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New live bingo product launched on Better Bingo Network

Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 March 2010

A revolutionary bingo product is launched tonight on the Better Bingo Network, featuring live presenters on online bingo. Player will login and see a real presenter who chats back to them as though they were in a television audience. Players will chat to the presenter through the bingo chat box and the presenter will chat back [...]

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Ladbrokes Bingo Back on the Box

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 25 February 2010

Calling all Bingo fans. Look out for the re-launched Ladbrokes Bingo TV advert, on screens now. The exciting advert gives you even more of a reason to get online and get involved in the nation's favourite game.

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New Foxy Bingo TV ad now on

Posted by Robert Alexander on 8 February 2010

Foxy Bingo, one of the biggest UK online bingo sites has stepped up its 2010 publicity campaign by launching a new television advertisement. Foxy the fox, already a famous character in his own right, is joined by a singing partner in the new advert as they sing a revised version of the Grease classic “You’re the [...]

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Play free bingo everyday @ Virgin Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 13 October 2009

If you want to add some spice to your bingo experience, you can play bingo completely for free every day from Monday 12th October onwards. Virgin Bingo are opening up Marrakesh during the day for a few hours over lunch, so you can play for Free Cash and Free V*POINTS. Then join them again in the early evening for another two hours of Free Games.

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Clearcast stops TV advertiser offering big bonuses

Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 September 2009

The body responsible for clearing TV adverts before broadcast has warned an online gambling company about the level of bonuses they can offer customers. Clearcast, who have to clear every TV advertisement screened in the UK prior to broadcast, told Sky’s gaming division that they could not broadcast an offer of a £200 sign up bonus [...]

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Bingo and slots operator Jackpot Joy is looking for a new advertising agency, according to a report in Media Week. The report says that at least four agencies have been shortlisted for the multi-million pound contract with parent company Gamesys. The review, led by marketing director Lee Fenton, has been underway for at least two months and [...]

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Tombola Bingo claims market leadership

Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 July 2009

Tombola Bingo has claimed that it is the UK’s leading online bingo website, following the publication of the latest statistics from Internet traffic specialists Hitwise. In a press release they said: “The latest report from Hitwise shows that tombola.co.uk is now officially the most visited bingo website in the UK.” A bingo monitoring service, Bingo Port, recently [...]

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Crown Bingo sponsors ITV3 Daytime

Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 June 2009

Crown Bingo has announced they will be sponsoring the entire daytime output of ITV3 during June. The huge sponsorshop deal consists of themed bumpers for the beginning and end of shows, as well as during advertisement breaks for programmes between 9am and 7pm. The ITV3 Daytime sponsorship bumpers star Roy and Steffen in a variety of situations [...]

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Posh pushing bingo with a major TV campaign

Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 May 2009
It seems they’re not too posh to push bingo as Posh Bingo have spent a fortune on a series of new TV ads. The ads, which were created by Spacebar Media, will run until the end of June in peak team slots, including during Coronation Street and Emmerdale. It is estimated they will be spending around [...]

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ITV Bingo to close

Posted by Debbie Archer on 30 April 2009

ITV Bingo will close down on May 3, according to an email sent to their customers. Current players will be able to play at Party Bingo using their existing user name and password. The move marks an abrupt ending to the relationship between ITV and Party Bingo, who lanched Bingo NIght Live in a hail of [...]

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Online bingo revenues grow for Ladbrokes

Posted by Debbie Archer on 19 February 2009

Ladbrokes plc, the parent company of Ladbrokes Bingo, this morning reported strong results for 2008. Revenues declined to £250.2 million from £345.2 million in 2007 but were still £35 million ahead of what City analysts had expected. Online sign ups for all Ladbrokes products grew 21.5% with 373,00 new players signing up in 2008 and a [...]

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Gala Bingo to relaunch TV channel

Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 February 2009

Gala Bingo’s television channel, Gala TV, is to be relaunched following the appointment of a new production company. The relaunch is being led by ETV Media Group, who took over the contract from Endemol UK. ETV will produce eight hours of programming a day on Gala TV, which will be broadcast on Sky and FreeSat as well [...]

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Ladbrokes Bingo hits TV again

Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 February 2009

Ladbrokes Bingo is returning to UK television tonight with a continuation of their giant bingo balls campaign. Ladbrokes spent more than £500,000 making the advertisement which first aired in September 2008. The Ladbrokes Bingo TV features bingo balls bouncing around the streets of Liverpool and  is set to the tune of “Fun, Fun, Fun” by The Beach [...]

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William Hill Bingo appoints new ad agency

Posted by Debbie Archer on 12 February 2009

William Hill Bingo has signed up to a new advertising agency as part of a revamp of the company’s image. They have awarded their £10.2 million of business to 7Stars, who are best known for their work for recently collapsed music and DVD chain Zavvi. 7Stars will plan and buy all William Hill’s media, including bingo, sports [...]

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Foxy Bingo to spend £10 million on TV advertising

Posted by Debbie Archer on 26 January 2009

Foxy Bingo will launch a new TV advertising campaign on Friday (30 January) with a £10 million budget to attract new players. The campaign will promote Foxy Bingo’s £1 million a month giveaway. At the same time Foxy are launching its own satellite TV show, The Foxy Bingo Show. Foxy Bingo’s parent company are splashing out millions [...]

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Tombola has 30 new employees

Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 January 2009

Online bingo company Tombola has increased its number of employees by 30 in the last three months and expects to add another 30 in the coming months. Tombola Bingo launched in August using a database of players they gained from running Sun Bingo for the daily tabloid. The customer database belonged to the parent company of [...]

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Littlewoods Bingo wins TV ad case

Posted by Debbie Archer on 19 January 2009

Littlewoods Bingo has prevented its TV ad being taken off air after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found in favour of the bingo operator. A single complaint had been made to the ASA that an advertisement for Littlewoods Bingo encouraged irresponsible gambling because it implied players could win large sums on multiple occassions. The complaint was made [...]

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Parlay launches TV bingo in Canada

Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 November 2008

Bingo software supplier Parlay Entertainment has signed a deal with  (CGTV) to allow Candians to play bingo and casino games on their televisions. The CGTV cable channel will allow Canadian players to play free games, including bingo, blackjack, video poker, slot machines and skill games. They will be able to play at www.cgtvcanada.com. Allan Weinrib, Senior Director [...]

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Bingo Night Live bows out

Posted by Debbie Archer on 24 November 2008

ITV’s late night interactive bingo show Bingo Night Live has come to an end and it looks like viewers won’t see it again. The series lasted 99 shows and 330 bingo games were played between 4 June and 15 November. It had been rumoured that the series, which was initially presented by former page 3 model [...]

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Play Sun Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 12 November 2008

Sun Bingo has launched a new advertising campaign under the slogan “Play Sun Bingo”. Here at Bingo News we’re not sure of the logic of this but we think perhaps their advertising agency though the best way to track the effectiveness of their advertising campaign was to give a different url and see how many [...]

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Love Bingo to launch new TV ad

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 October 2008

Love Bingo, which is known as the heart of online bingo, is about to launch its first ever national TV advertising campaign. It will feature its Cupid mascot rescuing a bored online bingo player. The amusing ad was filmed last week and from what we've seen at Bingo News it is going to be a smash hit. The Cupid mascot is not exactly what you would imagine Cupid to look like - he's middle aged and wearing a nappy! But the ad is great fun and made us laugh a lot. It's a bit of a change from the usual boring online bingo ads featruing an actress looking excited in her living room.

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Alison Hammond to Join Crown Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 October 2008

Crown Bingo can’t keep it in any longer! 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 [...]

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