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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 of Bingo.com, [...]

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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 top ten [...]

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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, which was [...]

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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 Swedish-facing [...]

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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 meant [...]

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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 bingo will [...]

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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 said they [...]

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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 have both 75 [...]

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