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Dragonfish chief executive Campos exits bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 June 2010

The chief executive of Dragonfish, 888′s business-to-business arm, has left the business to pursue his own personal projects. Dragonfish is the bingo software provider to major online bingo brands such as Foxy Bingo, UK Bingo, Think Bingo and Wink Bingo. Gabi Campos will be replaced by 888 chief executive Gigi Levy until a replacement is [...]

Foxy Bingo to stay on Globalcom software

Posted by Debbie Archer on 13 April 2010

GIBRALTAR – Foxy Bingo and the other bingo brands operated by Cashcade will stay on Globalcom software for at least another two years, it was announced this morning. Globalcom, which is part of 888′s Dragonfish business-to-business operations, said that they were delighted to have held on to the contract for Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo [...]

Bingo growth strong for Party Gaming

Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 March 2010

LONDON – Party Gaming cemented its position as the dominant player in the UK bingo industry with strong growth in its bingo operations in the first two months of 2010, according to a financial update released this morning. Party’s sites include Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Little Big Bingo and Party Bingo. Daily gross [...]

Revenue up but new players down at Party Bingo sites

Posted by Robert Alexander on 3 February 2010

LONDON – Revenues at Party Gaming’s bingo sites rose 25 per cent over the past three months but player numbers fell and new sign ups dropped sharply. Party’s sites include Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and the recently rebranded Party Bingo. Most of their bingo sites were acquired last summer when they [...]

Predictions for the bingo industry in 2010

Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 January 2010

LONDON – The online bingo industry has seen explosive growth in 2009 so what does 2010 hold for bingo players and gaming executives? Bingo News explores the likely trends. 1. Bingo companies will continue to be acquired/merge – One of the final stories of the year was 888′s acquisition of Daub Ltd, owner of Wink [...]

Party Gaming happy with bingo growth from Cashcade

Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 December 2009

Party Gaming’s December trading update, released this morning, said the company was experiencing “solid current trading” and “sequential revenue growth for all product verticals”, including its bingo acquisition Cashcade. Cashcade’s bingo brands include Cheeky Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and Bingo Scotland. Jim Ryan, chief executive of Party Gaming, said: “”Bingo continues to show substantial [...]

Foxy Bingo provides big boost to Party Gaming

Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 October 2009

Party Gaming published their third quarter results and the impact of their acquisition of online bingo giant Cashcade is immediately obvious. Cashcade owns Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Think Bingo, Little Big Bingo and Bingo Scotland and also runs white label bingo sites, with the biggest client being Mirror Bingo. In the three months to 30 [...]

Foxy Bingo risks affiliate fury with commission cut

Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 September 2009

Foxy Bingo has risked alienating its hundreds of affiliate partners by sharply cutting the payments made to them for referring new customers to their websites. Affiliates were told today that from 1st October all affiliates will be on a flat 25% revenue share deal. The email seemed to suggest that the deal was a ‘take [...]

888Ladies hardly mentioned in half year update

Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 September 2009

888.com’s half yearly results had hardly any mention of bingo, probably because they didn’t want to draw too much attention to the fact their largest bingo licensee had been sold to their main competitor. The disappointing results saw profits fall 43 per cent in the first half of 2009. Pre tax profits fell in the [...]

Party Bingo revenues shrink but outlook good

Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 September 2009

Revenues at Party Bingo dropped from $2.5 million in the first six months of 2008 to $1.7 million in the same period in 2009 but the company is not worried by the fall. Earnings from bingo rose to $0.2 million, up from a loss of $0.1 million in the same period in 2008 but all [...]

Little Big Bingo launches four TV ads

Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 August 2009

New online bingo site Little Big Bingo has released four TV ads to promote their low cost bingo offers. The TV ads feature one pence coins and only last 10 seconds. They will be running on TV channels across the UK throughout August and September. Little Big Bingo is the latest online bingo site from [...]

City welcomes PartyGaming’s buy of Cashcade

Posted by Debbie Archer on 24 July 2009

City analysts have welcome PartyGaming’s purchase of online bingo specialist Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Cheeky Bingo. Shares in PartyGaming rose sharply from 233 pence before the announcement to 250 pence at close of business, a 7.3 per cent rise. City analysts said that the deal was good [...]

Analysis: Party Gaming buys Cashcade

Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 July 2009

Bingo News’ editorial team analyses the reasons behind Party Gaming’s £94.9 million purchase of Cashcade, operator of Foxy Bingo, Bingo Scotland, Cheeky Bingo, Think Bingo and Little Big Bingo. Cashcade has been up for sale for the past two years. Finally, a deal has been completed with Party Gaming paying £71.9 million up front and [...]

Party Gaming buys Foxy Bingo for £94.9 million

Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 July 2009

Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo Scotland, Cheeky Bingo and Little Big Bingo, has been sold to Party Gaming. Party Gaming will pay an upfront cash payment of £71.9 million and up to £24 million in earn out payments dependent on the company’s future growth. Cashcade made £12.2 million in profit [...]

Party Gaming ‘days away’ from buying Foxy Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 July 2009

An announcement that Party Gaming is buying Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Think Bingo, is expected within days. A source close to the deal told Bingo News that they were “days away” from completing the deal and that while the management teams had agreed the terms of the [...]

888 will not buy Foxy Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 July 2009

Gigi Levy, the chief executive of 888.com, has said that he will not be buying Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Little Big Bingo. Levy told eGaming Review that although they have the bank facilities in place to fund an acquisition, other rival gaming companies were willing [...]

Mecca Bingo marketing plan a mystery to rivals

Posted by Debbie Archer on 10 July 2009

Mecca Bingo’s plan to focus their online bingo marketing on pay per click and search engine optimisation strategies has left rival operators amazed. In an interview with eGaming Review, Mecca Bingo boss Angus Nisbet said that free bingo and spending huge amounts on TV advertising was not going to be a strategy they would aim [...]

Who leaked Cashcade takeover talks?

Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 May 2009

Questions are being raised about who leaked news of Cashcade’s potential takeover to The Sunday Times. The owners of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Bingo Scotland and Cheeky Bingo are on the market for a price tag of between £70 million and £100 million, Business journalist Matthew Goodman, who writes extensively about the gambling industry for [...]

888 not planning to buy Foxy Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 May 2009

888 are not planning to buy Foxy Bingo’s parent company, Cashcade, according to an interview by 888′s chief executive. According to eGaming Review, Cashcade is in talks about a sale of the company at between £70m and £100m and the sale process is being handled by investment bank Jefferies. 888 was rumoured to be the [...]

Foxy Bingo is ‘Britain’s biggest brand’

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 April 2009

Foxy Bingo has been named Britain’s biggest brand by Marketing magazine. The trade journal monitors the spend and reach of all major UK brands and for the week of 23 March to 28 March 2008 Foxy Bingo was named Britain’s No 1 brand, beating brands like The Co-Operative Bank, Walkers Crisps, the NSPCC and Pizza [...]

Latest Promotions At Bingo Scotland

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 23 February 2009

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Online bingo sites that take UKash

Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 February 2009

Ukash have announced that they now have 44 sites that take UKash payments which means that online bingo players can deposit cash straight into their online bingo accounts. UKash take cash payments at over 275,000 outlets worldwide and players can then state where they would like their money to be uploaded to fund their online [...]

Bingo Scotland lost password and telephone support

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 11 February 2009

If you have lost or forgotten your password at Bingo Scotland you may be able to get it back by contacting their customer support team.

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Foxy Bingo stake up for sale?

Posted by Debbie Archer on 26 January 2009

A 20% stake in Foxy Bingo may be up for sale after one of its investors said they were looking to sell assets. Independent News & Media plc, Ireland’s largest publisher and the owner of the Independent newspaper in the UK, said that it was looking to offload non-core assets to meet a €200 million [...]

Dates announced for 4th Annual Bingo Summit

Posted by Debbie Archer on 22 January 2009

The dates for Bullet Business’ 4th Annual Bingo Summit have been announced; the conference will be held on June 16 and 17, 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London. The event will also see the 2nd Annual Online Bingo Industry Awards on the evening of June 16. Speakers already lined up include: Mark Blandford, CEO, [...]

Top Google bingo keyword search terms

Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 January 2009

Now that Google has started taking advertising from online bingo companies, we thought at Bingo News we would look at which bingo keyword search terms Google say has the most traffic. We will endeavour to keep an up-to-date monthly tally of the top search terms and the estimated number of searches on Google for each [...]

Bingo CM of the Year Awards announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 January 2009

The 2008 UK Bingo CM of the Year Awards have been announced and Gone Bingo has picked up the title – narrowly beating the CM team of Crown Bingo. The award was voted for by roomies who play online bingo every day and is considered one of the most important bingo awards to be won. [...]

Bingo Site of the Year announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 January 2009

The votes for Which Bingo’s Site of the Year award have been announced and the winner is Jackpot Joy. In a very close vote they just edged out Platinum Play Bingo and Crown Bingo. In the new site of the year award Bingo Playground took top spot, followed by Tombola Bingo and Wink Bingo. The [...]

Bingo awards announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 30 November 2008

With Christmas approaching it is also time for the annual awards season and nominations are now open for some of the most important awards in bingo. With bingo becoming more and more popular, there seem to be more awards than ever before this year. First up is Which Bingo’s Online Bingo Site of the Year [...]