29 July 2010
ROME, ITA. - Playtech, a leading bingo software provider has announced that Snai and Eurobet, two of the biggest gaming operators in Europe, have signed up to join its ever expanding Italian bingo network. Both are set to begin operations soon, seeing Playtech become the market leader in Italian online bingo.
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New site on Microgaming bingo network
Posted by Robert Alexander on 7 July 2010
LONDON, UK - Microgaming, one of the most recognisable online bingo software providers, announced recently that a new site has joined their network: Butler's Bingo.com.
The new site opened to primarily UK and Irish players this week.
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Online bingo laws in Ireland to be cleared up
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 July 2010
DUBLIN – The rules surrounding online bingo in Ireland look likely to be cleared up following an announcement that Irish gaming laws are to be reformed. Currently online bingo sites in Ireland such as Bingo.ie, Paddy Power Bingo and Bingo Ireland operate in a grey area because legislation on gambling in Ireland was written well [...]
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Deposit just £30 during July for your chance to win some Exciting ‘Family Fun’ Prizes.
Posted by Lisa Tudge on 1 July 2010
Win ‘Family Fun’ Prizes! Bingo.ie are giving you the chance to win 3 fantastic Family Fun Prizes during July.. 1st PRIZE – An 8 Man Tent complete with folding Picnic Table! 2nd PRIZE – A 10ft x 30inch Easy Set Family Pool with Solar Cover! 3rd PRIZE – A Bundle of Family Beach Games, including [...]
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NetPlay issue profit warning over Bingo Stars
Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 June 2010
NetPlay TV has issued a profits warning after the initial period of their Bingo Star television programme on ITV produced lower than expected revenues. NetPlay TV has Bingo Stars and Challenge Jackpot programming on ITV, Virgin 1 and STV. They launched Bingo Stars on 27 May and recently introduced a way of playing the game [...]
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OnlineBingo.eu teams up with Parlay Entertainment
Posted by Robert Alexander on 7 June 2010
LONDON, U.K. - Frelix Entertainment Ltd, the owners of one of the most popular online bingo domain names in mainland Europe, onlinebingo.eu have struck a deal with Parlay Entertainment to launch a number of its international bingo sites on the Parlay Game Services (PGS) network.
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Unibet buys 25.9% of Bingo.com
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 May 2010
Swedish gambling giant Unibet has bought a 25.9% stake in Bingo.com for $2.25 million. The deal values Bingo.com at just under $10 million. The purchase follows the decision in March to join Unibet’s bingo network, shortly after Bingo.com had announced it was switching software providers from Parlay Entertainment to Cozy Games. Tarrnie Williams, chief executive [...]
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Prime Gaming and Dragonfish in Bingo deal
Posted by Robert Alexander on 19 April 2010
LONDON, UK - Dragonfish has signed a deal with Prime Gaming to provide them with a comprehensive bingo solution for two new networks set to be launched soon. The separate bingo networks will target the UK and European online bingo markets respectively.
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Online bingo in Italy legal again
Posted by Robert Alexander on 9 March 2010
eGaming Review magazine has reported that online bingo in Italy is once again legal after a regional court reversed its decision to suspend laws regulating the game in the Italian market.
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Online bingo finally reaches Finland
Posted by Robert Alexander on 2 March 2010
Finland is the latest European country to have taken initial steps towards offering online bingo. The Finnish Slot Machine Association (RAY) has recieved permission to start offering poker and casino games online, and Veikkaus (The state run lottery corporation) has been approved to offer online bingo to people in Finland.
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Partygaming Shares Rocket As Talks Confirmed
Posted by Robert Alexander on 1 February 2010
Partygaming, one of the biggest online gaming companies in the world and the owner of online bingo sites including Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and Think Bingo has confirmed the rumours that it is holding talks with other gaming companies, widely known in the gaming industry to be Bwin among others, “regarding potential consolidation opportunities”. Stock [...]
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No New Bingo Gaming Halls for Aragón – Spain
Posted by Robert Alexander on 27 January 2010
The Government of Aragón in Spain is preparing a bill that will suspend, temporarily at least, any possibility of new bingo halls or casinos being opened in the region. There are 107 bingo and gaming halls in Aragón and it is argued that the market has been saturated. Any more places for people to play [...]
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William Hill launches Spanish bingo site
Posted by Robert Alexander on 20 January 2010
The British bookmaking giant William Hill has launched a new website for Spanish online bingo players at Bingo.Williamhill.com/es. The site offers players a €25 bonus at sign up. The site has been developed with the Spanish player in mind and has all the features an English speaker would expect from an online gaming site; fluent [...]
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Bingo companies prominent in eGaming Review Power 50
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 October 2009
Bingo companies feature prominently in the Power 50 rankings compiled by leading gambling industry magazine eGaming Review. Party Gaming, parent company of Party Gaming and the new owner of Cashcade, who run Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Little Big Bingo, Think Bingo and Bingo Scotland, was highest on the list at no 2. Six of the [...]
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Win Ireland vs Australia rugby union tickets at bingo.ie
Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 October 2009
Ireland’s number one online bingo site is offering customers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Ireland vs Australia rugby union at Croke Park. The sold out tickets can be won by any bingo player who deposits more than 20 euros at bingo.ie at any time between 1 October and 16 October. [...]
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Arthur Guinness Day at Bingo.ie
Posted by Debbie Archer on 25 September 2009
Irish online bingo site Bingo.ie is celebrating the 250th Arther Guinness Day with a chance for their players to win Guinness branded clothing. Five players who win special chat games at Bingo.ie this weekend (26 and 27 September) will win Guinness hoodies. The appropriately named CM Guinness said: “After a quarter of a millennium of [...]
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St Minver ditch Parlay bingo software for all 80 sites
Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 September 2009
Bingo white label provider St Minver, part of the massive GTech G2 gaming group, has decided to ditch Parlay Entertainment software and use their own in-house software solution instead. All brands operating on both St Minver’s International Bingo Network and Boss Media’s bingo network will switch to the new software by February 2010. The announcement, [...]
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Bingo.ie offering bingo players a laugh
Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 September 2009
Bingo.ie set for relaunch next week
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 September 2009
Bingo.ie, one of Ireland’s leading bingo sites, it to relaunch next week with a set of special promotions and a new CM team. Bingo.ie is one of the few online bingo sites dedicated to Irish players that operates in euros. Many Irish players have had to put up with playing on British sites and playing [...]
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New bingo hall for Dundalk given go ahead
Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 July 2009
Planning permission has been given for a new bingo hall to open in Dundalk. The bingo hall will open at the North Link Retail Park in Dundalk, County Louth. The bingo club will be owned by Mike Futter and Sean Kelly. Mike Futter is well know in Ireland for operating bingo halls both north and [...]
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Parents jailed for leaving child in car to play bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 May 2009
The parents of a one year old girl have been sentenced to a year in prison each for abandoning their child in a car while they played bingo. The couple were found guilty of temporary abandonment of a minor in November 2006 in Palma. Police found the child in a locked car with the windows [...]
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New Spanish bingo site ElCartonazo launches
Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 May 2009
A new bingo site has been launched for the Spanish market called ElCartonazo. The site, whose name translates as ‘bingo ticket’ (el carton is a bingo ticket in Spanish), is run by Daub Ltd, who are responsible for Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo and Bingo Fabulous in the UK. It runs on 888′s Globalcom platform, which [...]
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Dundalk bingo hall on the way
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 March 2009
Dundalk may soon have a major bingo hall after developers applied for planning permission for a new bingo development. Plans have been submitted for a bingo hall at the North Link Business Park by Sean Kelly and Mark Futter. Dundalk Town Council will now consider whether to allow the bingo developers to amalgamate units 3 [...]
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Svenska Bingo launches in Sweden
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 March 2009
A new bingo site for Swedish bingo players has been launched called Svenska Bingo. The site is powered by Virtue Fusion software and is the first time the popular UK online bingo software has been used to power a Swedish language bingo site. For Swedish players it will make a big difference as almost all [...]
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Paddy Power see bingo as growth area
Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 March 2009
Irish betting operator Paddy Power say they see bingo as a potential growth area for their business. Chief executive Patrick Kennedy, who was delivering the company’s 2008 final results, said: “There remain many opportunities which we intend to progress over the next number of years in the UK, Ireland and further afield. Many of these will have the UK as [...]
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Maria Bingo purchase costs Unibet £17.9 million
Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 February 2009
Unibet’s purchase of Maria Bingo has hit them hard as they recorded a £17.9 million loss on the bond they used to finance the purchase of the company. Unibet used a €100m corporate bond to purchase Maria Holdings, the parent company of Maria Bingo. The loss generated by the weakness of sterling since the purchase [...]
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Premios sobre premios con Bingo Suerte
Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 February 2009
Enero de 2009 ha empezado con buen pie para los jugadores de Bingo Suerte, parte de la red de bingo online más grande de España. Bingo Suerte ofrece varios premios acumulados a sus jugadores de bingo y tragaperras, el “Titán Jackpot” de hasta 10.000€ y el “Special Jackpot” de hasta 1.000€. Son tres grandes premios [...]
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Party Bingo signs Spanish deal
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 February 2009
Party Bingo’s parent company, Party Gaming, has signed a deal with CIRSA, one of Spain’s largest bingo hall operators. The companies have signed a three year global alliance. CIRSA owns and operates bingo halls, casinos and amusement arcades in Spain and Latin and South America. It is the bingo market leader in Spain where it [...]
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Event Bingo sold
Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 January 2009
One of Denmark’s leading online bingo sites, Event Bingo, has been sold. The private transaction took place earlier this month and sees the St Minver-run site change hands for an undisclosed amount. Jens Hagen, the new marketing manager of Event Bingo, said: “We are delighted to have bought a well known Danish bingo brand and [...]
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Boss launches new bingo software
Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 January 2009
Software developer Boss Media this week released new bingo software which should increase their competitiveness in the online bingo market. Boss, which was acquired last year by gaming giant GTech, has previously been better known for their casino and poker software. The software offers 75 ball and 90 ball bingo at present and 80 ball [...]
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Gala Coral opens Gibraltar bingo hall
Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 January 2009
Gala Coral has opened a new bingo hall in Gibraltar as part of a development that also includes a casino and betting shop. The £6 million 35,000 square foot gambling complex is spread over two floors and has capacity for 450 bingo players. There are several bars and restaurants for bingo players as well as [...]
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Norsk Bingo goes online in bingo halls
Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 January 2009
Bingo players in Norway will soon be able to go their local bingo hall and play online bingo against players from across Europe. Norsk Bingo AS, which owns 30 bingo halls across Norway, plan to install 2000 touch-screen tabletop kiosks within the next two years. The kiosks operate using software from Parlay Entertainment, who said [...]
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Dublin locals fight to save Star Bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 December 2008
Residents of the Crumlin district of Dublin are fighting plans to demolish the well known Star Bingo Hall and replace it with apartments. Dublin City Council recently gave permission for the Star Bingo Hall to be knocked down, even though it has been a local landmark for more than 25 years. Developers plan to turn [...]
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Bingos.com hits Sweden
Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 November 2008
Bingos.com has launched a Swedish version of its online bingo site, meaning it now has operations in five countries. The Swedish version of bingos.com joins offerings in the UK, Spain, Poland and Italy. Bingos.com was acquired by NetPlay TV, a gaming company listed on London’s AIM market, in April 2008 for 7,375,000 euros. The company [...]
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Bingo.com results
Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 November 2008
Bingo.com made a loss of $268,774 (£180,944) in the three months to the end of September, taking their total losses for the last six months to more than half a million dollars. Bingo.com is in the process of rolling out sites across Europe and have recently launched a Spanish site, es.bingo.com. Revenues for the third [...]
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Unibet rolls out bingo
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 November 2008
Pan European gambling operator Unibet announced its third quarter results, saying that its rollout of bingo across Europe was progressing successfully. “The roll-out of bingo across Europe has continued,” said chief executive Petter Nylander. Unibet Bingo offers bingo in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Romania and Estonia. They [...]
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18 hours of free Irish bingo per day
Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 October 2008
Bingo.ie recently launched a new site and they are offering free online bingo 18 hours a day with real money prizes. There really is no catch - you just have to register withthe site and then you can get playing for fun and for free. They even give you a free euro to play on their slots.
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