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Foxy Bingo ad given Gothic Rock makeover on Youtube

Posted by Robert Alexander on 27 October 2010
A Foxy Bingo television advert from early 2010 has been given an interesting twist by someone on the video-sharing website Youtube after the soundtrack was changed from a Grease theme to a song by Alternative Rock band Evanescence.

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Bingo boosts 888′s otherwise poor results

Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 September 2010
GIBRALTAR - The performance of 888′s bingo business was a bright spot in an otherwise poor performance in the first six months of 2010. 888 operate Wink Bingo, Posh Bingo and 888 Bingo as well as providing the bingo software for well known online bingo brands such as Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and UK Bingo. [...]

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Bingo steady at Party Gaming as poker dives

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 July 2010
GIBRALTAR - Bingo revenues from Party Bingo, Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo and Cheeky Bingo have remained stable for parent company Party Gaming but their earnings from poker have sharply declined. Quarter-on-quarter player numbers in poker plunged nearly 9 per cent but the company’s performance exceeded market expectations and their shares were up 8 pence at [...]

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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 [...]

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NEOVIA payment services available on 85 pc of UK bingo sites

Posted by Robert Alexander on 4 June 2010
LONDON, UK -NEOVIA, a business offering different payment methods has announced that it now provides its services to 85 per cent of UK online bingo sites.

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Bingo only bright spot for 888

Posted by Debbie Archer on 28 May 2010
GIBRALTAR - The performance of 888′s bingo operation was the only bright spot as the company issued a profits warning this morning. 888 said that it had “revised its outlook for the remainder of the year and now expects profit to be significantly lower than previous market expectations”. Shares in the company plunged 20% in [...]

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Party Gaming bingo numbers up as players increase

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 May 2010
GIBRALTAR – Party Gaming, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Party Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and other top online bingo brands has announced a 4 per cent increase in daily bingo revenues during the first three months of 2010. The rise in bingo revenues helped offset a drop in the company’s poker performance, which [...]

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888 says second quarter bingo profits disappoint

Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 April 2010
LONDON – 888, the operator of 888Ladies and Wink Bingo and software provider to Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and many more bingo sites, said that second quarter revenues has been disappointing. A stock exchange announcement said that “Q2 Trading to date has been disappointing in casino, poker and bingo…during the first 25 days [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Super prize night at Foxy Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 25 February 2010
Win GHDs at Foxy Bingo from only 1p! There are two bonus games with GHDs for pennies, so make sure you don't miss out! Every girl needs a pair - so what are you waiting for?

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PartyGaming signs with Virtue Fusion Alderney

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 February 2010
Developer becomes Foxy Bingo's Swedish supplier Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world's leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, announces that it will supply the Foxy Bingo brand, owned by PartyGaming, the world's leading listed online gaming business, with its online bingo solution in Sweden.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Bingo Site of the Year 2009 announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 January 2010

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Foxy Bingo wins eGaming Review Award

Posted by Debbie Archer on 1 December 2009
Foxy Bingo scooped the eGaming Review Bingo Operator of the Year 2009 Award at last night’s ceremony in London’s Old Billingsgate. Foxy Bingo was one of six companies shortlisted for the highly coveted award. The judges commended them for their large number of networks, their extensive television spend and the launch of Cheeky Bingo. Their [...]

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International Gaming Award shortlist announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 26 November 2009
Five leading online bingo companies have been shortlisted for the  Online Bingo Operator of the Year Award, part of the International Gaming Awards. Foxy Bingo, Gala Bingo, Jackpot Joy, Wink Bingo, Skybet and 888 Ladies have all been shortlisted. Gala Bingo, Codere, Cirsa Bingo and Mecca Bingo have been shortlisted for the 2010 Offline Bingo [...]

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Six bingo companies shortlisted in eGaming Review Awards

Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 October 2009
Six companies have been shortlisted for the Bingo Operator of the Year Award in the 2010 eGaming Review sponsored event. The shortlisted companies are Cashcade (Foxy Bingo), Gamesys (Jackpot Joy Bingo), Ladbrokes Bingo, Spacebar Media (Wink Bingo), Tombola and William Hill Bingo. Two of the shortlisted sites run on Virtue Fusion software (Ladbrokes Bingo and [...]

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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 [...]

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Thank Foxy it’s Friday

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 9 October 2009
There's over a grand in top CASH prizes for you this Friday! Every time you bingo on the fox pattern you'll enter Foxy Bingo's draw to win one of these fab REAL CASH prizes!

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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 [...]

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Foxy Bingo expands into online shopping

Posted by Debbie Archer on 16 September 2009
Foxy Bingo has decided to diversify its business into online shopping in an attempt to extend its brand away from online bingo. Foxy Street launched this week selling everything from duvets to teddy bears and blood pressure monitors to garden furniture. Players can earn Foxy Bingo bonus points by shopping on the site, which convert [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Paddy Power Bingo powering forward

Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 September 2009
Paddy Power Bingo is providing great growth to the Irish gambling company, at a time when the company has suffered from a run of bad sporting results. Issuing a half yearly report, Paddy Power plc said that their bingo operations were a bright spot that had made up for the poor perfomance of poker. “This [...]

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Dragonfish loses key bingo expert

Posted by Debbie Archer on 13 August 2009
Darren Sims, one of the main bingo experts at 888′s Dragonfish white label business, has left the company. Sims, who was appointed 888′s Vice President of Bingo Offering, has joined Wink Bingo’s parent company, Space Bar Media. The move is a blow to 888 and Dragonfish as Sims was one of the key people at [...]

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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 [...]

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Cashcade bingo sale to Party “not dramatic” says 888

Posted by Debbie Archer on 3 August 2009
The sale of Cashcade to Party Gaming is neither “dramatically positive or dramatically negative”, Gigi Levy, the chief executive of 888 told financial analysts this morning. On a conference call to discuss 888′s second quarter performance metrics, Levy was asked in detail about why he had not bought Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Cashcade launch Little Big Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 8 July 2009
Cashcade, the parent company of Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo and Cheeky Bingo, have launched a new bingo site called Little Big Bingo. The site’s concept is that it allows players to turn pennies into pounds and the company’s marketing strategy is to aim it between Foxy Bingo and Cheeky Bingo. All games will be priced [...]

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Mintel publishes new bingo report

Posted by Debbie Archer on 7 July 2009
Market research specialists Mintel have published their latest report on the UK bingo market. The report, titled “Bingo – UK – April 2009″, examines the effect of the smoking ban has had on UK bingo halls and how much it has been affected by the economic downturn. It also looks at the extent to which [...]

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Foxy Bingo scoops four awards at Bingo Summit

Posted by Debbie Archer on 17 June 2009
Foxy Bingo’s parent company Cashcade won four out of seven awards at last night’s Bingo Summit awards at the Millennium Hotel, Gloucester Road. 350 delegates at the two day bingo conference watched as a representative of Cashcade went to pick up the astoundingly ugly glass statuettes. They won Online Bingo Operator, Best New Site (for Cheeky Bingo), Best Marketing [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Minnesota tries to block online bingo websites

Posted by Debbie Archer on 5 May 2009
Online bingo sites have been targetted in a legal action by the American state of Minnesota, who are asking Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to the websites. The director of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety wrote to 11 national and regional telephone providers and ISPs asking them to block access to more [...]

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Cashcade sale in “advanced stage”

Posted by Debbie Archer on 29 April 2009
Independent News and Media are in an “advanced stage” of talks to sell their stake in online bingo operator Cashcade, according to a report in The Guardian. Cashcade owns Foxy Bingo, Think Bingo, Think Bingo Cosy and Cheeky Bingo and also run Mirror Bingo on behalf of publishing giant Trinity Mirror. INM will publish results [...]

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Top Ten Bingo in deep trouble

Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 April 2009
Top Ten Bingo has outlined plans to delist from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange as part of a restructuring to ensure its financial future. Top Ten Holdings plc said the company “continued to be in breach of its banking covenants and, given its level of bank borrowings and the current economic environment, it is unlikely to [...]

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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 [...]

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Foxy Bingo’s Mothers Day Tournament

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 19 March 2009
This Sunday Foxy Bingo would like to wish all the Foxy mother's out there a very happy Mother's Day! So put your feet up, let the kids and the dads do the housework and cook the dinner,

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Win A Foxy Bingo Cruise

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 4 March 2009
Dust off your passport, pack your bags and get ready to hit the high seas with the Good Ship Foxy Bingo. This May Foxy Bingo are setting sail for the Spanish port of Bilbao, and their Spring break is twice as long as their previous trips and so they are promising to pack in double the fun!

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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 [...]

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Bingo Port says UK online bingo growth has stalled

Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 February 2009
Online bingo site Bingo Port today said that its quarterly report of UK bingo sites showed that there was only a 1% increase in player numbers in the last three months of 2008. It contrasts with Bingo Port’s figures for July to September 2008, when player numbers showed a 10% increase in the number of [...]

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Win A Luxury Weekend For 2 With Foxy Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 5 February 2009
One lucky roomie and their partner are going to be spending Valentine's Weekend (Friday 13th February to Sunday 15th February) in a luxury English hotel. Foxy Bingo's winner will be staying at either the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, Stapleford Park Country House Hotel in Central England, or the The Beech Hill Country House Hotel in Cumbria.

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Bingo Port Awards announced

Posted by Debbie Archer on 2 February 2009
Bingo Port’s first Bingo Awards were announced on Friday evening at the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith, London. There were nine categories, voted for by users of the Bingo Port website: Foxy Bingo won the Best Overall Operator category, which was generally considered to be the top prize. Bingo Port Awards Most Online Bingo Prizes Won: [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Win A 5 Night Trip To Las Vegas At Foxy Bingo

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 6 January 2009
One lucky roomie and friend are going to start 2009 in style with a 5 night trip to the city of Las Vegas, staying in the MGM Grand Hotel on the world famous Strip. The Foxy bingo winner will try their luck on the casinos, wine and dine in the beautiful bars and restaurants and [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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Gala Coral launches Minxy Bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 25 December 2008
Gala Coral, the parent company of Gala Bingo, has launched a secondary site called Minxy Bingo. The surprise move is a marked departure from Gala’s previous bingo strategy and will surprise gaming commentators. Minxy Bingo was launched just before Christmas with no press announcements and little fanfare. programme. Minxy Bingo is operating on Virtue Fusion [...]

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Foxy Bingo lost password and telephone support

Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 December 2008
If you’ve forgotten or lost your password at Foxy Bingo, you can get it back by contacting their support center and filling in an online form. They promise to reply within 48 hours and are usually a lot quicker: Click HERE to go to The Foxy Bingo Help and Support Centre Or you can call [...]

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888 to launch three more bingo networks

Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 December 2008
888 Holdings’ bingo network will launch two new networks in the UK and one in Spain in the first three months of 2009. Gigi Levy, chief executive of 888, said that 888 would be launching the sites on behalf of third party operators. He also said that six white label partners would be joining the [...]

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Children in Need: WTG Foxy!

Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 November 2008
Players at Foxy Bingo took part in a £20,000 charity game last Friday to help raise funds for Children in Need. We wanted to commend Foxy Bingo’s effort, and we feel that more bingo sites should be doing their bit. Children in Need is an annual charity event hosted and organised by the Beeb, and [...]

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